Deer Ridge
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 4,267
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
- 42.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 37.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.9 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.9% (estimated) · 2016: 37.9% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.4%2016: 18.2% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.9%2016: 11.6% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.7%2016: 29.4% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.5%2016: 28.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.7%2016: 11.8% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.4%2011: 30.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.9%2011: 23.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%12.4%2011: 12.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%24.2%2016: 20.5% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.2%2011: 14.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.9%2016: 11.7% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.4%2016: 32% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10%2016: 10.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.3%2016: 26.8% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.5%2016: 19% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.9%2016: 93.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.7%2016: 6.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%79.8%2016: 81.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.5%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%18.8%2016: 16.8% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.2% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%69.7%2016: 73% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.7%2016: 26.1% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing0.6%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%58.1%2016: 60.1% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8.1%2016: 8.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%20.8%2016: 21.2% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.3%2016: 10.1% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%2.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%45.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%49.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.7%2016: 83.9% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4.4%2016: 12.8% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.6%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.5%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021