Potton
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,012
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
- 59.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 55.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 57.5 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 20.1% · 2016: 29.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9.7%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%5.7%2016: 6.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%14.9%2016: 14.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.1%2016: 33.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%37.1%2016: 34%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13.2%2011: 16%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%41%2011: 43.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.9%2011: 4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.6%2016: 33.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.4%2011: 5.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.8%2016: 15.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.6%2016: 27%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%19.5%2016: 19.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.3%2016: 15.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%24.9%2016: 21.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%15.9%2016: 17.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%16.6%2016: 16.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%67.2%2016: 65.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%37.5%2016: 40.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%52.6%2016: 52%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9.9%2016: 7.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.5%2016: 83.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17%2016: 16.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%85.9%2016: 88.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.5%2016: 1.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2%2016: 0.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.4%2016: 2.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.4%2016: 3.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.9%2016: 2.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%35.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%18%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.2%2016: 88.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.6%2016: 1.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9%2016: 10%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021