Kensington
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 3,697
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
- 48.5 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 54 years (estimated) · 2016: 51.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33% (estimated) · 2016: 43% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.6%2016: 13% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.9%2016: 10.6% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.3%2016: 22.7% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.4%2016: 23.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.9%2016: 30% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20%2011: 19% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.8%2011: 26.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.7%2011: 9.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.1%2016: 27.7% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.5%2011: 12.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%16.9%2016: 18.7% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.4%2016: 32.8% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.1%2016: 10.9% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.2%2016: 21.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.2%2016: 15.5% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.1%2016: 91.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4%2016: 6.5% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.3%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%71.6%2016: 69.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%26.7%2016: 28.7% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 16.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%74.6%2016: 73.3% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%25.4%2016: 27.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%65.1%2016: 70% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.9%2016: 7.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.6%2016: 8.4% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.3%2016: 7% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%13.1%2016: 7.7% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%34.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%45.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%13.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%2.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.4%2016: 84.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%8.4%2016: 12.2% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0.8%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.2%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.8%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021