Elboya
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 2,578
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
- 39.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 38.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 48.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 47.8% (estimated) · 2016: 52.4% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.3%2016: 16.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.2%2016: 13% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%30.2%2016: 29.9% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.7%2016: 28.7% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.3%2016: 12.8% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.8%2011: 26.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.5%2011: 21.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.5%2011: 6.3% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.3%2016: 27.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.9%2011: 14.7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%3.8%2016: 5.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19%2016: 15.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.2%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.6%2016: 19.7% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%54.8%2016: 58.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%85.5%2016: 85.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%13.9%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%77.5%2016: 75.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.8%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%20.7%2016: 23.2% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 11%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%50.5%2016: 55.1% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%48.6%2016: 45.4% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing0.9%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%50%2016: 53.6% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.4%2016: 6.6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.7%2016: 8.7% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%15.5%2016: 13.8% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%19.5%2016: 16.8% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2011: 1.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%39.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%13.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%15.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%11.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%78.6%2016: 72.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.9%2016: 16.9% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.7%2016: 3.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.3%2016: 4% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021