Pohénégamook
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,481
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
- 55.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 52 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 21.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 16.4% · 2016: 20.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.7%2016: 14%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.1%2016: 8.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.5%2016: 17.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.1%2016: 33.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30.4%2016: 26.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.8%2011: 27.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.3%2011: 33.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.4%2011: 6.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35%2016: 31%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3.4%2011: 4.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.5%2016: 25%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.9%2016: 14.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%30.1%2016: 33.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.1%2016: 20.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%13.4%2016: 6.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%86.5%2016: 89.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%13.5%2016: 10.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.4%2016: 0.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%99.2%2016: 99.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%78.6%2016: 75.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%21.8%2016: 24.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%78.6%2016: 78.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.3%2016: 4.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.3%2016: 1.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.3%2016: 4.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%9.4%2016: 9.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.1%2016: 1.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%50.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%5.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.6%2016: 88.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.2%2016: 3.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.9%2016: 5.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.2%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 2.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021