Falconridge
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 10,218
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
- 34.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 31.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 33 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 3.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.1 (estimated) · 2011: 3.1 (estimated) · 2016: 3.3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 42.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 54.9% (estimated) · 2016: 51.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%23.7%2016: 24.4% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.7%2016: 13.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%31.4%2016: 32.1% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.2%2016: 23.4% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%9.3%2016: 6.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%32.1%2011: 33.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%13.8%2011: 14.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%13.4%2011: 12.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%17.8%2016: 13.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%22.9%2011: 23.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.9%2016: 19.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.6%2016: 29.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.7%2016: 8.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.6%2016: 19.6% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%23.6%2016: 23.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.5%2016: 90.7% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.9%2016: 4.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%4.2%2016: 4.2% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%49.6%2016: 50% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%49.2%2016: 48.7% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 15.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 21.4% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%62.8%2016: 57.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%37.5%2016: 43.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%49.3%2016: 49.4% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%13.4%2016: 13.6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%17.5%2016: 17.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%10.5%2016: 11.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%9%2016: 8.4% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%2.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%50.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%4.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%83.7%2016: 78.5% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%12.5%2016: 19% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0.5%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021