Piedmont
Small town · Quebec · Population 3,476
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
- 58 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 52 years (estimated) · 2016: 55.6 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2 (estimated) · 2011: 2 (estimated) · 2016: 1.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 51.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 50.1% (estimated) · 2016: 40.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9.6%2016: 9.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6%2016: 7.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.3%2016: 15.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%35.7%2016: 39.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.1%2016: 28.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%12.9%2011: 14.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%37.1%2011: 35.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.3%2011: 7.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%39%2016: 38.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.7%2011: 5.7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8%2016: 6.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.9%2016: 19.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%18.2%2016: 15.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.1%2016: 30.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%31.1%2016: 28.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1.7%2016: 1.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%33.2%2016: 34.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%64.8%2016: 63.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%5.5%2016: 5.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%88.4%2016: 90.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.2%2016: 4.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 39%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 30.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%75%2016: 77.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%25.3%2016: 22.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%46.4%2016: 48.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.3%2016: 6.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%9.6%2016: 8.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%8%2016: 9.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%28.3%2016: 25.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.4%2016: 0.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%11.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%28.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.5%2016: 92.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.2%2016: 0.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.7%2016: 3.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 2.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021