Saint-Alexandre
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,678
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
- 37.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 36 years (estimated) · 2016: 36.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.9% · 2016: 27.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%22.8%2016: 22.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.3%2016: 12.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29%2016: 27.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.6%2016: 27.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.6%2016: 10.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%34.5%2011: 36.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30%2011: 28.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.5%2011: 7.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20%2016: 19.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7%2011: 9.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.8%2016: 18.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.4%2016: 22.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%27.1%2016: 27.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.7%2016: 21.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.4%2016: 11.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.6%2016: 0.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%66%2016: 68.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%33.4%2016: 30.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.9%2016: 1.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%95.3%2016: 96.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.8%2016: 2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%85.5%2016: 81.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%14.5%2016: 18.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91%2016: 91.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2%2016: 2.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2%2016: 2.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4%2016: 3.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1%2016: 0.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%23%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%35%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.2%2016: 91.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.1%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.9%2016: 6.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021