Notre-Dame-du-Laus
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,730
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
- 62.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 56.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 59.7 years
- Average household size
- 1.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 (estimated) · 2011: 1.9 (estimated) · 2016: 1.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31.5% (estimated) · 2016: 37.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%5.8%2016: 6.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%3.5%2016: 4.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%9.2%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%40.8%2016: 45.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%40.5%2016: 33.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%9.1%2011: 14.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%42.8%2011: 43.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%2.7%2011: 6.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%40.6%2016: 32.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.8%2011: 3.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%20.8%2016: 28.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.4%2016: 20.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%26.2%2016: 33.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.4%2016: 13.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.1%2016: 5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1.2%2016: 0.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%58.7%2016: 58.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%40.2%2016: 40.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%3.8%2016: 3.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%94.7%2016: 95.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.5%2016: 1.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81.8%2016: 76.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.6%2016: 23.3%
- Band or local government housing0.5%2016: 0.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.9%2016: 89.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.5%2016: 0.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.5%2016: 0.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.1%2016: 1.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.7%2016: 3.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.2%2016: 3.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.2%2016: 91.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%11.8%2016: 8.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021