Shawnessy
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 9,255
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
- 44.7 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 39.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 (estimated) · 2011: 2.9 (estimated) · 2016: 2.9 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 29.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.1% (estimated) · 2016: 35.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15%2016: 15% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.6%2016: 15.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.3%2016: 26% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30%2016: 30.5% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.8%2016: 14% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%31.8%2011: 37.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28%2011: 23.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.8%2011: 8.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%15.7%2016: 14.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%16.7%2011: 15.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.2%2016: 5.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.4%2016: 28.6% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.7%2016: 10% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.3%2016: 26.3% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%35.9%2016: 29.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.2%2016: 92.7% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.4%2016: 5.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.7%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%63.7%2016: 65.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%35%2016: 32.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84%2016: 86.9% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.6%2016: 13.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%85.1%2016: 85% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.1%2016: 2% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%9.5%2016: 9.7% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.9%2016: 1.9% (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%7.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%77.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%82.6%2016: 76% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%12%2016: 20.9% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1%2016: 2.7% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.2%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021