Riverdale
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 2,109
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
- 44.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 41.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.9 (estimated) · 2011: 2 (estimated) · 2016: 2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 62.3% (estimated) · 2016: 49% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14%2016: 14.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.6%2016: 8.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29.7%2016: 30.5% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.2%2016: 33.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%19%2016: 13% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.5%2011: 14.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.1%2011: 27.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.7%2011: 7.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.2%2016: 40.5% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.6%2011: 10% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.6%2016: 5.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%17.4%2016: 14.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.2%2016: 8.5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22%2016: 24.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%49%2016: 47.5% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%88.1%2016: 86.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10.7%2016: 12.7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%83.8%2016: 78.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 2.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%14.8%2016: 18.3% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 25.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 29.4% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%59.6%2016: 57.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%41.3%2016: 42.6% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%34.5%2016: 28.8% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%14.6%2016: 13.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8.7%2016: 7.3% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%37.4%2016: 41.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.9%2016: 8.5% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%13.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%14.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%41.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%76.3%2016: 68.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%9.2%2016: 12.9% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.9%2016: 12.8% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%4.6%2016: 4% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.3%2016: 2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021