Nouvelle
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,782
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
- 50.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.1% · 2016: 32.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.2%2016: 12.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.6%2016: 9.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.5%2016: 18.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.8%2016: 33.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.3%2016: 25.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.1%2011: 24.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.3%2011: 34.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.2%2011: 7.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.5%2016: 31.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.8%2011: 5.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.6%2016: 18.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15%2016: 16.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%36.3%2016: 35.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.6%2016: 19.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.5%2016: 9.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.6%2016: 0.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%69.7%2016: 73.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%29.4%2016: 25.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%3.9%2016: 4.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%93.8%2016: 93.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.2%2016: 1.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81.1%2016: 84.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%18.9%2016: 15.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%84.9%2016: 85.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.2%2016: 4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.6%2016: 0.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 1.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6%2016: 5.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3%2016: 2.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%36.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.8%2016: 95.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.5%2016: 3.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.5%2016: 1.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021