Saint-Arsène
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,245
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
- 39.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 37.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 25.4% · 2016: 22.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%23.7%2016: 23.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.6%2016: 8.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.1%2016: 25.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%22.9%2016: 25.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.3%2016: 16.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%34%2011: 38.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.9%2011: 31.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.4%2011: 5.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.3%2016: 19.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.3%2011: 3.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.1%2016: 11.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%11.4%2016: 17.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%38.6%2016: 34.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.7%2016: 24%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.3%2016: 13.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%83.5%2016: 85.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%16.5%2016: 14.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%99.2%2016: 99.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.3%2016: 78.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%24.7%2016: 22.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%79.8%2016: 80.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.3%2016: 5.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.2%2016: 2.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%8.5%2016: 9.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.1%2016: 1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%31.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.9%2016: 91.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.1%2016: 4.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2%2016: 1.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 2.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021