Pierreville
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,104
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
- 51.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 50 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.7 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27% · 2016: 24%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.5%2016: 13.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.4%2016: 8.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.4%2016: 19.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.5%2016: 32.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.3%2016: 25.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.6%2011: 20.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28%2011: 29.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.5%2011: 10.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%39.8%2016: 35.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.2%2011: 4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%22.2%2016: 25.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.5%2016: 21.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%32.1%2016: 31.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.2%2016: 16.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%8%2016: 5.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%79.8%2016: 82.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%20.2%2016: 17.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.3%2016: 97.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%0.7%2016: 0.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68.2%2016: 74.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%31.3%2016: 25.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%77.1%2016: 77.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.8%2016: 4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.5%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.7%2016: 5.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10%2016: 10.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.9%2016: 2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%50.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%15.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94%2016: 92.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.7%2016: 5.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021