Riverbend
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 9,027
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
- 45.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 40.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.9 (estimated) · 2016: 2.8 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 23.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.9% (estimated) · 2016: 32% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.7%2016: 13.2% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.7%2016: 14.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26%2016: 25.4% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%34%2016: 37% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.3%2016: 9.7% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%32%2011: 37.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33%2011: 25.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.8%2011: 8.1% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%15.1%2016: 15.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.2%2011: 14.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.5%2016: 8.6% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28%2016: 26.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.5%2016: 10.1% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.6%2016: 27.8% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%31.2%2016: 27.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94%2016: 93.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5%2016: 5.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.4%2016: 1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%77.1%2016: 78.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%21.6%2016: 20.2% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 4.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.1% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%89.8%2016: 91.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%9.8%2016: 8.4% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%94.3%2016: 90% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.3%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.1%2016: 5.1% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.3%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%90.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.3%2016: 83.3% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%5.1%2016: 10.6% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.4%2016: 3.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.4%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021