Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,735
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.9% · 2016: 25.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13%2016: 12.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.2%2016: 11.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.5%2016: 18.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%34.6%2016: 35.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.8%2016: 20.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.3%2011: 27.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%38.8%2011: 40.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.6%2011: 5.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.7%2016: 21%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.6%2011: 8.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.4%2016: 11.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.2%2016: 18.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%22.9%2016: 19.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.5%2016: 29.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%19.6%2016: 21.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%54.5%2016: 59.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%45%2016: 39.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2.3%2016: 2.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%94.8%2016: 95.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.9%2016: 2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%86.8%2016: 87.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%13.8%2016: 11.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.8%2016: 88.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.7%2016: 1.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2%2016: 2.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.3%2016: 3.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%5.3%2016: 4.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.6%2016: 92.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.9%2016: 5.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.9%2016: 3.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.4%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021