Saint-Élie-de-Caxton
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,934
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
- 54.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.9% (estimated) · 2016: 30.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.5%2016: 14.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%5.7%2016: 6.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.9%2016: 20.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.8%2016: 36.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27.6%2016: 22.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.7%2011: 24% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36%2011: 34.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.9%2011: 7.1% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.4%2016: 30.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7%2011: 4.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.8%2016: 18.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.8%2016: 18.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25%2016: 32.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.6%2016: 20.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.3%2016: 11.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%72.4%2016: 77.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%27.6%2016: 22.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.3%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.4%2016: 97.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.3%2016: 1.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.2%2016: 85.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.3%2016: 14.5%
- Band or local government housing0.5%2006: 1.3% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%94.1%2016: 94.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.6%2016: 1.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.6%2016: 2.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.2%2016: 1.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.5%2016: 92.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.7%2016: 5.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.4%2016: 1.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.4%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021