Elmwood
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 2,522
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
- 38.1 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 40.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.8 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.6% (estimated) · 2016: 43.4% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.6%2016: 15.5% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.1%2016: 14.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.5%2016: 28.5% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.4%2016: 26.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16%2016: 14.6% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.8%2011: 26.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21%2011: 23.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.8%2011: 11.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.1%2016: 20.1% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%18.3%2011: 17.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.3%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.7%2016: 30% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.7%2016: 12.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.3%2016: 23.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%24.3%2016: 27.4% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.1%2016: 93.1% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.3%2016: 6.1% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%74.1%2016: 73.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%25.3%2016: 25% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7.3% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%64.9%2016: 63.9% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%35.7%2016: 36.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%72.7%2016: 72.6% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%19.8%2016: 20.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.1%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.3%2016: 6.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%71.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%5.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%81.3%2016: 70.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%10.5%2016: 19.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.7%2016: 6.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021