Saint-Prosper
Small town · Quebec · Population 3,596
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
- 44 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 23.1% · 2016: 24.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.2%2016: 16.2%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.9%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.9%2016: 22.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.2%2016: 28.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.8%2016: 21.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.2%2011: 30.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.9%2011: 30.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.7%2011: 8.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.3%2016: 30%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3.8%2011: 3.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.3%2016: 19%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.3%2016: 19.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%32.6%2016: 35.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.1%2016: 18.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.5%2016: 7.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%77.9%2016: 79.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%22%2016: 20.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.8%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.2%2016: 98.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1%2016: 0.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%77.2%2016: 78.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%22.8%2016: 21.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%81.1%2016: 80.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.7%2016: 6.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.3%2016: 0.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.6%2016: 2.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%9%2016: 9.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%94.6%2016: 94.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4%2016: 5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1%2016: 0.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021