Billings Bridge - Heron Park
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 5,907
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
- 37.7 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 38.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.4 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 (estimated) · 2011: 2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 49.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 51.9% (estimated) · 2016: 45.2% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12%2016: 11.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%17.6%2016: 20.1% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%31.3%2016: 27.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%21.1%2016: 21.7% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.4%2016: 18.8% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13%2011: 14.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%17.4%2011: 18.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.5%2011: 12% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%40.9%2016: 40.2% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%18.1%2011: 15% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.5%2016: 9.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.4%2016: 23.2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.7%2016: 5.3% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.5%2016: 20.6% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%47.1%2016: 42.2% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%65.7%2016: 66.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%1.6%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%29.5%2016: 29.7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.4%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%55.7%2016: 56.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%8.5%2016: 9.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%35.8%2016: 34.2% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.8% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%35.3%2016: 41% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%64.3%2016: 58.4% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%19%2016: 20.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%9.9%2016: 11% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.6%2016: 8% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.3%2016: 6.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%22.4%2016: 18.6% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%34%2016: 35.7% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%24.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%65.2%2016: 55.3% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%20.5%2016: 33.2% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9%2016: 6.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 3.7% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.8%2016: 0% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021