Melbourne
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,096
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
- 48 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 45.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 19% (estimated) · 2016: 23.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16%2016: 15.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.6%2016: 11.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.5%2016: 18.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.8%2016: 34%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.3%2016: 19.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.3%2011: 26.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.8%2011: 41% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.5%2011: 6.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.5%2016: 22.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8%2011: 7.7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.2%2016: 16.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.2%2016: 21.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%26.3%2016: 20.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%9.1%2016: 23.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%27.3%2016: 18%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%8.7%2016: 6.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%37.4%2016: 37.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%53.9%2016: 56.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%26%2016: 27.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%69.9%2016: 69.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.1%2016: 2.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%94.1%2016: 88.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%5.9%2016: 13.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%95.5%2016: 94.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.3%2016: 2.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.3%2016: 1.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%44.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%14.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.2%2016: 93.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.5%2016: 3.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021