Hillhurst
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 5,736
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
- 36.5 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 34.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 34.9 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
- 53.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 60.1% (estimated) · 2016: 55.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.8%2016: 15.5% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.6%2016: 10.6% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%38.3%2016: 40.1% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.2%2016: 25.5% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%11%2016: 7.8% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18%2011: 14.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.8%2011: 20.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7%2011: 7.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%41.9%2016: 38.8% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.3%2011: 12.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.9%2016: 3.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%11.7%2016: 13.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.9%2016: 4.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15.5%2016: 18.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%66.9%2016: 61.2% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.1%2016: 85% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.7%2016: 14.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.9%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%82.1%2016: 81.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%16.5%2016: 16.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 32.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 26.2% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%50.4%2016: 49.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%50.4%2016: 51% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%30.2%2016: 31.6% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8.2%2016: 7.9% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.2%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.6%2016: 7.2% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%26.6%2016: 29.5% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%25.7%2016: 21.6% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%12.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%62.7%2016: 52.3% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%12.5%2016: 17.8% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%15.8%2016: 19.2% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%4.2%2016: 10.3% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.5%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021