Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré
Small town · Quebec · Population 3,780
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
- 45.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.6% · 2016: 39%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16%2016: 17.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.9%2016: 8.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.5%2016: 25.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.2%2016: 31.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.5%2016: 16.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.8%2011: 23.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.8%2011: 30.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.4%2011: 9.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.1%2016: 32.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5%2011: 6.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.5%2016: 18.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.2%2016: 22.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%29.4%2016: 28.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.5%2016: 20.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.4%2016: 11.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.7%2016: 0.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%54%2016: 57.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%45.2%2016: 41.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%3.7%2016: 3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%93.3%2016: 94.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%3%2016: 2.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%74.3%2016: 74.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%25.7%2016: 25.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%78.2%2016: 75.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 1.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%11.7%2016: 14%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.5%2016: 7.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%2016: 0.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%17.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%24%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.8%2016: 94.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 1.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.1%2016: 3.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 0.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021