Sayabec
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,706
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
- 52 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 22.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.3% · 2016: 34.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.5%2016: 14.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10%2016: 10.3%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%18.8%2016: 21%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.8%2016: 32%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%27%2016: 22.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.6%2011: 28.2%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.7%2011: 26.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.6%2011: 9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.6%2016: 34.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.5%2011: 5.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%21.1%2016: 27.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27%2016: 18.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%21.1%2016: 28.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.4%2016: 19.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11.8%2016: 6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%86.8%2016: 89.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.9%2016: 10.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%99.1%2016: 99%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%0.6%2016: 0.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%69.9%2016: 69.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.4%2016: 30.1%
- Band or local government housing0.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%74.7%2016: 74.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.5%2016: 2.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.5%2016: 3.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.2%2016: 6.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.6%2016: 12.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 0.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%41.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%24.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.3%2016: 89.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5%2016: 11.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.5%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.2%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021