Westbury
Small town · Quebec · Population 1,097
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: 42.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.9 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 18.5% · 2016: 21.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.9%2016: 17.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.7%2016: 10%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.9%2016: 24.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.7%2016: 31.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.8%2016: 17.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%34.5%2011: 32.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.3%2011: 34.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.8%2011: 7.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.4%2016: 22.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6%2011: 7.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%21.6%2016: 23.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.6%2016: 19.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%29.4%2016: 36.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.6%2016: 13.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9.8%2016: 7.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.9%2016: 0.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%74%2016: 73.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%25.6%2016: 26.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%3.2%2016: 4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%95.4%2016: 93.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.4%2016: 2.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.2%2016: 92.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.8%2016: 7.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%94.1%2016: 94%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.2%2016: 1.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.5%2016: 2.4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.2%2016: 2.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.8%2016: 96.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.7%2016: 2.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 2.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021