Beacon Hill South - Cardinal Heights
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 7,746
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
- 41.7 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 43 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.4 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.3% (estimated) · 2016: 33.6% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.3%2016: 14% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.4%2016: 12.4% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28%2016: 25.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.1%2016: 28.5% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.1%2016: 19.4% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.7%2011: 20.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21.7%2011: 23.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.7%2011: 11.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.8%2016: 32.1% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.1%2011: 13.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.3%2016: 8.6% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22%2016: 26.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.6%2016: 4.5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.3%2016: 26.2% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%37.1%2016: 33% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%50.2%2016: 46.9% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%4.2%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%43.6%2016: 47.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.6%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%44%2016: 45% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%23.9%2016: 27.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%32.1%2016: 27.6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 47.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 46.4% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68%2016: 68.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%31.7%2016: 31% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%24.8%2016: 24.8% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%9.1%2016: 9.2% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%27%2016: 27.1% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.2%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%16%2016: 15.4% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%21.4%2016: 22.2% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%14.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%60.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%12.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%67%2016: 63.9% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%21.2%2016: 28.8% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.6%2016: 4.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021