Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan
Small town · Quebec · Population 5,453
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
- 38.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.2% · 2016: 34.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.5%2016: 19.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.2%2016: 11.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.6%2016: 26.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25%2016: 28.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.9%2016: 14.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.9%2011: 33%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.9%2011: 26.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.5%2011: 8.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.7%2016: 22.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9%2011: 8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.1%2016: 22%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21%2016: 20.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%30%2016: 30.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.5%2016: 18.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.4%2016: 8.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.3%2016: 0.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%68.6%2016: 71.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%30.7%2016: 28.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.2%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.3%2016: 97.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.5%2016: 1.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%67.9%2016: 69.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%31.9%2016: 30.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%71.6%2016: 72.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.8%2016: 2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3%2016: 3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.1%2016: 5.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%16.2%2016: 14.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.3%2016: 2.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%17.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%23.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.3%2016: 93.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.4%2016: 4.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 0.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021