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Plessisville, Quebec (Ville)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 6,688
Population in 20061 6,677
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 0.2
Total private dwellings2 3,115
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 3,067
Population density per square kilometre 1,546.0
Land area (square km) 4.33
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 6,685
0 to 4 years 340
5 to 9 years 315
10 to 14 years 295
15 to 19 years 390
15 years 75
16 years 65
17 years 75
18 years 70
19 years 105
20 to 24 years 355
25 to 29 years 355
30 to 34 years 310
35 to 39 years 340
40 to 44 years 325
45 to 49 years 485
50 to 54 years 490
55 to 59 years 520
60 to 64 years 525
65 to 69 years 460
70 to 74 years 355
75 to 79 years 315
80 to 84 years 245
85 years and over 260
Median age of the population5 48.4
% of the population aged 15 and over 85.7
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 5,735
Married or living with a common-law partner 3,135
Married (and not separated) 2,015
Living common law 1,125
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 2,595
Single (never legally married) 1,485
Separated 65
Divorced 465
Widowed 580
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 1,845
Size of census family: 2 persons 1,130
Size of census family: 3 persons 305
Size of census family: 4 persons 285
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 120
Total number of census families in private households8 1,845
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 1,525
Married couples 965
Without children at home 705
With children at home 260
1 child 110
2 children 105
3 or more children 50
Common-law couples 560
Without children at home 220
With children at home 340
1 child 105
2 children 170
3 or more children 65
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 320
Female parent 235
1 child 150
2 children 70
3 or more children 15
Male parent 80
1 child 60
2 children 20
3 or more children 5
Total children in census families in private households 1,585
Under six years of age 400
6 to 14 years 540
15 to 17 years 200
18 to 24 years 300
25 years and over 140
Average number of children at home per census family 0.9
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 6,345
Number of persons not in census families 1,385
Living with relatives9 90
Living with non-relatives only 145
Living alone 1,150
Number of census family persons 4,955
Average number of persons per census family 2.7
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 1,340
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 470
Living with relatives9 30
Living with non-relatives only 25
Living alone 420
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 870
Total number of private households by household type10 3,070
Census-family households 1,835
One-family-only households11 1,780
Couple-family households12 1,480
Without children 900
With children 575
Lone-parent-family households 295
Other family households13 55
One-family households with persons not in a census family 45
Couple-family households14 30
Without children 20
With children 20
Lone-parent-family households 15
Two-or-more-family households 5
Non-census-family households 1,230
One-person households 1,150
Two-or-more-person households 80
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 3,065
Single-detached house 1,585
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 35
Other dwelling17 1,440
Semi-detached house 105
Row house 5
Apartment, duplex 290
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 1,020
Other single-attached house 25
Total number of private households by household size18 3,070
1 person 1,155
2 persons 1,170
3 persons 320
4 persons 295
5 persons 100
6 or more persons 35
Number of persons in private households 6,345
Average number of persons in private households 2.1
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,565
  Single responses  6,540
    English  45
    French  6,460
    Non-official languages  40
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 0
        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 40
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  0
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  10
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  0
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  0
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  5
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  0
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        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.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  0
        Portuguese  0
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  0
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  0
        Serbo-Croatian  10
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  0
        Sindhi  0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  0
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  5
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  5
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses          25
    English and French  20
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language 5
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,565
  English only 5
  French only 5,365
  English and French 1,195
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,565
  English 40
  French 6,515
  English and French 10
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 45
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.7
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,565
  Single responses 6,535
    English 25
    French 6,490
    Non-official languages 20
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 0
        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 20
        African languages, n.i.e. 0
        Afrikaans 0
        Akan (Twi) 0
        Albanian 0
        Amharic 0
        Arabic 0
        Armenian 0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e. 0
        Bengali 0
        Berber languages (Kabyle) 0
        Bisayan languages 0
        Bosnian 0
        Bulgarian 0
        Burmese 0
        Cantonese 0
        Chinese, n.o.s. 5
        Creoles 0
        Croatian 0
        Czech 0
        Danish 0
        Dutch 0
        Estonian 0
        Finnish 0
        Flemish 0
        Fukien 0
        German 0
        Greek 5
        Gujarati 0
        Hakka 0
        Hebrew 0
        Hindi 0
        Hungarian 0
        Ilocano 0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 0
        Italian 0
        Japanese 0
        Khmer (Cambodian) 0
        Korean 0
        Kurdish 0
        Lao 0
        Latvian 0
        Lingala 0
        Lithuanian 0
        Macedonian 0
        Malay 0
        Malayalam 0
        Maltese 0
        Mandarin 5
        Marathi 0
        Nepali 0
        Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 0
        Norwegian 0
        Oromo 0
        Panjabi (Punjabi) 0
        Pashto 0
        Persian (Farsi) 0
        Polish 0
        Portuguese 0
        Romanian 0
        Rundi (Kirundi) 0
        Russian 0
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Serbian 0
        Serbo-Croatian 5
        Shanghainese 0
        Sign languages, n.i.e. 0
        Sindhi 0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese) 0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0
        Slovak 0
        Slovenian 0
        Somali 0
        Spanish 0
        Swahili 0
        Swedish 0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 0
        Taiwanese 0
        Tamil 0
        Telugu 0
        Thai 0
        Tibetan languages 0
        Tigrigna 0
        Turkish 0
        Ukrainian 0
        Urdu 0
        Vietnamese 0
        Yiddish 0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses         35
    English and French 15
    English and non-official language 0
    French and non-official language 15
    English, French and non-official language 0
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 6,565
  None 6,405
  Single responses  160
    English  135
    French  20
    Non-official languages  15
      Selected Aboriginal languages20 0
        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 10
        African languages, n.i.e.  0
        Afrikaans  0
        Akan (Twi)  0
        Albanian  0
        Amharic  0
        Arabic  0
        Armenian  0
        Bantu languages, n.i.e.  0
        Bengali  0
        Berber languages (Kabyle)  0
        Bisayan languages  0
        Bosnian  0
        Bulgarian  0
        Burmese  0
        Cantonese  0
        Chinese, n.o.s.  0
        Creoles  0
        Croatian  0
        Czech  0
        Danish  0
        Dutch  0
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  0
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  0
        Japanese  0
        Khmer (Cambodian)  0
        Korean  0
        Kurdish  0
        Lao  0
        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.  0
        Norwegian  0
        Oromo  0
        Panjabi (Punjabi)  0
        Pashto  0
        Persian (Farsi)  0
        Polish  0
        Portuguese  0
        Romanian  0
        Rundi (Kirundi)  0
        Russian  0
        Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)  0
        Semitic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Serbian  0
        Serbo-Croatian  5
        Shanghainese  0
        Sign languages, n.i.e.  0
        Sindhi  0
        Sinhala (Sinhalese)  0
        Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slavic languages, n.i.e.  0
        Slovak  0
        Slovenian  0
        Somali  0
        Spanish  5
        Swahili  0
        Swedish  0
        Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)  0
        Taiwanese  0
        Tamil  0
        Telugu  0
        Thai  0
        Tibetan languages  0
        Tigrigna  0
        Turkish  0
        Ukrainian  0
        Urdu  0
        Vietnamese  0
        Yiddish  0
      Other languages22 0
  Multiple responses          0
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.