Royal Oak
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 10,183
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
- 39.5 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 34.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 36.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 3.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.8 (estimated) · 2011: 3 (estimated) · 2016: 3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 90.5% (estimated) · 2016: 39.2% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.8%2016: 22.8% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.3%2016: 11.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.2%2016: 31.7% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.5%2016: 26.3% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%10.3%2016: 7% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%46.5%2011: 46.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.2%2011: 21.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.9%2011: 6.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%12.4%2016: 15.5% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.9%2011: 10.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.8%2016: 3.6% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.6%2016: 15.9% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.1%2016: 4.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22%2016: 23% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%56%2016: 53% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.6%2016: 90.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.1%2016: 7.5% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.4%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%58.1%2016: 60.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%40.8%2016: 38.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 11.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 22.6% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.4%2016: 86.7% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.3%2016: 13% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%83.3%2016: 76% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.5%2016: 3.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%12.7%2016: 10.9% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 9.1% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%0.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%10.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%87.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.8%2016: 75.2% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%7.6%2016: 20.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.2%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.2%2016: 2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021