Rawdon
Town · Quebec · Population 11,719
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
- 50.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 38.2% · 2016: 36.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15%2016: 13.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.9%2016: 9.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.8%2016: 20%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.1%2016: 33%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.2%2016: 23.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.9%2011: 21.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.4%2011: 29.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.5%2011: 8.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.7%2016: 33.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.5%2011: 8.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.8%2016: 19.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.9%2016: 23.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25.3%2016: 25.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.3%2016: 18.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.6%2016: 13.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%2.7%2016: 3.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%54%2016: 52.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%43.2%2016: 43.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%8.8%2016: 9.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%85.7%2016: 85.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.4%2016: 5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%71.4%2016: 73.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%28.7%2016: 26.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%78.8%2016: 79%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.7%2016: 4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.5%2016: 5.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.1%2016: 9.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.8%2016: 2.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%9.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.9%2016: 92.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 1.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.1%2016: 5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 0.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021