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Biencourt, Quebec (Municipalité)
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Population and dwelling counts
Population in 20111 506
Population in 20061 596
2006 to 2011 population change (%) -15.1
Total private dwellings2 283
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents3 235
Population density per square kilometre 2.7
Land area (square km) 187.34
Age characteristics
Total population by age groups4 505
0 to 4 years 20
5 to 9 years 20
10 to 14 years 25
15 to 19 years 20
15 years 5
16 years 5
17 years 5
18 years 0
19 years 5
20 to 24 years 10
25 to 29 years 25
30 to 34 years 30
35 to 39 years 10
40 to 44 years 20
45 to 49 years 40
50 to 54 years 55
55 to 59 years 55
60 to 64 years 50
65 to 69 years 45
70 to 74 years 30
75 to 79 years 15
80 to 84 years 20
85 years and over 15
Median age of the population5 52.9
% of the population aged 15 and over 87.0
Marital status
Total population 15 years and over by marital status6 440
Married or living with a common-law partner 265
Married (and not separated) 210
Living common law 60
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 175
Single (never legally married) 90
Separated 10
Divorced 35
Widowed 45
Family characteristics
Total number of census families in private households7 145
Size of census family: 2 persons 85
Size of census family: 3 persons 30
Size of census family: 4 persons 20
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 10
Total number of census families in private households8 145
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 130
Married couples 100
Without children at home 70
With children at home 35
1 child 20
2 children 10
3 or more children 5
Common-law couples 25
Without children at home 10
With children at home 20
1 child 5
2 children 10
3 or more children 5
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 15
Female parent 10
1 child 5
2 children 0
3 or more children 0
Male parent 5
1 child 5
2 children 0
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 120
Under six years of age 25
6 to 14 years 40
15 to 17 years 15
18 to 24 years 15
25 years and over 25
Average number of children at home per census family 0.8
Household and dwelling characteristics
Total number of persons in private households 495
Number of persons not in census families 95
Living with relatives9 10
Living with non-relatives only 0
Living alone 85
Number of census family persons 400
Average number of persons per census family 2.8
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 120
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 45
Living with relatives9 5
Living with non-relatives only 0
Living alone 40
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 75
Total number of private households by household type10 235
Census-family households 145
One-family-only households11 145
Couple-family households12 130
Without children 80
With children 50
Lone-parent-family households 10
Other family households13 0
One-family households with persons not in a census family 5
Couple-family households14 0
Without children 0
With children 0
Lone-parent-family households 0
Two-or-more-family households 5
Non-census-family households 90
One-person households 85
Two-or-more-person households 0
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling15 235
Single-detached house 200
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling16 0
Other dwelling17 35
Semi-detached house 5
Row house 0
Apartment, duplex 15
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 10
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size18 235
1 person 85
2 persons 90
3 persons 30
4 persons 20
5 persons 10
6 or more persons 5
Number of persons in private households 495
Average number of persons in private households 2.1
Detailed mother tongue
Detailed mother tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents19 505
  Single responses  505
    English  5
    French  505
    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          0
    English and French  0
    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 510
  English only 0
  French only 470
  English and French 35
  Neither English nor French 0
First official language spoken
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residents19 505
  English 0
  French 505
  English and French 0
  Neither English nor French 0
Official language minority (number)23 5
Official language minority (percentage)23 1.0
Detailed language spoken most often at home
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residents19 505
  Single responses 505
    English 0
    French 505
    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         0
    English and French 0
    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 510
  None 500
  Single responses  5
    English  5
    French  0
    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          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.