Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 2,699
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
- 46.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 45.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.9 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 54.6% (estimated) · 2016: 42.3% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.8%2016: 12.4% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12%2016: 10.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.4%2016: 19.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.1%2016: 27% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.6%2016: 29.6% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.1%2011: 25.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.6%2011: 24.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.9%2011: 6.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.2%2016: 29.5% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.3%2011: 10.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.9%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12.8%2016: 14.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.7%2016: 4.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15.4%2016: 21.3% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%64.8%2016: 58% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.9%2016: 86.3% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.1%2016: 12.8% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%79.6%2016: 81% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%19.3%2016: 17.7% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 33%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 31.6% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%71%2016: 73.7% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.4%2016: 26.8% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%55.9%2016: 54.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.9%2016: 5.8% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.7%2016: 2.7% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5%2016: 6.2% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17.3%2016: 17.8% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%13.6%2016: 13.8% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%30.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%16.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%77.8%2016: 60.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%6.9%2016: 19.6% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.7%2016: 10.2% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 6.4% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021