Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Small town · Quebec · Population 5,014
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
- 43.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 26.6% · 2016: 23.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.4%2016: 18.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.9%2016: 10.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.4%2016: 23.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.3%2016: 27.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23%2016: 20.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.1%2011: 28.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.1%2011: 27.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.7%2011: 8.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.3%2016: 32.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%2.8%2011: 5.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13%2016: 15.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.8%2016: 18.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%29.2%2016: 27.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.3%2016: 22.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.8%2016: 15.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%74%2016: 78.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%25.4%2016: 21.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.8%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.9%2016: 98.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.3%2016: 1.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70.7%2016: 69.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.3%2016: 30.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%70.9%2016: 70.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4%2016: 4.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.5%2016: 0.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.4%2016: 5.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14.6%2016: 14.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.7%2016: 4.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%25.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.7%2016: 93.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.9%2016: 5.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.5%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021