Richmond
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 6,022
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
- 37.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 35.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 35.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2 (estimated) · 2011: 2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.1 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 52%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 61.8% (estimated) · 2016: 61.9% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.9%2016: 15.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.1%2016: 8.5% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%40.4%2016: 44.7% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.8%2016: 24.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%10.4%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.8%2011: 17% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.6%2011: 23% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.2%2011: 5.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.7%2016: 34.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.8%2011: 15.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.5%2016: 3.5% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12.2%2016: 16.4% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.9%2016: 5.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.6%2016: 19.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%63.2%2016: 55.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.2%2016: 86.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.9%2016: 12.7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.8%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%79.9%2016: 81% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.2%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%17.9%2016: 16.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 22.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 19.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%60.2%2016: 62% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%40.7%2016: 38.4% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%32%2016: 32.4% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%20.5%2016: 19.7% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.3%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%13.6%2016: 17.6% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%24.6%2016: 22.1% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%5.2%2016: 5% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%24.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%15.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%13.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%34.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%11.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%78.9%2016: 70.9% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%7.5%2016: 17.1% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.3%2016: 4.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.7%2016: 4.7% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021