Silver Springs
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 8,465
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
- 44.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 43.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.6 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.1% (estimated) · 2016: 30% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.7%2016: 15.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.9%2016: 11.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23%2016: 24.4% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.8%2016: 30.6% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.6%2016: 17.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%29.6%2011: 32.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.9%2011: 30.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.4%2011: 7.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.9%2016: 20.2% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.2%2011: 9.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.8%2016: 4.9% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.1%2016: 19% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.1%2016: 6.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.5%2016: 24.6% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%47.5%2016: 45.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90%2016: 90.5% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.5%2016: 9.1% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%83.2%2016: 82.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%15.7%2016: 16.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 14.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 15.6% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82%2016: 83.7% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.8%2016: 17% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%71.8%2016: 70.6% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.1%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%13.7%2016: 13.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.9%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%7.2%2016: 6.7% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%82.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%12.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%1.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%83.7%2016: 79.6% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4.2%2016: 12.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.2%2016: 3.2% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.4%2016: 3.4% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.4%2016: 1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021