Downtown
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 12,049
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
- 34.1 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 34.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 33.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.5 (estimated) · 2011: 1.5 (estimated) · 2016: 1.5 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 72.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 84.4% (estimated) · 2016: 74.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%4.2%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.4%2016: 16.5% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%53.1%2016: 53.2% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%17.1%2016: 16.4% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%11.6%2016: 11.4% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%4.3%2011: 3.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.7%2011: 20.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%2.5%2011: 2.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%62.2%2016: 58.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.3%2011: 15.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.1%2016: 3.5% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.4%2016: 16.8% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.3%2016: 4.8% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.8%2016: 17.7% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%55.6%2016: 57.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.4%2016: 87.9% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.5%2016: 10.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%65.1%2016: 63.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.8%2016: 2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%33.1%2016: 34.8% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 55.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 54.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%26.2%2016: 26.5% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%74%2016: 73.6% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%0.1%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.4%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%19.9%2016: 20.4% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%79.4%2016: 79.5% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%11.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%16.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%30.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%53.5%2016: 41.7% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%18.5%2016: 21.1% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%22.9%2016: 33.7% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.1%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021