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Census Profile

Pont-Rouge, Quebec (Ville)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 8,723
Population in 20061 7,518
2006 to 2011 population change (%) 16.0
Total private dwellings2 3,617
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 3,471
Population density per square kilometre 72.0
Land area (square km) 121.23
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 8,725
0 to 4 years 635
5 to 9 years 490
10 to 14 years 505
15 to 19 years 535
15 years 95
16 years 125
17 years 105
18 years 110
19 years 100
20 to 24 years 440
25 to 29 years 560
30 to 34 years 735
35 to 39 years 585
40 to 44 years 565
45 to 49 years 690
50 to 54 years 675
55 to 59 years 615
60 to 64 years 550
65 to 69 years 420
70 to 74 years 290
75 to 79 years 205
80 to 84 years 145
85 years and over 105
Median age of the population5 39.1
% of the population aged 15 and over 81.4
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 7,095
Married or living with a common-law partner 4,650
Married (and not separated) 2,380
Living common law 2,270
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 2,445
Single (never legally married) 1,725
Separated 75
Divorced 340
Widowed 310
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 2,630
Size of census family: 2 persons 1,315
Size of census family: 3 persons 560
Size of census family: 4 persons 565
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 195
Total number of census families in private households8 2,630
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 2,310
Married couples 1,175
Without children at home 640
With children at home 535
1 child 210
2 children 235
3 or more children 90
Common-law couples 1,135
Without children at home 480
With children at home 655
1 child 260
2 children 300
3 or more children 95
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 325
Female parent 235
1 child 145
2 children 70
3 or more children 25
Male parent 85
1 child 55
2 children 25
3 or more children 10
Total children in census families in private households 2,640
Under six years of age 765
6 to 14 years 855
15 to 17 years 315
18 to 24 years 495
25 years and over 215
Average number of children at home per census family 1.0
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 8,595
Number of persons not in census families 1,015
Living with relatives9 115
Living with non-relatives only 90
Living alone 805
Number of census family persons 7,585
Average number of persons per census family 2.9
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 1,040
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 315
Living with relatives9 30
Living with non-relatives only 5
Living alone 280
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 725
Total number of private households by household type10 3,470
Census-family households 2,615
One-family-only households11 2,520
Couple-family households12 2,235
Without children 1,080
With children 1,160
Lone-parent-family households 280
Other family households13 90
One-family households with persons not in a census family 65
Couple-family households14 40
Without children 20
With children 20
Lone-parent-family households 20
Two-or-more-family households 20
Non-census-family households 860
One-person households 800
Two-or-more-person households 60
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 3,470
Single-detached house 2,690
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 30
Other dwelling17 755
Semi-detached house 255
Row house 10
Apartment, duplex 160
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 325
Other single-attached house 10
Total number of private households by household size18 3,475
1 person 800
2 persons 1,290
3 persons 575
4 persons 580
5 persons 170
6 or more persons 45
Number of persons in private households 8,595
Average number of persons in private households 2.5
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 8,720
  Single responses  8,695
    English  70
    French  8,595
    Non-official languages  25
      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 25
        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  5
        Estonian  0
        Finnish  0
        Flemish  0
        Fukien  0
        German  5
        Greek  0
        Gujarati  0
        Hakka  0
        Hebrew  0
        Hindi  0
        Hungarian  0
        Ilocano  0
        Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.  0
        Italian  5
        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  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 5
  Multiple responses          30
    English and French  30
    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 8,725
  English only 10
  French only 6,610
  English and French 2,100
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 8,720
  English 75
  French 8,645
  English and French 5
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 80
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 8,720
  Single responses 8,695
    English 55
    French 8,630
    Non-official languages 10
      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) 5
        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 5
  Multiple responses         30
    English and French 25
    English and non-official language 0
    French and non-official language 10
    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 8,725
  None 8,445
  Single responses  275
    English  220
    French  35
    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.  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  5
        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  15
        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          5
    English and French  0
    English and non-official language  5
    French and non-official language  5
    English, French and non-official language  0

Source: 2011 Census of Population.

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