Lowertown East
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 6,996
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
- 42.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 42.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.8 (estimated) · 2011: 1.7 (estimated) · 2016: 1.8 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 49.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 53.9% (estimated) · 2016: 50.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.3%2016: 12.2% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.6%2016: 15% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29.1%2016: 28.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%22.2%2016: 23.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.9%2016: 21.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%10.2%2011: 8.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%16.5%2011: 15.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.6%2011: 9.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%52.8%2016: 55.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10%2011: 10.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.2%2016: 11.6% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.3%2016: 22.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.4%2016: 5.1% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.4%2016: 21.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%47.9%2016: 39.7% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%44.8%2016: 44.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%6.3%2016: 5.9% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%47.2%2016: 48.2% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.5%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%43.7%2016: 46% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%25.9%2016: 28.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%30.4%2016: 25.3% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.1% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%14.5%2016: 13.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%85.4%2016: 86.5% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%1.9%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.3%2016: 3.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%16.6%2016: 17.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.1%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%19%2016: 19.9% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%57.1%2016: 55.4% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%25%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%23%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%45.5%2016: 32.3% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%24.2%2016: 32.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%23.5%2016: 26.8% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.6%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.3%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021