Carrington
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 2,920
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
- 32.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 29.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 32.2 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 3.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.1 (estimated) · 2011: 2.8 (estimated) · 2016: 3.1 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 97.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 97.4% (estimated) · 2016: 86.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%25.7%2016: 25.8% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.9%2016: 7.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%43.7%2016: 45.6% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%16.4%2016: 14.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%4.1%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%44.1%2011: 35.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.7%2011: 29.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.9%2011: 4.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%12.2%2016: 11.2% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%16%2011: 15.9% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.1%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12.4%2016: 16.4% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.2%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.7%2016: 25.8% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%62.1%2016: 46.2% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.6%2016: 91.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.8%2016: 5.8% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.8%2016: 2.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%42%2016: 55.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.5%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%57.5%2016: 43.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.6% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%90.3%2016: 95.3% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8.6%2016: 4.7% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing1.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%86.1%2016: 81.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.8%2016: 7.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8%2016: 11% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%0%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%0%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%1.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%96.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93%2016: 86.9% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4.4%2016: 9% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 2.9% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021