Thetford Mines
Town · Quebec · Population 26,072
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
- 53.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 50.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.4 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 32.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.9% · 2016: 28%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.5%2016: 13.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.1%2016: 9.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.9%2016: 19.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.6%2016: 29.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.7%2016: 28.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.4%2011: 19.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%31.5%2011: 31.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.1%2011: 8.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%40.4%2016: 39%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%3.6%2011: 3.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.8%2016: 14.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.2%2016: 18.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%30.4%2016: 30.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.6%2016: 24.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%14.1%2016: 12%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.3%2016: 0.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%76%2016: 77.9%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%23.5%2016: 21.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.1%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.1%2016: 97.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.9%2016: 1.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%66.4%2016: 67.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%33.6%2016: 32.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%63.3%2016: 63.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.8%2016: 1.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.7%2016: 0.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%11.2%2016: 11.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%21.6%2016: 21.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.4%2016: 1.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%40.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%36.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%13.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.3%2016: 93.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.3%2016: 0.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.5%2016: 4.8%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 0.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021