Yamachiche
Small town · Quebec · Population 2,813
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
- 44.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 27.3% · 2016: 29.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.5%2016: 17.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.1%2016: 9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.6%2016: 24.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.6%2016: 30.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.1%2016: 17.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.1%2011: 27.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.6%2011: 30.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7%2011: 9.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.8%2016: 28.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.4%2011: 6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%25.7%2016: 29.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.5%2016: 17.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%24.3%2016: 24%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.2%2016: 18.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%11%2016: 9.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%0%2016: 0%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%77.7%2016: 80.5%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%22.3%2016: 19.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%0.7%2016: 0.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%96.8%2016: 98.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%2.5%2016: 1.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%69.4%2016: 68.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%30.2%2016: 31.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%73.1%2016: 73.5%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.5%2016: 3.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.8%2016: 1.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7%2016: 7.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.8%2016: 11.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.7%2016: 2.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%36%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%12.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.8%2016: 95.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.9%2016: 0.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.8%2016: 3.6%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021