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Selected trend data for Verchères (MÉ) , 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses

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Selected trend data for Verchères (Municipalité) , 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses
Subtopic	Census year
Subtopic	1996	2001	2006
Population
Total population count¹	4,854	4,782	5,243
Age and sex
% of the population aged 0 to 14 years	21.4	18.0	17.6
% of the population aged 15 to 64 years	67.9	70.6	69.8
% of the population aged 65 years and over	10.7	11.3	12.8
Median age²	36.2	39.9	40.3
Ratio of age groups 0 to 14 years to 65 years and over³	2.0	1.6	1.4
Marital status
% of the population aged 15 years and over who are single (never legally married)⁴	25.7	25.1	24.2
% of the population aged 15 years and over living in a couple (married or common-law)	64.2	64.5	65.2
Families and households
% of couples (married and common-law) with children (of any age)⁵	62.3	55.2	49.6
% of couples (married and common-law) with at least one child under 25 years of age	57.4	51.2	45.7
Total private households⁶	1,775	1,850	2,115
% of one-person households	19.7	20.8	22.7
% of households containing a couple with children⁷	38.3	34.3	29.3
% of households containing a couple without children⁸	27.6	33.0	33.8
Average household size	2.7	2.6	2.5
Median household income⁹	58,334	55,465	58,764
Median economic family income¹⁰	66,478	66,074	66,393
% of economic families receiving government transfers¹¹	91.0	83.6	80.4
% of economic family income from government transfers¹²	10.5	8.4	8.9
Median economic family government transfers¹³	3,213	3,176	3,545
Median income for persons 15 years and over not in economic families¹⁴	20,822	25,231	23,369
% of persons not in economic families in low income before tax¹⁵	38.2	25.0	37.4
% of economic families in low income before tax¹⁶	7.2	6.2	6.7
Housing and shelter costs
Total occupied private dwellings occupied by usual residents¹⁷	1,770	1,845	2,115
% of occupied private dwellings owned¹⁸	78.0	77.0	74.2
% of occupied private dwellings rented¹⁹	22.0	22.8	25.8
% of occupied private dwellings that are band housing²⁰	0.0	0.0	0.0
% of occupied private dwellings requiring major repair²¹	7.1	8.1	5.4
% of occupied private dwellings constructed in the last 10 years²²	17.5	10.6	18.0
% of occupied private dwellings with more than one person per room²³	0.6	0.0	0.0
Language
% of population whose mother tongue is English only²⁴	0.7	0.6	0.9
% of population whose mother tongue is French only²⁵	98.6	98.4	96.9
% of the population whose mother tongue is a non-official language only²⁶	0.5	0.7	1.5
% of the population who speak English and/or French most often at home²⁷	99.9	100.0	99.1
% of the population who only speak a non-official language most often at home²⁸	0.2	0.0	0.9
% of the population with knowledge of an official language²⁹	99.9	100.0	99.4
% of the population with knowledge of both official languages³⁰	29.9	31.8	35.0
Mobility and migration
% who lived at same address 5 years ago³¹	67.4	70.7	62.6
% who moved within the same census subdivision (CSD)	17.3	11.4	14.0
% who moved within the province from a different census subdivision (CSD)	14.8	17.7	21.8
% who moved from a different province/territory	0.0	0.0	0.0
% who lived outside Canada	0.4	0.2	1.4
Immigration and citizenship
% immigrants³²	0.9	3.1	2.8
% recent immigrants (arrived in last 5 years)³³	0.2	1.0	0.7
% Canadian citizens	99.8	99.5	98.3
Visible minorities
% visible minorities³⁴	0.6	0.8	1.6
Aboriginal peoples
% reporting Aboriginal identity³⁵	0.2	0.2	0.5
Labour
Employment rate³⁶	59.4	66.6	69.2
Employment rate for males³⁷	68.8	74.7	75.8
Employment rate for females³⁸	50.0	58.5	62.6
Participation rate³⁹	65.0	69.7	71.5
Participation rate for males⁴⁰	75.2	77.3	77.6
Participation rate for females⁴¹	54.9	62.2	65.5
Unemployment rate⁴²	8.7	4.3	3.3
Unemployment rate for males⁴³	8.2	3.3	2.4
Unemployment rate for females⁴⁴	9.0	5.4	4.4
% male full-year, full-time workers⁴⁵	46.9	52.1	56.0
% female full-year, full-time workers⁴⁶	23.0	30.6	37.3
Unpaid work
% of males reporting any hour(s) of unpaid work⁴⁷	87.2	88.4	95.6
% of females reporting any hour(s) of unpaid work⁴⁸	95.6	93.0	96.9
Place of work and commuting to work
% working at home⁴⁹	10.9	9.3	8.3
Travel to work: % by car, truck or van as driver⁵⁰	88.3	84.1	85.8
Travel to work: % by car, truck or van as passenger	2.7	4.5	4.2
Travel to work: % using public transit	1.7	4.1	4.2
Travel to work: % walking or biking	7.0	6.9	5.2
Income and earnings
Median total income for males⁵¹	38,008	35,163	37,881
Median total income for females⁵²	17,413	20,493	20,352
Median earnings for males working full year, full time⁵³	48,695	50,453	48,011
Median earnings for females working full year, full time⁵⁴	33,435	32,303	32,078
% of persons in low income before tax⁵⁵	10.4	7.6	10.5