Downtown West End
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 3,698
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
- 35.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 37.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.6 (estimated) · 2011: 1.6 (estimated) · 2016: 1.7 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 72.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 88.9% (estimated) · 2016: 63.6% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9.2%2016: 7% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.4%2016: 7.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%53.8%2016: 52% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%17.4%2016: 24.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%10.9%2016: 10.1% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%10.9%2011: 6.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.6%2011: 24.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.2%2011: 3.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%48.6%2016: 48.7% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.7%2011: 10.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5%2016: 3.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%11.4%2016: 13% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.8%2016: 2.9% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15.6%2016: 19% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%63.2%2016: 61.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.7%2016: 85.5% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.7%2016: 10.7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.4%2016: 3.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%53.1%2016: 51.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%45.7%2016: 46.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 83.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 85.7% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%29.5%2016: 42.5% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%70.7%2016: 57.5% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%99.8%2016: 99.7% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%9.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%49.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%17.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%52.2%2016: 35.6% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%19.1%2016: 30.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%23.9%2016: 30.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.6%2016: 0% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021