Census of enumeration figures, which took place in 2006 year by Statistique Canada, were published on site la Ville de Montréal. Statistics indicate not only the count of population of the city of Montreal, but also a lot of other important factors. Among them is housing description of everage apartments of inhabitants of the island.
So, there are 827 495 living quarters in Montreal. Widespread are five-storeyed buildings. In Montreal there are 449 625 5-floors buildings, which make 54,1% out of all living quarters in the city.
People prefer to live in five-room apartments, and at the same time they have average of 2 bedroom in their flats.
Statistics of type of living quarters
| Type of dwelling | Quantity | % |
| Single-detached house | 97 270 | 11,7 |
| Townhouse | 31 250 | 3,8 |
| Maison en rangée | 29 090 | 3,5 |
| Apartment, duplex | 112 3001 | 3,5 |
| Apartment, building of five storeys or more | 107 470 | 12,9 |
| Apartment building less than five storeys | 449 6255 | 4,1 |
| Other adjoining house | 3700 | 0,4 |
| Mobile housing | 505 | 0,1 |
Rent or own
Out of 827 495 apartments in Montreal, 513 055 are rented (what makes 62% from total), and 314 380 are owned (38% from all living quarters)
Condition of dwelling
Census of enumeration also made a statistics on condition of apartments and houses. 501 880 units of dwelling ( 61% of all dwellings in Montreal) need a regular service (as per the inhabitants).
Slight reparations are needed in 30% of living quarters(247 760), and 77 275 apartments (or 9%) are in need of thorough repairs.
The prise of rent dwelling
In Montreal the average price of rent of dwelling is 661$ a month. Altogether there are 198 015 families in Montrel (39%) which pay more than 30% of their income for rent.
Expenses for owning dwelling
The average price of dwelling in Montreal in 2006 was $ 306 391. Monthly realty expense, such as tax, hypothecary payments, condo- dues, are in average about $ 1 042. Altogether 66 005 families (21%) spend at the least 30% of their income on payments for own realty.
The periods building realty in Montreal
The most important period in building of dwelling was from 1946 till 1960 year, when there were build 214 445 units of dwelling.
In period from 2001 till 2006 year there were build 30 835 living quarters.
Source: “Profil sociodémographique. Agglomération de Montréal. Édition mai 2009″
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