Penbrooke Meadows
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 8,344
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
- 39.5 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 36.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.8 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 (estimated) · 2011: 2.8 (estimated) · 2016: 2.8 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 47.1% (estimated) · 2016: 42.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.9%2016: 18.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12%2016: 12.3% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.7%2016: 29.2% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.5%2016: 28.6% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.2%2016: 11.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.8%2011: 25.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%16.4%2011: 17.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%12.4%2011: 10% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.3%2016: 19.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%24.1%2011: 26.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%26.5%2016: 28.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%35.1%2016: 32% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.2%2016: 10.8% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.9%2016: 18.7% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%10.1%2016: 10.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.3%2016: 90.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.3%2016: 4.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%4.3%2016: 4.8% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%58.5%2016: 60.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%40.3%2016: 37.8% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 18.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 16.2% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%62.5%2016: 64.5% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%37.4%2016: 35.8% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%43.9%2016: 44% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5%2016: 5.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%21.3%2016: 20.9% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%15.4%2016: 16.2% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14%2016: 13.6% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%80.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%8.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%83.7%2016: 78.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%11.3%2016: 18.1% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0.5%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021