Sherwood
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 1,506
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
- 40.5 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 40.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.2% (estimated) · 2016: 47.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.9%2016: 12.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.6%2016: 13.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29.5%2016: 29.2% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.5%2016: 30.5% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14.9%2016: 12.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.2%2011: 18.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%15.9%2011: 21.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.6%2011: 10.1% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.1%2016: 28.7% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%18.2%2011: 18.7% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9%2016: 14.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%35.9%2016: 30.8% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.8%2016: 14.1% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.8%2016: 22.7% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21%2016: 19.2% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.3%2016: 91.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.7%2016: 5% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.7%2016: 3.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%69.3%2016: 65.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%29%2016: 33.2% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.6% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%58.9%2016: 54.8% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%41.9%2016: 44.4% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%65.6%2016: 66.4% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.3%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.1%2016: 3.1% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.1%2016: 5.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%23.7%2016: 22.7% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%40.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%14%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%4.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%85.8%2016: 78.2% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%9.7%2016: 14.4% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.7%2016: 5.9% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 0% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021