South Riverdale
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 27,665
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 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 39 years (estimated) · 2016: 39.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 45.6% (estimated) · 2016: 40.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14%2016: 14.2% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.5%2016: 8.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%38.8%2016: 38.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.6%2016: 26.7% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.9%2016: 12.1% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.4%2011: 18.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.6%2011: 20.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.3%2011: 9.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.2%2016: 36% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.5%2011: 15.8% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.8%2016: 12.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.8%2016: 17.9% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.2%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17%2016: 19.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%56.2%2016: 48.2% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%79.9%2016: 78.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%13.6%2016: 13.1% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%6.4%2016: 8.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%66.4%2016: 64.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%31.6%2016: 33.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 26.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 19.9% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%56.9%2016: 59.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%43.4%2016: 40.4% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%7%2016: 7.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%18.4%2016: 19.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%12.7%2016: 13.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.7%2016: 5.8% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%32.1%2016: 35.2% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%22.9%2016: 18.4% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%1.2%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%51.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%10.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%9.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%8.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%48.2%2016: 41.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%25.1%2016: 38.8% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%14.6%2016: 10.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%6.7%2016: 8.2% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021