Rockcliffe Park
Neighbourhood in Ottawa · Ontario · Population 1,888
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
- 50.1 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 47.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 (estimated) · 2011: 2.9 (estimated) · 2016: 2.8 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 30.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 28.5% (estimated) · 2016: 33.9% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15%2016: 14.7% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%15.3%2016: 16.7% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%12.9%2016: 11.6% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.4%2016: 35% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26.1%2016: 22.4% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%38.5%2011: 40.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.3%2011: 35% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.7%2011: 7.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%13.3%2016: 13.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%2.2%2011: 4.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%8.5%2016: 8.2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%0%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%8.5%2016: 9.8% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%82.4%2016: 83.1% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%47.1%2016: 45.8% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.5%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%51.9%2016: 53.2% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%68.8%2016: 70.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%10.1%2016: 9.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%21.2%2016: 19.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 5.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 7% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%98.5%2016: 90.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%1.5%2016: 9.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.6%2016: 91.4% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.1%2016: 5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.7%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.5%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%62.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%9.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%17.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%7.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%81.5%2016: 75.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 9.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.9%2016: 4.2% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.5%2016: 4.8% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%6.2%2016: 3.6% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021