Sakaw
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 3,453
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
- 39.7 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 34 years (estimated) · 2016: 36 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.1 (estimated) · 2011: 3.1 (estimated) · 2016: 2.9 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.1% (estimated) · 2016: 30.1% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.6%2016: 18.7% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.6%2016: 14.3% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%26.7%2016: 27.7% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.9%2016: 28.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.8%2016: 11.1% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.3%2011: 33.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21%2011: 22.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.1%2011: 11.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.1%2016: 16.7% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%17.6%2011: 17.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.1%2016: 12.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.9%2016: 31% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.3%2016: 11.8% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.1%2016: 23.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%23.4%2016: 23.1% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.5%2016: 90.9% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.9%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%66.3%2016: 65.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.6%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%32.1%2016: 32.8% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 15.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 16.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%63.3%2016: 74.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%36.3%2016: 27.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%62.9%2016: 62% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.9%2016: 5.6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%20.5%2016: 23.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.4%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%4.2%2016: 5.6% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%3%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.1%2011: 2.6% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%47.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%35.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%11.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.2%2016: 88.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%7.2%2016: 9.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%0%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021