Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Small town · Quebec · Population 3,329
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
- 54 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 50 years (estimated) · 2016: 53 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 24.6% · 2016: 26.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.3%2016: 13.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8%2016: 9.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.3%2016: 17.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29%2016: 32.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30.9%2016: 27%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.6%2011: 23.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.6%2011: 31%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.1%2011: 8.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%37.5%2016: 35%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.2%2011: 4.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.6%2016: 15.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.7%2016: 17.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%30.1%2016: 29.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.4%2016: 22.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%22.4%2016: 16%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%77.4%2016: 79.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%22.3%2016: 20.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.6%2016: 0.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.5%2016: 99.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%0.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%72.4%2016: 71.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%27.3%2016: 28.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%73.1%2016: 73.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.9%2016: 2.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.3%2016: 0.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.8%2016: 6.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14.9%2016: 14.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.9%2016: 1.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%35.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%82.4%2016: 88.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%12.9%2016: 9.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.6%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.7%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021