Oakridge
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 5,312
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 45.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 24%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31.1% (estimated) · 2016: 33.1% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17%2016: 15.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.8%2016: 12% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.2%2016: 22.2% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.4%2016: 29.4% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.5%2016: 20.7% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.6%2011: 31.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.2%2011: 33.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 7.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.9%2016: 20.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.8%2011: 8.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.8%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.8%2016: 17.4% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.4%2016: 8.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.2%2016: 26.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%45.9%2016: 45.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.6%2016: 90.3% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.7%2016: 8.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%82.1%2016: 81.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%16.6%2016: 17.7% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 23.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 24% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%86.4%2016: 89.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%13.1%2016: 11.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%72.9%2016: 73.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.2%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%23.4%2016: 23.8% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.2%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.6%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.7%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%86.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%7.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.4%2016: 81.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%6%2016: 11.2% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.7%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021