Richmond Hill
Small city · Ontario · Population 202,022
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
- 43.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.2 · 2011: 3.1 · 2016: 3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 46.1% · 2016: 36.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.8%2016: 16.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13%2016: 13.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.8%2016: 24.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.2%2016: 31.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.2%2016: 14.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%38.6%2011: 45.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%19.9%2011: 17.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.4%2011: 8.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%17.6%2016: 15.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.6%2011: 14.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4%2016: 5.2%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.6%2016: 17.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3%2016: 3.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.5%2016: 22.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%55.9%2016: 51.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.2%2016: 86.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.3%2016: 7.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%6.4%2016: 6.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%33.8%2016: 36.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.5%2016: 0.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%65.7%2016: 63.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 20.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 16.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%78.2%2016: 82.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%21.8%2016: 17.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%56.7%2016: 58.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.8%2016: 4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%15.2%2016: 15.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.1%2016: 3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.4%2016: 2.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%18.7%2016: 16.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%10.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%40.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%35.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.7%2016: 81%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%7.9%2016: 15.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.6%2016: 2.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 1%
Statistics Canada, 2021