Palmarolle
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,386
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
- 43.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 22.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 23.6% · 2016: 23.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.4%2016: 18.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.1%2016: 10.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.5%2016: 20.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.2%2016: 32.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.2%2016: 17.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.4%2011: 35.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%37.8%2011: 36.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.6%2011: 4.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.1%2016: 24.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.2%2011: 4.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15.4%2016: 20.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.4%2016: 14.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%32.2%2016: 38.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.3%2016: 19.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9.8%2016: 6.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%84.5%2016: 85.6%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15.5%2016: 14.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.4%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.6%2016: 98.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84%2016: 80%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16%2016: 20%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.2%2016: 87.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.7%2016: 2.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.5%2016: 1.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.7%2016: 6.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.9%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%2006: 2.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%27.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%80.2%2016: 85.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.1%2016: 5.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.9%2016: 4.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.5%2016: 1.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%6.1%2016: 3.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021