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Amherst, QC

Updated: Aug 2016
House
Median price $217,000
Monthly growth 189.71 %
Quarterly trend
Stock on market 4.35%
Apartment
Median price $166,500
Monthly growth
Quarterly trend
Stock on market 0.12%

Amherst Home Price

Across the country as a whole, Amherst is pretty average when all of Canada’s suburbs are listed in order of real estate listing prices.

While the median for Quebec is $224,900 , which means that Amherst’s median price is $217,000 below average than the rest of the province.

In province, the most common property on the listings this month has 3 bedrooms, in this neighbourhood it’s 3.

There are a number of important pieces of research you should do before deciding where to buy an investment property – this data for Amherst will hopefully provide an indicator to help you where to research in-depth

Over the last three months in Amherst, housing stock available seems to be getting more prevalent – this could mean that homes values might be less affected by availability problems.

Canada’s national median home listing price this month is $244,900, which means that Amherst is in the bottom 40% for Canada.

With Amherst’s median house price at $166,500 in Aug , it is below average compared to the rest of Quebec.

In province, the most common property on the listings this month has 2 bedrooms, in this neighbourhood it’s 2.

From our data, it appears that neighbourhood is number 838th when comparing neighbourhoods by the number of properties available to investors across the nation, putting it in the bottom 30.

Will prices rise across the next year in in Amherst? There are a number of real estate indicators to consider.

The amount of homes for sale in neighbourhood has fallen over the last three months – this means that supply and demand economics would mean that the pressure on house prices has also grown.

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Beds Median price (House) Median price (Apartment)
1 bedroom $57,250
2 bedrooms $185,000 $166,500
3 bedrooms $229,000
4 bedrooms $389,250
5 bedrooms $389,000
Demographics
  • Population in 20111524
  • Population in 20061421
  • 2006 to 2011 population change (%)7.2
  • Total private dwellings1608
  • Private dwellings occupied by usual residents760
  • Population density per square kilometre6.6
  • Land area (square km)231.18

Age Characteristics

Total population by age groups 1525
0 to 4 years 60
5 to 9 years 65
10 to 14 years 65
15 to 19 years 60
15 years 15
16 years 15
17 years 10
18 years 15
19 years 10
20 to 24 years 40
25 to 29 years 55
30 to 34 years 75
35 to 39 years 75
40 to 44 years 70
45 to 49 years 120
50 to 54 years 150
55 to 59 years 180
60 to 64 years 165
65 to 69 years 125
70 to 74 years 110
75 to 79 years 75
80 to 84 years 25
85 years and over 20
Median age of the population 52.6
% of the population aged 15 and over 88.1

Marital Status

Total population 15 years and over by marital status 1340
Married or living with a common-law partner 850
Married (and not separated) 530
Living common-law 325
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 485
Single (never legally married) 275
Separated 20
Divorced 105
Widowed 80

Family Characteristics

Total number of census families in private households 490
Size of census family: 2 persons 350
Size of census family: 3 persons 70
Size of census family: 4 persons 40
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 20
Total number of census families in private households 485
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 420
Married couples 255
Without children at home 205
With children at home 55
1 child 25
2 children 20
3 or more children 15
Common-law couples 160
Without children at home 100
With children at home 65
1 child 35
2 children 20
3 or more children 5
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 65
Female parent 45
1 child 35
2 children 10
3 or more children 0
Male parent 20
1 child 20
2 children 5
3 or more children 0
Total children in census families in private households 300
Under six years of age 80
6 to 14 years 110
15 to 17 years 40
18 to 24 years 50
25 years and over 35
Average number of children at home per census family 0.6

Household And Dwelling Characteristics

Total number of persons in private households 1520
Number of persons not in census families 310
Living with relatives 20
Living with non-relatives only 40
Living alone 255
Number of census family persons 1210
Average number of persons per census family 2.5
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 345
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 115
Living with relatives 10
Living with non-relatives only 5
Living alone 95
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 230
Total number of private households by household type 760
Census-family households 490
One-family-only households 460
Couple-family households 405
Without children 290
With children 110
Lone-parent-family households 55
Other family households 20
One-family households with persons not in a census family 25
Couple-family households 15
Without children 10
With children 5
Lone-parent-family households 10
Two-or-more-family households 0
Non-census-family households 275
One-person households 260
Two-or-more-person households 20
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling 760
Single-detached house 690
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 0
Movable dwelling 10
Other dwelling 60
Semi-detached house 10
Row house 5
Apartment, duplex 10
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 45
Other single-attached house 0
Total number of private households by household size 760
1 person 255
2 persons 355
3 persons 80
4 persons 50
5 persons 20
6 or more persons 10
Number of persons in private households 1525
Average number of persons in private households 2

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