Rideaucrest - Davidson Heights
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 13,998
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
- 40.3 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 35.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.2 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.1 (estimated) · 2011: 3.1 (estimated) · 2016: 3.1 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 27.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 64.5% (estimated) · 2016: 28.9% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.7%2016: 21.8% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%17.5%2016: 15.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22.4%2016: 24.9% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.9%2016: 29.5% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%10.1%2016: 8.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%43.6%2011: 48% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%19.3%2011: 17.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.2%2011: 7.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%15.7%2016: 14.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.2%2011: 11.7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.9%2016: 4.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.6%2016: 17.2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.1%2016: 2.8% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.2%2016: 25.8% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%50.4%2016: 49.4% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%64.5%2016: 64.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.5%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%33.1%2016: 33.3% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.9%2016: 2% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%56.7%2016: 59% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%6.4%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%36.9%2016: 34% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 10.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.9%2016: 84.9% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17%2016: 15.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%57.1%2016: 57% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.3%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%33.3%2016: 32.9% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.1%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.1%2016: 7.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%2.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%41.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%52.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.1%2016: 78.3% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%8%2016: 18.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021