McKernan
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 2,880
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
- 31 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 30.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 29 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 64.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 55.3% (estimated) · 2016: 65.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12%2016: 8.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%23.1%2016: 24.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%36.2%2016: 39.6% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%16.3%2016: 16.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12%2016: 10.3% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.3%2011: 14.1% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.2%2011: 19% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.9%2011: 5.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.2%2016: 30.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%26.3%2011: 28.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%0%2016: 4.7% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%10%2016: 13.9% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.4%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%10.3%2016: 13.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%74.6%2016: 63.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.4%2016: 85.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.7%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.9%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%72.6%2016: 75.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%26.1%2016: 22.6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 12%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 10.9% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%52.3%2016: 47.3% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%45.6%2016: 51.8% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing2.1%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%44.9%2016: 41.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.7%2016: 4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.1%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%32.9%2016: 35.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17.3%2016: 19% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%39.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%12%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%63.4%2016: 52.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%13.1%2016: 22.8% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%15.3%2016: 17.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.7%2016: 6.5% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.3%2016: 0% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021