Saint-Pacôme
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,806
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
- 60.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 50.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 23.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28% (estimated) · 2016: 17%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.4%2016: 13.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.1%2016: 8.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%16.1%2016: 20.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.6%2016: 31.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%39.6%2016: 26.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.4%2011: 29.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.8%2011: 32.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.1%2011: 6.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34%2016: 28.1%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.7%2011: 4.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.3%2016: 15.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%10.4%2016: 14.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%29.6%2016: 22.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.6%2016: 31.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.9%2016: 16.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%82.4%2016: 81.7%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%17%2016: 18.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.3%2016: 99%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.1%2011: 0.6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%78.6%2016: 81.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%21.4%2016: 18.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%80%2016: 79.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.9%2016: 3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.4%2016: 2.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%15%2016: 14.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.7%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.7%2006: 0.8% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%47.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93%2016: 90%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.5%2016: 5.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 2.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021