Edgemont
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 15,359
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
- 46.5 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 44 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.8 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.1 (estimated) · 2011: 3 (estimated) · 2016: 3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.2% (estimated) · 2016: 30.6% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.2%2016: 15.5% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.7%2016: 14.6% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.4%2016: 20.4% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.6%2016: 33.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.2%2016: 16.1% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%37.8%2011: 44.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.7%2011: 25.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.7%2011: 7.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%13.8%2016: 11.7% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11%2011: 11.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.7%2016: 14.6% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.3%2016: 4.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.1%2016: 19.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%60.1%2016: 58.2% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.8%2016: 90.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.5%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.6%2016: 3.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%52%2016: 54.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.7%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%47.3%2016: 45.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 10.8% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84.6%2016: 86.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%15.6%2016: 13.2% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%81%2016: 81% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.5%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.4%2016: 7.3% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.4%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%6.2%2016: 6.5% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.6%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%17.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%76.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%4.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.4%2016: 81% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%6.3%2016: 15.4% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021