Mansfield-et-Pontefract
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,250
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 49.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 17.4% · 2016: 21.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.1%2016: 15.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 12.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.1%2016: 19.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.2%2016: 33.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.9%2016: 19.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.4%2011: 31.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.6%2011: 31.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.3%2011: 9.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.4%2016: 24.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.2%2011: 9.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%27.2%2016: 30.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.6%2016: 20.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%19.6%2016: 23.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.3%2016: 18.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%6.2%2016: 5.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%10.3%2016: 8.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%11%2016: 15.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%78.3%2016: 76.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%17.8%2016: 15.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%77.6%2016: 81.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.6%2016: 3.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.5%2016: 82.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.5%2016: 18.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.1%2016: 88.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.6%2016: 5.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.6%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.3%2016: 2.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.8%2016: 4.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2011: 1.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%15.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.4%2016: 92.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.2%2016: 2.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.8%2016: 4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.1%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021