Ritchie
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 4,586
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
- 36.9 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 35.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 36.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.9 (estimated) · 2011: 1.9 (estimated) · 2016: 2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 53%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 49% (estimated) · 2016: 56.9% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.8%2016: 11.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.9%2016: 9.7% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%44%2016: 45.2% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%20.7%2016: 23% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.1%2016: 10% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.1%2011: 11.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.2%2011: 22.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.3%2011: 6.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%42.2%2016: 41.4% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.3%2011: 15.9% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.1%2016: 6.6% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.5%2016: 19.8% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.2%2016: 9.5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15.8%2016: 22.3% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%56.5%2016: 41.7% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.5%2016: 86.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.9%2016: 12.5% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%77.9%2016: 77.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.5%2016: 4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%19.6%2016: 18.8% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 25.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 25% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%52.6%2016: 52.1% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%47.6%2016: 47.2% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%39.5%2016: 39.1% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.5%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.1%2016: 2.7% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%11.3%2016: 12.8% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%39.7%2016: 38% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%6.3%2016: 5.8% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%32.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%15.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%16.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%22.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%12.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%78.9%2016: 75.3% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%7.6%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7%2016: 5.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%3%2016: 3.9% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.5%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021