Saint-Elzéar
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,623
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
- 36.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 36.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 35.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 · 2011: 2.7 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 22.8% · 2016: 30%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%22.9%2016: 22.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.8%2016: 11.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27%2016: 29.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.6%2016: 24.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.7%2016: 12.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%34.5%2011: 39.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.5%2011: 30.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9%2011: 7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23%2016: 19.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4%2011: 3.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.7%2016: 15%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.3%2016: 21.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%36.4%2016: 30.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19%2016: 19%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%16%2016: 14.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%71.6%2016: 76.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%28.1%2016: 23.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.3%2016: 98.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.1%2016: 0.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%80%2016: 82.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%20.5%2016: 17.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%74.5%2016: 74.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%16%2016: 16%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.5%2016: 0.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.5%2016: 1.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.5%2016: 6.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%16%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%28.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.3%2016: 95.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.3%2016: 4.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021