Greenboro West
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 5,597
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 35.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 36 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.8 (estimated) · 2016: 2.8 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.4% (estimated) · 2016: 35.3% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.6%2016: 19.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.2%2016: 15.7% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.8%2016: 26.1% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.1%2016: 28.5% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14.4%2016: 10.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%28.6%2011: 33% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21.6%2011: 19.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%16.7%2011: 16.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.6%2016: 20.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.4%2011: 12.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.8%2016: 8.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%21.7%2016: 22.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.3%2016: 5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24%2016: 27% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%41.5%2016: 37.5% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%63.2%2016: 63.3% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%1.2%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%33.9%2016: 33.7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.6%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%50%2016: 51.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%9.6%2016: 10.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%40.3%2016: 37.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 19.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 19.1% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%68.9%2016: 70.1% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%30.8%2016: 30.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%18.9%2016: 19.4% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8.5%2016: 8.2% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%72.1%2016: 72.2% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.2%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%18%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%68.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%78.5%2016: 69.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%11.5%2016: 27% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.4%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.7%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021