Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska
Small town · Quebec · Population 3,111
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
- 41.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 38.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34% (estimated) · 2016: 23.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.7%2016: 21.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.9%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24%2016: 26%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.9%2016: 28.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.3%2016: 12.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%35.7%2011: 39.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34%2011: 29.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6%2011: 7.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20%2016: 18.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.3%2011: 5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.2%2016: 18.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.7%2016: 14.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25.2%2016: 27.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.2%2016: 18.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20.7%2016: 19.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%70.1%2016: 73.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%29.2%2016: 26.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.6%2016: 0.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97%2016: 98.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.4%2016: 1.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%91.9%2016: 88.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.6%2016: 11.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%93.6%2016: 93.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.7%2016: 1.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.1%2016: 2.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.7%2016: 1.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%28.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.6%2016: 96.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.7%2016: 2.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021