Saint-Marc-des-Carrières
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,901
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
- 52.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 52 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 27.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 23.6% (estimated) · 2016: 28.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.5%2016: 13.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.4%2016: 8.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.5%2016: 18.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.2%2016: 31.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30.5%2016: 26.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.2%2011: 24.1% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.9%2011: 32.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.6%2011: 9.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%37.5%2016: 33.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.8%2011: 3.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.7%2016: 13.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20%2016: 20.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%32.8%2016: 28.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.6%2016: 24.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.8%2016: 12.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%81.1%2016: 82.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%18.7%2016: 17.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.7%2016: 0.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.7%2016: 98.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.6%2016: 0.7%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%70.5%2016: 69.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.9%2016: 30.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%69%2016: 69%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%11.2%2016: 10.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.7%2016: 1.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.9%2016: 5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.1%2016: 12%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%2016: 2.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%31.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.1%2016: 89.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.9%2016: 8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021