Chapel Hill South
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 14,278
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
- 39.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 38.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.2 (estimated) · 2011: 3.1 (estimated) · 2016: 3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31.8% (estimated) · 2016: 41.1% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.5%2016: 19.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13%2016: 14.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.3%2016: 27.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.8%2016: 29.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%11.5%2016: 9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%41.6%2011: 49.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.7%2011: 22.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.7%2011: 6.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%14.4%2016: 12.7% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.6%2011: 9.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%3%2016: 4.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.4%2016: 18.9% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.7%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.4%2016: 27.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%50%2016: 44.8% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%39.6%2016: 37.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%3.1%2016: 3.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%56%2016: 58.3% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.1%2016: 1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%39.1%2016: 39.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%29.4%2016: 33.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%31.5%2016: 27.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%86.5%2016: 91.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%13.3%2016: 9.3% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%58.9%2016: 64.3% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.8%2016: 3.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%31.6%2016: 27.4% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3%2016: 3.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.5%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%36.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%28.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.8%2016: 81.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%5.5%2016: 16% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.8%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021