Brentwood
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 7,369
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
- 37.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 42.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 51.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.7% (estimated) · 2016: 47.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.8%2016: 12.8% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%17.1%2016: 16.7% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%30.8%2016: 31.5% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%21.7%2016: 23.3% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.9%2016: 16.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.3%2011: 25.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24%2011: 27.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.3%2011: 7.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.7%2016: 28.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%16.7%2011: 14.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.8%2016: 3.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.1%2016: 15.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.4%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16%2016: 17.2% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%61.8%2016: 60.9% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.1%2016: 87.7% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.2%2016: 10.8% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.8%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%65.6%2016: 69% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%33.2%2016: 29.2% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 25.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 21.2% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%56.5%2016: 60.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%43.5%2016: 39.6% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%61.5%2016: 64.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%18.2%2016: 14.4% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3%2016: 3.6% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.8%2016: 5.7% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%11.7%2016: 12.5% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%10.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%58.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%4.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%72.7%2016: 65.3% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%14.2%2016: 22.4% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.1%2016: 8.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1%2016: 3% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021