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Census Profile

Plessisville, Quebec (Paroisse (municipalité de))
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 2,678
Population in 20061 2,557
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 4.7
Total private dwellings2 1,059
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 1,030
Population density per square kilometre 18.8
Land area (square km) 142.75
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 2,675
0 to 4 years 165
5 to 9 years 150
10 to 14 years 135
15 to 19 years 215
15 years 45
16 years 40
17 years 40
18 years 45
19 years 40
20 to 24 years 155
25 to 29 years 140
30 to 34 years 185
35 to 39 years 145
40 to 44 years 150
45 to 49 years 260
50 to 54 years 240
55 to 59 years 180
60 to 64 years 190
65 to 69 years 165
70 to 74 years 90
75 to 79 years 70
80 to 84 years 25
85 years and over 15
Median age of the population5 41.8
% of the population aged 15 and over 83.2
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 2,225
Married or living with a common-law partner 1,505
Married (and not separated) 960
Living common law 555
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 715
Single (never legally married) 555
Separated 25
Divorced 95
Widowed 45
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 835
Size of census family: 2 persons 435
Size of census family: 3 persons 165
Size of census family: 4 persons 155
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 85
Total number of census families in private households8 835
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 750
Married couples 480
Without children at home 285
With children at home 195
1 child 80
2 children 80
3 or more children 40
Common-law couples 275
Without children at home 105
With children at home 175
1 child 60
2 children 75
3 or more children 45
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 85
Female parent 50
1 child 30
2 children 20
3 or more children 5
Male parent 30
1 child 20
2 children 10
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 825
Under six years of age 205
6 to 14 years 255
15 to 17 years 125
18 to 24 years 185
25 years and over 55
Average number of children at home per census family 1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 2,650
Number of persons not in census families 245
Living with relatives9 20
Living with non-relatives only 40
Living alone 180
Number of census family persons 2,410
Average number of persons per census family 2.9
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 355
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 65
Living with relatives9 5
Living with non-relatives only 5
Living alone 55
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 290
Total number of private households by household type10 1,030
Census-family households 830
One-family-only households11 810
Couple-family households12 740
Without children 380
With children 365
Lone-parent-family households 65
Other family households13 25
One-family households with persons not in a census family 15
Couple-family households14 5
Without children 5
With children 0
Lone-parent-family households 10
Two-or-more-family households 5
Non-census-family households 200
One-person households 180
Two-or-more-person households 20
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 1,030
Single-detached house 945
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 10
Other dwelling17 75
Semi-detached house 5
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 30
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 35
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size18 1,030
1 person 180
2 persons 425
3 persons 175
4 persons 160
5 persons 65
6 or more persons 25
Number of persons in private households 2,650
Average number of persons in private households 2.6
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,650
  Single responses  2,640
    English  20
    French  2,615
    Non-official languages  5
      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 5
        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  0
        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          10
    English and French  5
    English and non-official language  0
    French and non-official language  0
    English, French and non-official language 0
Knowledge of official languages
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,650
  English only 0
  French only 2,225
  English and French 420
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,650
  English 20
  French 2,625
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 25
Official language minority (percentage)23 0.9
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 2,650
  Single responses 2,645
    English 5
    French 2,635
    Non-official languages 0
      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 0
        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 0
        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         10
    English and French 5
    English and non-official language 0
    French and non-official language 0
    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 2,650
  None 2,595
  Single responses  55
    English  50
    French  0
    Non-official languages  5
      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 5
        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  0
        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          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.

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