Saint-Côme
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,583
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
- 57.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 55.9 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 29.1% · 2016: 26.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12%2016: 10.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%4.6%2016: 6.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.1%2016: 16.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%37.3%2016: 39%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%29.6%2016: 26.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%12.5%2011: 16.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.9%2011: 36.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.6%2011: 7.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38%2016: 33.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.9%2011: 7.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%23.9%2016: 25.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.8%2016: 23.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25.4%2016: 27.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.8%2016: 14.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.2%2016: 9.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.4%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%70.7%2016: 74%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%28.7%2016: 25.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.4%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.7%2016: 97%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.9%2016: 1.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.2%2016: 87.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.8%2016: 11.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%86%2016: 89.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 1.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.2%2016: 1.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.3%2016: 3.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3%2016: 3.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.4%2016: 0.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%20.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.3%2016: 93.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.3%2016: 6.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021