Southwood
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 6,092
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
- 40.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 39.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 39 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 48.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 42.5% (estimated) · 2016: 45.4% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.5%2016: 14.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.7%2016: 12.4% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%30.3%2016: 32.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28%2016: 27.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14%2016: 13.3% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.1%2011: 22.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21.3%2011: 24.3% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.4%2011: 9.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.8%2016: 25.4% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%15.4%2011: 15.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.3%2016: 8.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.2%2016: 24.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.9%2016: 11% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.8%2016: 25.8% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%30.3%2016: 29.2% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.4%2016: 92.1% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.4%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.9%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%71.5%2016: 72.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%26.8%2016: 25.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 21.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 24.6% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%56.3%2016: 61.7% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%43.7%2016: 37.5% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%51.4%2016: 52.8% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%8%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%18.2%2016: 17.4% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.5%2016: 3.3% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%19%2016: 19.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%14.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%71.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%10.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%76.2%2016: 73.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%16%2016: 19.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.5%2016: 5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.9%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021