Saint-André-Avellin
Small town · Quebec · Population 3,562
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
- 54 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.8% · 2016: 32.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.4%2016: 13.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.3%2016: 10.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.8%2016: 18%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31%2016: 31.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%29.5%2016: 26%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.6%2011: 21.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.8%2011: 29.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8%2011: 9.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.4%2016: 31.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.1%2011: 6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%21.2%2016: 27.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.6%2016: 21.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%26.2%2016: 23.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.9%2016: 16.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14%2016: 11.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.7%2016: 0.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%62.2%2016: 65.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%36.9%2016: 33.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2.5%2016: 2.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%94.7%2016: 95.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.9%2016: 2.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%71.5%2016: 72%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%28.5%2016: 28%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%72.8%2016: 72.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.1%2016: 7.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.6%2016: 5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.3%2016: 12.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.5%2016: 1.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.5%2016: 88.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 1.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.7%2016: 8.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021