South Parkdale
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 21,663
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
- 40.3 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 37.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2 (estimated) · 2011: 1.9 (estimated) · 2016: 1.8 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 57.6% (estimated) · 2016: 50.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9%2016: 9.7% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.6%2016: 10.4% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%42.8%2016: 43.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.5%2016: 24.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%13.9%2016: 11.6% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%11.3%2011: 12.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%16.6%2011: 14.1% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.9%2011: 8.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%51%2016: 51.4% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.2%2011: 14.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.6%2016: 13.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22%2016: 21.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4%2016: 5.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.2%2016: 24.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%41.7%2016: 35.8% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%87%2016: 85.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.9%2016: 10.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.1%2016: 3.9% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%56.3%2016: 55.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%42%2016: 42.7% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 14.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 13.3% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%15%2016: 13.4% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%84.9%2016: 86.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%1.9%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.2%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3%2016: 3.2% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.7%2016: 2% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%27.4%2016: 28.8% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%64.6%2016: 62.9% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%37%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%12.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%34%2016: 25.3% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%41.9%2016: 51.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%12.5%2016: 11.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%7.1%2016: 10.2% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3%2016: 1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021