Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,741
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
- 54 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 50.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 53.7 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 29.2% (estimated) · 2016: 35.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.2%2016: 12.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.6%2016: 7.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.5%2016: 17.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.9%2016: 36.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.7%2016: 26.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13.7%2011: 18.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.7%2011: 34.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.3%2011: 7.3% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.1%2016: 34%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.1%2011: 7.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.5%2016: 24.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.2%2016: 25.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%35.5%2016: 27.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.9%2016: 12.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.4%2016: 9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%67.2%2016: 69%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%32.5%2016: 31%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.1%2016: 1.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.6%2016: 96.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.3%2016: 2.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.5%2016: 81.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.5%2016: 19.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.1%2016: 89.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.2%2016: 1.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.6%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6%2016: 6.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%36.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.9%2016: 90.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.4%2016: 7.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 2.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021