Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac
Town · Quebec · Population 19,797
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
- 39.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 36.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 47.6% · 2016: 37.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%23.5%2016: 22.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.9%2016: 8.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29.4%2016: 31.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.5%2016: 25.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.8%2016: 11.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%35.4%2011: 35.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.1%2011: 27.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.1%2011: 9.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.8%2016: 21.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.7%2011: 7.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.4%2016: 11.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.5%2016: 18.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%22.3%2016: 22.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.1%2016: 27.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%25.6%2016: 20.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1.5%2016: 1.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%46%2016: 49.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%52%2016: 49.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.3%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%4.6%2016: 4.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%82.1%2016: 87.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%13.3%2016: 8.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 18%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 16.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.3%2016: 91.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%10.8%2016: 8.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%72.1%2016: 72.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.1%2016: 4.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.3%2016: 2.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.2%2016: 1.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%16.7%2016: 15.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.6%2016: 3.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%16.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%16%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%48.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%13.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.7%2016: 84.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4.3%2016: 12.6%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.2%2016: 1.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 0.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021