Sainte-Mélanie
Small town · Quebec · Population 3,250
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
- 43.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.8% · 2016: 32.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.2%2016: 16.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.6%2016: 10%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.2%2016: 24.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.5%2016: 30.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.3%2016: 17.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.3%2011: 26.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33%2011: 33.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.6%2011: 6.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.6%2016: 26.6%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.5%2011: 8.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.4%2016: 15.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.2%2016: 19.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%29.4%2016: 30.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.2%2016: 19.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.6%2016: 14.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.5%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%72.8%2016: 73.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%26.6%2016: 25.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.9%2016: 0.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.1%2016: 97.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2%2016: 1.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81.3%2016: 80%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19.1%2016: 20%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%87.5%2016: 87.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.7%2016: 5.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.4%2016: 0.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.2%2016: 3.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.6%2016: 2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.7%2016: 1.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%12.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.8%2016: 95.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1%2016: 0.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.8%2016: 4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021