Wickham
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,587
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: 38.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 29.7% · 2016: 24%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.9%2016: 19.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 13.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.2%2016: 25%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.3%2016: 29.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.9%2016: 13.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29%2011: 35.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30%2011: 29.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.2%2011: 6.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.1%2016: 24%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.7%2011: 5.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%21.3%2016: 23%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.8%2016: 21.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%31.8%2016: 25.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.6%2016: 18.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.5%2016: 11.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0.2%2016: 0.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%74.9%2016: 77.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%23.9%2016: 22.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%1%2016: 0.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%97.1%2016: 98.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%1.9%2016: 0.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%75.5%2016: 75.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%24%2016: 24.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%79.3%2016: 79%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%10.6%2016: 10%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1%2016: 1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%8.2%2016: 8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1%2016: 1.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%35.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93%2016: 94.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.8%2016: 5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021