Diamond Cove
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 1,808
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
- 48.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 45.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 27.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.5% (estimated) · 2016: 32.1% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.8%2016: 14.7% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.9%2016: 11.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.7%2016: 23% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.2%2016: 35.7% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.8%2016: 14.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.2%2011: 33.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.7%2011: 34% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.2%2011: 10.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19.7%2016: 14.8% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.2%2011: 6.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.3%2016: 5.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.6%2016: 24.4% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.9%2016: 8.8% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%33.1%2016: 30% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%26.3%2016: 33.2% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.5%2016: 92.5% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.7%2016: 6.7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%80.1%2016: 81.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%18.2%2016: 17.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 12.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%87.8%2016: 89.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.6%2016: 9% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing0.7%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%78.9%2016: 78.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2%2016: 2.7% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%10.9%2016: 10.1% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%8.2%2016: 7.4% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%66.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%4.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.7%2016: 91.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%5.6%2016: 6.4% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.7%2016: 2.7% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021