Playter Estates-Danforth
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 7,712
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
- 43.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 41.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 (estimated) · 2011: 2.1 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 26.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.2% (estimated) · 2016: 39% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.1%2016: 15% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 9.5% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%28.7%2016: 32% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.9%2016: 28% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19.3%2016: 15.7% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.5%2011: 22% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21.2%2011: 20% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.3%2011: 7.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%41.6%2016: 40.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.4%2011: 10.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%3.3%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12%2016: 14.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%1.4%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%13.8%2016: 18.3% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%68.3%2016: 62.4% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%79.9%2016: 78.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%18.5%2016: 19.7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.7%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%73.2%2016: 74.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%24.8%2016: 23.6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.3% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%47.9%2016: 46.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%52.5%2016: 53.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%17.2%2016: 17.7% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%15.9%2016: 16.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.6%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.8%2016: 5.8% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%29.5%2016: 32.8% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%29.8%2016: 26.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%60.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%7.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%46.5%2016: 31.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%24.2%2016: 51.4% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%14%2016: 8.9% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%6.1%2016: 6.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021