Saint-Esprit
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,011
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
- 44 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.7% · 2016: 29.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.4%2016: 16.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.9%2016: 10.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.4%2016: 23.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.1%2016: 31%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.7%2016: 18.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.2%2011: 25.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30%2011: 29.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.2%2016: 29.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.1%2011: 7.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.4%2016: 18.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19%2016: 23.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%28.2%2016: 30.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.1%2016: 16.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.7%2016: 11.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%71.1%2016: 71.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%28.6%2016: 27.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.7%2016: 1.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.3%2016: 95.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3%2016: 2.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%72.2%2016: 73.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%27.8%2016: 26.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%71.7%2016: 74.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.2%2016: 2.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.1%2016: 6.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14.4%2016: 11.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%5.6%2016: 4.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%36.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.8%2016: 91%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.1%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6%2016: 6.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021