Riverside South - Leitrim
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 16,540
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
- 38.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 36.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.9 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 (estimated) · 2011: 2.9 (estimated) · 2016: 2.9 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 66.5% (estimated) · 2016: 39.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%21.6%2016: 25.4% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.6%2016: 10.5% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.9%2016: 30.2% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.1%2016: 25.3% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%9.8%2016: 8.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%43.1%2011: 45.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.9%2011: 25.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.9%2011: 6.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%16.1%2016: 15.5% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9%2011: 7.7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.2%2016: 3.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14%2016: 15.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3%2016: 3.5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.4%2016: 25.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%55.8%2016: 53% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%61.6%2016: 61.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.4%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%36%2016: 37% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.9%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%58.1%2016: 64.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%7.8%2016: 8.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%34%2016: 27.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.2% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.1%2016: 93% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.7%2016: 7.4% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%57.9%2016: 56.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8%2016: 9.5% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%29.9%2016: 30.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.4%2016: 3.2% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%1.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%14.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%66%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%15.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.4%2016: 84.7% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4%2016: 12.1% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.4%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.3%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.3%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021