Plessisville
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,655
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: 41.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 22.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 18.8% (estimated) · 2016: 15.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.6%2016: 19.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.8%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.8%2016: 21.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.6%2016: 30.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.8%2016: 17.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%30.5%2011: 34.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%37.6%2011: 37.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.2%2011: 6.3% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.9%2016: 21.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%2.8%2011: 3.9% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14%2016: 13.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.3%2016: 20.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%32.5%2016: 35.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.7%2016: 20.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.6%2016: 9.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.4%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%79.6%2016: 82.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%19.8%2016: 17.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.5%2016: 98.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1%2016: 0.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%91%2016: 91.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%9%2016: 8.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.9%2016: 92.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.5%2016: 0.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.8%2016: 2.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.8%2016: 3.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2016: 0.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%40.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.1%2016: 92.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.9%2016: 5.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021