Oakridge
Neighbourhood in Vancouver · British Columbia · Population 14,612
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
- 43.1 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 45.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.8 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 45.6% (estimated) · 2016: 43.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.7%2016: 12.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.7%2016: 14.1% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.9%2016: 23.6% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.8%2016: 27.7% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.6%2016: 22.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.2%2011: 30.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.9%2011: 19.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.3%2011: 10% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.9%2016: 27.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%17.7%2011: 14.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4%2016: 5.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.8%2016: 19.4% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.4%2016: 4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.9%2016: 16.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%56.6%2016: 54.1% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.2%2016: 83.8% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.2%2016: 5.8% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%8.7%2016: 10.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%32.5%2016: 32% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%66.9%2016: 67.3% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 26.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 24.1% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%57.6%2016: 62% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%42.5%2016: 38.4% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%37.9%2016: 37.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.4%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.7%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%14.5%2016: 14.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%20.6%2016: 22.1% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%19.6%2016: 18% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%16.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%9.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%65.5%2016: 62.7% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%26.2%2016: 29.5% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.7%2016: 5.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.3%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.5%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021