Varennes
Town · Quebec · Population 21,198
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
- 42.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.9% · 2016: 29.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%18.5%2016: 17.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.9%2016: 13.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.2%2016: 23.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.9%2016: 31.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.4%2016: 13.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%31.8%2011: 38.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.9%2011: 26%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.1%2011: 9.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.2%2016: 21.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%4.9%2011: 5.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.7%2016: 7.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.9%2016: 18.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%19.5%2016: 19.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29%2016: 30.2%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%28.9%2016: 25.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%51.3%2016: 52.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%48.4%2016: 47.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1.5%2016: 1.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%94.2%2016: 95.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%4.3%2016: 2.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 12.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 11.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%79.2%2016: 80.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%20.9%2016: 19.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%62.5%2016: 63.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8.4%2016: 8.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.5%2016: 1.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.1%2016: 2.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%25.1%2016: 24.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%8.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%51.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91%2016: 87.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.7%2016: 7.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.3%2016: 3.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.7%2016: 1.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 0.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021