Charleswood
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 3,401
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
- 41.1 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 44.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 33.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31.5% (estimated) · 2016: 38.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.4%2016: 15.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.8%2016: 13.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.7%2016: 25% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.5%2016: 28.3% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.8%2016: 17.7% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%31.6%2011: 27.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.3%2011: 30.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.4%2011: 8.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.9%2016: 22.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.8%2011: 11.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1.6%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%13.8%2016: 12.4% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4%2016: 5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%14.6%2016: 21.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%63.3%2016: 59.9% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%84.4%2016: 84.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15%2016: 15.1% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%80.5%2016: 79.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%18.4%2016: 19% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.6% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%79%2016: 84.9% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%21%2016: 15.5% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%89.1%2016: 89.7% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.3%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.5%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.8%2016: 3.7% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%27.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%66.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%2.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%79.7%2016: 70.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%8.8%2016: 17.2% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.1%2016: 5.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.4%2016: 6.1% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021