Sutton
Small town · Quebec · Population 4,548
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
- 60.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 54.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 58.3 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 35.5% · 2016: 29.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%8.9%2016: 9.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%5.9%2016: 7.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%14.2%2016: 14.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.5%2016: 35.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%38.9%2016: 33.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%12.4%2011: 16.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.3%2011: 37.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5%2011: 6.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%41.9%2016: 39.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.4%2011: 4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.7%2016: 9.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.4%2016: 21.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.6%2016: 14.2%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.3%2016: 24.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%38.8%2016: 30.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%10.5%2016: 13%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%17.4%2016: 16.8%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%71.9%2016: 69.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%23.6%2016: 28.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%68.6%2016: 64.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.8%2016: 7.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%75.5%2016: 75.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%24.7%2016: 24.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%67.2%2016: 71.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.7%2016: 2.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.9%2016: 1.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.2%2016: 5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%19.5%2016: 16%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.6%2016: 3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%25.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.5%2016: 86.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1%2016: 1.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.9%2016: 10.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.7%2016: 0.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.8%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021