Saint-Georges
Town · Quebec · Population 32,935
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
- 45.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.1 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
- 33.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35% · 2016: 31.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.2%2016: 16.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.2%2016: 10.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.9%2016: 23.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.3%2016: 29.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.4%2016: 19.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20%2011: 24.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.7%2011: 27.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.7%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%39.6%2016: 36.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4%2011: 4.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.1%2016: 16%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.6%2016: 19.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25.5%2016: 26.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.8%2016: 22%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17%2016: 15.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%71.9%2016: 73.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%27.7%2016: 26.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.7%2016: 97.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.4%2016: 1.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 11.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%61.5%2016: 63.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%38.5%2016: 36.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%54.8%2016: 55.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%11.3%2016: 10.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.4%2016: 1.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.5%2016: 4.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%25%2016: 24.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%2%2016: 2.1%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2016: 1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%14%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%22%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.4%2016: 93.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 0.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.5%2016: 4.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021