Brookhaven-Amesbury
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 17,541
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
- 39.1 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 36.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.4 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.7 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 24.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.8% (estimated) · 2016: 34% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.5%2016: 18.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.1%2016: 13.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.7%2016: 27.7% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.7%2016: 27.4% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.9%2016: 11.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.3%2011: 27.1% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%13.1%2011: 14.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%19.9%2011: 20% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.8%2016: 23.8% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%16.9%2011: 16.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%20.5%2016: 22.6% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.3%2016: 28.6% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.7%2016: 8.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24%2016: 24.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20.6%2016: 17% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.5%2016: 90.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.7%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%5.7%2016: 5.3% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%47.5%2016: 46.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%51.9%2016: 52.7% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 11.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 10.9% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%40.7%2016: 40.4% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%58.9%2016: 59.5% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%28.2%2016: 27.8% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.2%2016: 3.7% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.5%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.7%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%8.4%2016: 8.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%57.2%2016: 57.7% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%67.6%2016: 53.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%28.4%2016: 42.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.6%2016: 3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.1%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021