Richmond
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 10,997
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
- 42.3 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 41.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 2.8 (estimated) · 2016: 2.8 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.4% (estimated) · 2016: 25.3% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.2%2016: 20.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.3%2016: 12% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24%2016: 22.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.7%2016: 29.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.1%2016: 15.7% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%39.4%2011: 39.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.8%2011: 30.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.4%2011: 6.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%17.1%2016: 16.4% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.3%2011: 7.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4%2016: 4.6% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.8%2016: 20.2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.9%2016: 7.1% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%32.9%2016: 33.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%39.8%2016: 34.2% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%73.8%2016: 73.8% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%25.8%2016: 25.7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%82.6%2016: 86.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%5.3%2016: 6.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%12.1%2016: 7.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.2%2016: 89.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.4%2016: 10.2% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%87.3%2016: 86.6% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.3%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.1%2016: 7% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.3%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.1%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%12.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%23.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%25.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%18.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%93.3%2016: 89.5% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.2%2016: 7.5% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021