Rocky Ridge
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 8,419
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
- 42.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 37 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.7 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 78.1% (estimated) · 2016: 47.4% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.9%2016: 19.8% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.2%2016: 11.5% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24%2016: 29.1% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.9%2016: 25.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.9%2016: 14.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%37.6%2011: 34.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.3%2011: 26.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.1%2011: 6.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22%2016: 22.5% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.9%2011: 8.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1.7%2016: 3.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.2%2016: 17.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.6%2016: 4.5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.6%2016: 23% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%54.9%2016: 51.9% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.9%2016: 90.5% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.3%2016: 8.3% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.7%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%66%2016: 67.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%33%2016: 30.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 38.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 38% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81.7%2016: 81.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%18%2016: 18.4% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%62.3%2016: 58.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.6%2016: 7.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.9%2016: 7.9% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.2%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%22.3%2016: 26.2% (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%0.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%64.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.4%2016: 79.6% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%5.6%2016: 16.6% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.7%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%5.4%2016: 2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021