Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,580
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
- 42 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 20.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 22.9% · 2016: 22.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.6%2016: 17.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 12.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.1%2016: 22.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.3%2016: 27.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.5%2016: 20%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.3%2011: 30.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.5%2011: 29.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.3%2011: 6.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%32.6%2016: 31.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.3%2011: 3.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.9%2016: 19.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.7%2016: 19.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%34.7%2016: 30.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25%2016: 21.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.4%2016: 9.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.3%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%78.2%2016: 82%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%20.2%2016: 17.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.3%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.6%2016: 0%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.4%2016: 98.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.9%2016: 1.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%72%2016: 75.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%28%2016: 25%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%75.8%2016: 77.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.8%2016: 6.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.5%2016: 4.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.3%2016: 2.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%9.8%2016: 9.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%2011: 1.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%46.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%14.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.9%2016: 87.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%11.9%2016: 8.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.5%2016: 3.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021