Waterville
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,307
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
- 39.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 42 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.6% · 2016: 30.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%23.2%2016: 21.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.2%2016: 10.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.7%2016: 23.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.4%2016: 26.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.5%2016: 17%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%31.3%2011: 29%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.5%2011: 28.4%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.4%2011: 9.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.3%2016: 27.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%5.5%2011: 7.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.9%2016: 15.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.3%2016: 17.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%21.3%2016: 23%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.7%2016: 24.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%27.4%2016: 19.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%8.2%2016: 10.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%39.8%2016: 37.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%51.7%2016: 52.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%23.8%2016: 28.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%71.2%2016: 68.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5%2016: 3.3%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.7%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%74.2%2016: 76.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%25.8%2016: 23.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%75.8%2016: 75.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.2%2016: 2.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.5%2016: 5.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%15.4%2016: 14.5%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%2016: 1.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%38.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%15.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.7%2016: 84.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.2%2016: 11.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 3.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021