Parkdale
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 3,471
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
- 46.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 46.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.4 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.9 (estimated) · 2011: 1.9 (estimated) · 2016: 2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 49.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 61.7% (estimated) · 2016: 57.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.1%2016: 10.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.9%2016: 6.7% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%30.1%2016: 33.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.5%2016: 24.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.8%2016: 24.1% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.3%2011: 14% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.3%2011: 25.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.8%2011: 5.1% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%37.9%2016: 39.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.6%2011: 11.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1.3%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12.4%2016: 11.2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.6%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16%2016: 18.6% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%65.7%2016: 64.8% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%87.6%2016: 87.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%11.8%2016: 12% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.8%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%78.6%2016: 81.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.2%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%19.2%2016: 16.6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 38.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 43.9% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%65%2016: 66.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%35%2016: 34.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%28.2%2016: 26.1% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%12.9%2016: 11.7% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%13.6%2016: 15.4% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%13.3%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%12.9%2016: 13.4% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%18.8%2016: 19.7% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%24.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%71.1%2016: 67.3% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.4%2016: 9.1% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%16.7%2016: 14.8% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%5.4%2016: 8.1% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021