Rivière-Héva
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,495
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
- 46.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 22.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 17.7% (estimated) · 2016: 30.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.1%2016: 15.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8%2016: 10.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.7%2016: 22.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%34.8%2016: 37%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.1%2016: 14.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.2%2011: 29.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%38.5%2011: 36%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.4%2011: 6.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.2%2016: 25.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3.8%2011: 6.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.4%2016: 22%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.8%2016: 18.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%27%2016: 32.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.9%2016: 16.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.3%2016: 9.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.3%2016: 0.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%71.6%2016: 70.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%28.1%2016: 29.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.7%2016: 1.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.3%2016: 97.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1%2016: 1.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%93.8%2016: 93.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7%2016: 6.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%93.8%2016: 95%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.8%2016: 1.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.5%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.5%2016: 2.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.3%2011: 1.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.1%2016: 96%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.3%2016: 2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021