Highland Park
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 4,239
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
- 38.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 37.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 35.8 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.9 (estimated) · 2011: 1.9 (estimated) · 2016: 2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 55.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 59.2% (estimated) · 2016: 60.2% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.4%2016: 12.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.5%2016: 10.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%39.3%2016: 40.4% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.8%2016: 24.5% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.5%2016: 11.3% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.3%2011: 13.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%19.9%2011: 19.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.2%2011: 6.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%41.4%2016: 39.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.3%2011: 18.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.6%2016: 11.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.4%2016: 24.9% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.7%2016: 11.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.6%2016: 23.8% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%35.4%2016: 27.9% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.4%2016: 89.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.5%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.9%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.2%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%68.8%2016: 70.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.6%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%29.6%2016: 27.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 13.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.7% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%35.9%2016: 40.9% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%64.6%2016: 59.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%21.7%2016: 20% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%10.7%2016: 9.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.5%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%30.4%2016: 30.6% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%31.9%2016: 33.1% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%4.9%2016: 4.9% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%33.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%13.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%74.5%2016: 71.7% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%17.5%2016: 21.5% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.1%2016: 3.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.3%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021