Parkwood Hills
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 4,355
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
- 30.7 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 31.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 31.8 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 61.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 59.1% (estimated) · 2016: 65.4% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.1%2016: 15.7% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%17.4%2016: 22.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%33.1%2016: 31.4% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%18.7%2016: 20.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%9.7%2016: 10.1% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.7%2011: 17.1% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%16.2%2011: 18% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%13.1%2011: 12.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.8%2016: 31.4% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%21.1%2011: 22.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17%2016: 12.5% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.6%2016: 25.8% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.5%2016: 4.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.8%2016: 25.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%32.2%2016: 32.1% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%75%2016: 76.8% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%1.4%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%19.7%2016: 19.7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.8%2016: 2.9% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%46.6%2016: 56.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%4.6%2016: 4.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%48.8%2016: 39.2% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 12.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 12% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%19.6%2016: 24.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%80.4%2016: 75.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%6.2%2016: 6.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%13.9%2016: 14.2% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%29.6%2016: 26.9% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%9%2016: 10% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%41%2016: 43% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%14.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%56.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%4.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%68.8%2016: 53.9% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%21.1%2016: 37.6% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.2%2016: 6.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.1%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 0% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021