Portneuf
Small town · Quebec · Population 3,329
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
- 49.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.5 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.1% · 2016: 24.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.4%2016: 13.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.4%2016: 8.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23%2016: 21.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.2%2016: 33.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27%2016: 23.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18%2011: 22%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.2%2011: 32.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.8%2011: 8.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.6%2016: 34.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.3%2011: 4.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.6%2016: 9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.2%2016: 24.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%32.2%2016: 37.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.6%2016: 21.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.7%2016: 7.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%73.1%2016: 75.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%26.8%2016: 24.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.5%2016: 1.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.5%2016: 96.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2%2016: 1.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.1%2016: 76.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%23.9%2016: 23.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%75.2%2016: 73.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.5%2016: 3.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%8.4%2016: 8.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10.9%2016: 12.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.1%2016: 1.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%41.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%15.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92%2016: 92.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.6%2016: 5.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3%2016: 2.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021