Mercier
Town · Quebec · Population 14,626
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
- 39.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34% · 2016: 32%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%22.2%2016: 20.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.1%2016: 12.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.5%2016: 26.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.5%2016: 27.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.7%2016: 13.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%35.3%2011: 36.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.9%2011: 28.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.8%2011: 9.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.3%2016: 18%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.7%2011: 6.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.7%2016: 12.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19%2016: 21.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%23.2%2016: 24.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.4%2016: 23.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22.7%2016: 18.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%2.9%2016: 2.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%42.6%2016: 44.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%54.2%2016: 52.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%7.1%2016: 6.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%82.1%2016: 86.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10.8%2016: 7.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%80.8%2016: 85.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19.1%2016: 14.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%71.2%2016: 75.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.4%2016: 6.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.9%2016: 2.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3%2016: 3.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%15.1%2016: 11.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%28.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%11.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.4%2016: 89.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4.2%2016: 7.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3%2016: 1.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.2%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.1%2016: 0.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021