Carlington
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 14,805
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
- 38 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 35.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 36.9 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 54.4% (estimated) · 2016: 42% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.1%2016: 16.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.3%2016: 12.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%31.2%2016: 31.4% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.5%2016: 27.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.2%2016: 11.6% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.3%2011: 19.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%18.7%2011: 17.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%12.2%2011: 12% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.1%2016: 39.4% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.7%2011: 11.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.4%2016: 12.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.9%2016: 21.5% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.6%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.3%2016: 23% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%45.5%2016: 39.1% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%65.8%2016: 65.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%2.1%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%29.6%2016: 30.3% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.4%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%57%2016: 57.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%8.2%2016: 9.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%34.8%2016: 33% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.2% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%43.7%2016: 44.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%56.4%2016: 55.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%26.3%2016: 27.8% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8.2%2016: 8.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%19.2%2016: 19.4% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.6%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%20.4%2016: 19.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%23.4%2016: 23% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%32.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%69.2%2016: 63.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%19.3%2016: 24.8% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.5%2016: 6.1% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.5%2016: 4.7% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021