Scarboro
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 1,070
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: 37.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 36.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 31.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.4% (estimated) · 2016: 43.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.8%2016: 19.2% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.5%2016: 14.3% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.6%2016: 29% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28%2016: 28.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.1%2016: 9.8% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%33.3%2011: 31.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.1%2011: 23.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.4%2011: 3.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31%2016: 24.7% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8%2011: 12.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.2%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%9%2016: 14.1% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.7%2016: 4.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%9.7%2016: 14.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%75.4%2016: 66.9% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%87.9%2016: 87.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%11.2%2016: 13.1% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%85%2016: 85.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%14%2016: 13.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 11.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 12.9% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%69.9%2016: 67.7% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29%2016: 32.3% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing1.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%66.7%2016: 65.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%9.2%2016: 9.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%24.1%2016: 25% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.1%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%68.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%10.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%8.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%6.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%75%2016: 63.7% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%9.7%2016: 20.2% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.3%2016: 8.1% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.8%2016: 8.1% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.8%2016: 0% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021