Saint-Jean-de-Matha
Small town · Quebec · Population 4,838
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
- 55.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 50.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 53.9 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35.8% · 2016: 28.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.8%2016: 11%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.5%2016: 9.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.2%2016: 18%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.9%2016: 36.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%29.6%2016: 25.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.6%2011: 20.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.4%2011: 36%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.9%2011: 7.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35%2016: 31.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.2%2011: 5.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.7%2016: 19.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.7%2016: 26%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%25.9%2016: 26.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.7%2016: 19.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.8%2016: 8.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%70.6%2016: 72%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%29.1%2016: 27.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.2%2016: 1.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.9%2016: 96.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.9%2016: 1.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%80.5%2016: 81%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19.2%2016: 18.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%88.5%2016: 89.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 1.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.2%2016: 2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.5%2016: 7.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%35.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%17%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.7%2016: 92.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.5%2016: 0.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.7%2016: 4.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.9%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021