Sainte-Luce
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,845
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
- 48.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.9% · 2016: 22.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16%2016: 15.5%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.7%2016: 8.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.6%2016: 21.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.8%2016: 33.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.9%2016: 21.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.1%2011: 27.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.2%2011: 32.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.4%2011: 6.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.5%2016: 31.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3.9%2011: 4.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.8%2016: 15.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.6%2016: 19.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%27.4%2016: 29.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27%2016: 21.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.2%2016: 15.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%74.5%2016: 80.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%25.2%2016: 19.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%98.9%2016: 98.7%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%0.5%2016: 0.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%80.2%2016: 80.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19.8%2016: 19.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%70.7%2016: 72.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.6%2016: 4.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.1%2016: 1.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.6%2016: 4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.9%2016: 7.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%10%2016: 10.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.5%2016: 91.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.4%2016: 6.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021