Highlands
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 2,205
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
- 44.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 43.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 48.2% (estimated) · 2016: 38.3% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15%2016: 12.2% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8%2016: 9.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.6%2016: 30.6% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.3%2016: 32.7% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.5%2016: 15.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.9%2011: 19.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.4%2011: 27.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6%2011: 10.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.8%2016: 28.4% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10%2011: 11.7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.8%2016: 5.9% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.1%2016: 23.5% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8%2016: 9.9% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.7%2016: 18.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%47.4%2016: 41.5% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.4%2016: 90.7% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.1%2016: 8.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%87.6%2016: 85.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.7%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%11.7%2016: 13.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.7% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%80.1%2016: 78.9% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%21.4%2016: 21.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%83.7%2016: 88% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.5%2016: 3.7% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.4%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%72.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%11.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%8.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%2.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.6%2016: 85.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%5.9%2016: 10.1% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.1%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021