Old Ottawa South
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 6,704
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
- 43.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 40.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 36.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36.2% (estimated) · 2016: 36.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.1%2016: 18.2% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%15.8%2016: 15.4% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.1%2016: 20.4% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.8%2016: 30.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.3%2016: 15.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%34.5%2011: 34.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.8%2011: 22.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.1%2011: 8.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.2%2016: 22.5% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.4%2011: 10.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%0.6%2016: 1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%6.8%2016: 7.8% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%1.2%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%8.4%2016: 10.3% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%80.8%2016: 79.5% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%51.1%2016: 48.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%48.1%2016: 50.7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%78.4%2016: 78.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%7.3%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%14.3%2016: 14% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.4% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%73.4%2016: 74.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%26.2%2016: 25.2% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%51.6%2016: 52.8% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%13.4%2016: 14.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%10%2016: 10.3% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.1%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%16.7%2016: 15.5% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.2%2011: 1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%70.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%9.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%60.4%2016: 50.2% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%7%2016: 16% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%18.9%2016: 16.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%7.4%2016: 15.3% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021