Princeville
Small town · Quebec · Population 6,218
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
- 41.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.8% · 2016: 36.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.1%2016: 18.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 11.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.2%2016: 24.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.9%2016: 27.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.4%2016: 17.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.8%2011: 27.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.4%2011: 31.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.4%2011: 8.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.5%2016: 32.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.9%2011: 3.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%22.1%2016: 23.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.6%2016: 20.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%30.1%2016: 29.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19%2016: 19.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9%2016: 6.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%79.4%2016: 82.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%19.7%2016: 17%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.7%2016: 0.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.6%2016: 98.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.7%2016: 1.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%66%2016: 67.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%33.8%2016: 32.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%59.6%2016: 60.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%9.5%2016: 7.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.7%2016: 6.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%24.2%2016: 23.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.7%2016: 1.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.7%2016: 85.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.9%2016: 10.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.4%2016: 2.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.1%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021