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Census Profile

Lévis, Quebec (Ville)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 138,769
Population in 20061 130,006
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 6.7
Total private dwellings2 59,024
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 57,766
Population density per square kilometre 308.8
Land area (square km) 449.31
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 138,770
0 to 4 years 8,380
5 to 9 years 7,580
10 to 14 years 7,760
15 to 19 years 8,995
15 years 1,740
16 years 1,780
17 years 1,745
18 years 1,795
19 years 1,935
20 to 24 years 8,200
25 to 29 years 8,220
30 to 34 years 9,815
35 to 39 years 9,190
40 to 44 years 9,145
45 to 49 years 10,880
50 to 54 years 11,440
55 to 59 years 10,630
60 to 64 years 9,670
65 to 69 years 7,025
70 to 74 years 4,255
75 to 79 years 3,065
80 to 84 years 2,275
85 years and over 2,240
Median age of the population5 40.7
% of the population aged 15 and over 82.9
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 115,050
Married or living with a common-law partner 70,520
Married (and not separated) 38,605
Living common law 31,905
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 44,530
Single (never legally married) 30,730
Separated 1,400
Divorced 6,910
Widowed 5,490
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 40,455
Size of census family: 2 persons 20,785
Size of census family: 3 persons 8,485
Size of census family: 4 persons 8,365
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 2,820
Total number of census families in private households8 40,455
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 34,870
Married couples 18,930
Without children at home 10,390
With children at home 8,540
1 child 3,295
2 children 3,705
3 or more children 1,540
Common-law couples 15,945
Without children at home 6,955
With children at home 8,985
1 child 3,475
2 children 4,295
3 or more children 1,220
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 5,580
Female parent 4,100
1 child 2,530
2 children 1,240
3 or more children 335
Male parent 1,480
1 child 910
2 children 475
3 or more children 95
Total children in census families in private households 39,985
Under six years of age 9,965
6 to 14 years 13,620
15 to 17 years 5,110
18 to 24 years 8,415
25 years and over 2,875
Average number of children at home per census family 1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 135,835
Number of persons not in census families 20,520
Living with relatives9 1,530
Living with non-relatives only 3,105
Living alone 15,890
Number of census family persons 115,310
Average number of persons per census family 2.9
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 16,385
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 5,190
Living with relatives9 450
Living with non-relatives only 250
Living alone 4,490
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 11,195
Total number of private households by household type10 57,765
Census-family households 40,235
One-family-only households11 39,110
Couple-family households12 33,990
Without children 16,840
With children 17,155
Lone-parent-family households 5,115
Other family households13 1,130
One-family households with persons not in a census family 915
Couple-family households14 565
Without children 295
With children 270
Lone-parent-family households 350
Two-or-more-family households 215
Non-census-family households 17,525
One-person households 15,890
Two-or-more-person households 1,640
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 57,765
Single-detached house 31,820
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 695
Movable dwelling16 615
Other dwelling17 24,635
Semi-detached house 3,940
Row house 1,295
Apartment, duplex 3,340
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 15,915
Other single-attached house 145
Total number of private households by household size18 57,765
1 person 15,890
2 persons 21,420
3 persons 8,795
4 persons 8,540
5 persons 2,440
6 or more persons 685
Number of persons in private households 135,835
Average number of persons in private households 2.4
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 137,195
  Single responses  136,535
    English  1,350
    French  133,905
    Non-official languages  1,285
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 10
        Atikamekw    5
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  5
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 1,230
        African languages, n.i.e.  5
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  185
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  10
        Bisayan languages  5
        Bosnian  10
        Bulgarian  5
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  15
        Chinese, n.o.s.  55
        Creoles  20
        Croatian  15
        Czech  10
        Danish  0
        Dutch  10
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  5
        Flemish  5
        Fukien  0
        German  50
        Greek  15
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  10
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  60
        Japanese  10
        Khmer (Cambodian)  25
        Korean  5
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  30
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  5
        Lithuanian  5
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  25
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  15
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  5
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  30
        Portuguese  70
        Romanian  25
        Rundi (Kirundi)  15
        Russian  25
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  5
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  5
        Serbo-Croatian  10
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  10
