Downtown East Village
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 2,551
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
- 39.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 60.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.2 (estimated) · 2011: 1.1 (estimated) · 2016: 1.3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 72.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 61% (estimated) · 2016: 67% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%5.1%2016: 2% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.1%2016: 4.4% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%50.8%2016: 34.7% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%19%2016: 19.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.5%2016: 37.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%6.2%2011: 0.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21.6%2011: 7.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%2.5%2011: 1.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%63.6%2016: 70.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.2%2011: 4.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.2%2016: 11.5% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12.3%2016: 16.6% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.6%2016: 6.1% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.8%2016: 21.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%59.5%2016: 44.1% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.3%2016: 85.9% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.9%2016: 10% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2%2016: 4% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%65%2016: 62.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.2%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%32.8%2016: 34.8% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 73.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 47.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%28.1%2016: 25.7% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%72.6%2016: 74.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%4.3%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.3%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.9%2016: 5.4% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%90.1%2016: 92.2% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%3.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%13.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%10.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%30.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%41.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%50.7%2016: 52.3% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%18.8%2016: 17% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%23.2%2016: 23.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.4%2016: 3.3% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%5.1%2016: 0% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021