Forest Heights
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 3,186
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
- 42 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 43.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.4 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 (estimated) · 2011: 2.1 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 45.1% (estimated) · 2016: 43.9% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.6%2016: 11.8% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.6%2016: 11.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%33.1%2016: 30.1% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.6%2016: 27.6% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.6%2016: 19.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.1%2011: 14.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.5%2011: 23.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7%2011: 11.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.2%2016: 35% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.2%2011: 13.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.5%2016: 6.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.6%2016: 22.5% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.4%2016: 11% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.2%2016: 28% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%43.3%2016: 31.5% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%87.3%2016: 88.1% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%11.6%2016: 11.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%77.8%2016: 74.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%3.6%2016: 3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%18.6%2016: 22.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 8.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.7% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%60.7%2016: 56.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%40.4%2016: 42.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%50.2%2016: 49.8% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.9%2016: 3.2% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.4%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%25.4%2016: 27.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%18.8%2016: 17% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%35.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%37.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%14%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%3.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.8%2016: 78.5% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.7%2016: 15.6% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.3%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 2.9% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021