Saint-Flavien
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,619
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
- 44.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 24.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.3% (estimated) · 2016: 21.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.3%2016: 17.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9%2016: 11.5%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.4%2016: 23.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.9%2016: 29.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.5%2016: 18.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.8%2011: 33% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.1%2011: 29.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.8%2011: 10.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.1%2016: 29.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.3%2011: 1.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%19.3%2016: 17.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.2%2016: 19.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%29.2%2016: 31.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.9%2016: 24.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%6.8%2016: 6.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%79.6%2016: 84.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%20.4%2016: 15.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.3%2016: 0%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.4%2016: 99.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.3%2016: 0.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%75.2%2016: 79.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%24.1%2016: 20.6%
- Band or local government housing0.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%76.5%2016: 77.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.3%2016: 4.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.5%2016: 1.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3%2016: 2.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.9%2016: 12.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%2016: 0.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%19.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%22.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.1%2016: 91.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.3%2016: 5.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021