Avondale
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 13,803
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 36 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 35 years (estimated) · 2016: 34.2 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.9 (estimated) · 2011: 1.9 (estimated) · 2016: 2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 58.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 79.2% (estimated) · 2016: 70.1% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.2%2016: 11% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.4%2016: 11.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%48.7%2016: 48.9% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%20.4%2016: 20.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%10%2016: 8.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.4%2011: 16.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.3%2011: 23.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.6%2011: 7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%40.3%2016: 40.8% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.4%2011: 10.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1.5%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%9.2%2016: 10.8% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%1.7%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%14.5%2016: 15.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%73%2016: 70.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89%2016: 87.3% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.2%2016: 8.8% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.8%2016: 3.9% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%31.4%2016: 33.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%67.8%2016: 65.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 90.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 90.6% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%57.6%2016: 61.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%42.6%2016: 38.5% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%6.9%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.6%2016: 5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.8%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%8.9%2016: 9.4% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%77.9%2016: 78.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%5.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%5.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%6.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%76%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%60.6%2016: 49.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%29%2016: 43.6% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7%2016: 6.7% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021