Overbrook
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 20,564
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
- 39.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 37.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.9 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 42.6% (estimated) · 2016: 44.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.5%2016: 17.5% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.1%2016: 13.3% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.2%2016: 27.5% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.9%2016: 27.3% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.3%2016: 14.4% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18%2011: 19.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%18.3%2011: 17.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%13.7%2011: 13.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.5%2016: 36.2% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.5%2011: 15.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.8%2016: 17.7% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.2%2016: 23.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.1%2016: 7.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.8%2016: 23.6% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%35%2016: 28.2% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%50.1%2016: 47.7% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%5.3%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%42.5%2016: 43.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.1%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%41.2%2016: 40.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%23.5%2016: 25.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%35.3%2016: 34% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 15.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.6% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%35.5%2016: 39.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%64.3%2016: 60.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%17.9%2016: 19.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%9.5%2016: 9.9% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%23.3%2016: 24.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.5%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%24.9%2016: 24.7% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%17.2%2016: 13.8% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.7%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%32.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%33%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%67.1%2016: 57.2% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%20.1%2016: 28.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.5%2016: 8.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.3%2016: 4.4% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021