Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Small town · Quebec · Population 3,179
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: 42.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.9% · 2016: 28.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.5%2016: 16.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.3%2016: 9.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.3%2016: 24.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.8%2016: 31.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.1%2016: 17.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.9%2011: 28.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.7%2011: 30.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.5%2011: 7.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.8%2016: 29.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7%2011: 6.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.8%2016: 23.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.5%2016: 24%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25.4%2016: 22.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.7%2016: 17.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.5%2016: 11.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%67.9%2016: 70.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%31.4%2016: 29.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.7%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.4%2016: 96.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.9%2016: 2.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.2%2016: 75.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%24.2%2016: 24.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%68%2016: 70.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 1.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.7%2016: 1.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.8%2016: 4.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17.5%2016: 14.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%7.8%2016: 8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.4%2016: 87.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.2%2016: 7.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021