        Sindhi  0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  10
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  5
        Spanish  300
        Swahili  5
        Swedish  5
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  5
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  20
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  5
        Ukrainian  5
        Urdu  5
        Vietnamese  55
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 50
  Multiple responses          660
    English and French  460
    English and non-official language  15
    French and non-official language  160
    English, French and non-official language 30
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 137,195
  English only 135
  French only 92,895
  English and French 44,120
  Neither English nor French 45
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 137,195
  English 1,400
  French 135,445
  English and French 305
  Neither English nor French 40
Official language minority (number)23 1,555
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.1
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 137,195
  Single responses 136,465
    English 880
    French 135,075
    Non-official languages 515
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 0
        Atikamekw   0
        Cree, n.o.s. 0
        Dene 0
        Innu/Montagnais 5
        Inuktitut 0
        Mi'kmaq 0
        Ojibway 0
        Oji-Cree 0
        Stoney 0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 495
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 0
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 0
        Amharic 0
        Arabic 45
        Armenian 0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0
        Bengali 0
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 5
        Bisayan languages 0
        Bosnian 5
        Bulgarian 0
        Burmese 0
        Cantonese 10
        Chinese, n.o.s. 45
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 5
        Czech 5
        Danish 0
        Dutch 5
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 10
        Greek 0
        Gujarati 0
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 0
        Hungarian 5
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0
        Italian 10
        Japanese 5
        Khmer (Cambodian) 5
        Korean 0
        Kurdish 5
        Lao 10
        Latvian 0
        Lingala 0
        Lithuanian 0
        Macedonian 0
        Malay 0
        Malayalam 0
        Maltese 0
        Mandarin 25
        Marathi 0
        Nepali 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 0
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 0
        Polish 20
        Portuguese 40
        Romanian 10
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 10
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Serbian 5
        Serbo-Croatian 5
        Shanghainese 0
        Sign languages, n.i.e. 5
        Sindhi 0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slovak 5
        Slovenian 0
        Somali 0
        Spanish 140
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0
        Taiwanese 0
        Tamil 0
        Telugu 0
        Thai 10
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 0
        Turkish 5
        Ukrainian 5
        Urdu 0
        Vietnamese 30
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 15
  Multiple responses         730
    English and French 385
    English and non-official language 15
    French and non-official language 275
    English, French and non-official language 55
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 137,195
  None 130,875
  Single responses  6,145
    English  4,715
    French  830
    Non-official languages  600
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 5
        Atikamekw    0
        Cree, n.o.s.  0
        Dene  0
        Innu/Montagnais  0
        Inuktitut  0
        Mi'kmaq  0
        Ojibway  0
        Oji-Cree  0
        Stoney  0
      Selected non-Aboriginal languages21 565
        African languages, n.i.e.  5
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  80
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  5
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  10
        Bulgarian  5
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  5
        Chinese, n.o.s.  10
        Creoles  25
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  5
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  35
        Greek  5
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  25
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  5
        Korean  0
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  5
        Latvian  0
        Lingala  0
        Lithuanian  0
        Macedonian  0
        Malay  0
        Malayalam  0
        Maltese  0
        Mandarin  0
        Marathi  0
        Nepali  0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.  5
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  5
        Portuguese  15
        Romanian  5
        Rundi (Kirundi)  5
        Russian  10
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  5
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  0
        Serbo-Croatian  5
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  5
        Sindhi  0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  5
        Slovenian  5
        Somali  0
        Spanish  265
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  5
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  10
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 30
  Multiple responses          175
    English and French  25
    English and non-official language  120
    French and non-official language  30
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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