Portobello South
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 29,960
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
- 36 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 33.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 34.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3 (estimated) · 2011: 3 (estimated) · 2016: 3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 47.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 80.8% (estimated) · 2016: 50.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%22.9%2016: 24.4% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.5%2016: 12.7% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29.9%2016: 32.1% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25%2016: 23.5% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%8.7%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%41.2%2011: 44% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.1%2011: 22.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.7%2011: 8.1% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%16.9%2016: 16.2% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.1%2011: 10.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.7%2016: 4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.9%2016: 18.2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.2%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28%2016: 30.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%46.8%2016: 43.5% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%42.8%2016: 40.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%3.5%2016: 4.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%52.3%2016: 54.5% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.3%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%40.1%2016: 41.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%27.6%2016: 31.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%32.3%2016: 26.6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 11.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 12.1% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.6%2016: 88.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.3%2016: 11.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%45.4%2016: 45.8% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.5%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%42.1%2016: 40.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.9%2016: 6.7% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.9%2016: 5.6% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%0%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%71.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%22.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%84.3%2016: 75.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%8.7%2016: 21.9% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.3%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.7%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021