Sept-Îles
Town · Quebec · Population 24,569
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
- 44.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36.2% (estimated) · 2016: 30.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.3%2016: 16.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 10.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24%2016: 24.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.8%2016: 30.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.6%2016: 17.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.4%2011: 25.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.2%2011: 28.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.5%2011: 9.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.2%2016: 32.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.7%2011: 5.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.5%2016: 17.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.5%2016: 18.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%24.5%2016: 24.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.4%2016: 23.5%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.1%2016: 15.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%1.1%2016: 0.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%68.6%2016: 70.2%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%30.2%2016: 28.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%2.8%2016: 3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%92.5%2016: 93.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.6%2016: 3.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%66.1%2016: 66.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34%2016: 33.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%47.6%2016: 46.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.4%2016: 4.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4%2016: 4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.5%2016: 4.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%25.7%2016: 25.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.6%2016: 1.6%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%12.2%2016: 13%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%56.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%15.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.2%2016: 90.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.2%2016: 0.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.6%2016: 7.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 0.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 1.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021