Spruce Avenue
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 1,829
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
- 41 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 40.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 55.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 54.8% (estimated) · 2016: 63.3% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.9%2016: 14.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.6%2016: 16.3% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%30.4%2016: 30.6% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.8%2016: 27.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.5%2016: 10.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.4%2011: 15.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%18%2011: 15.2% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.8%2011: 11.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.9%2016: 32.2% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%25.9%2011: 22.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.4%2016: 10.7% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%29.1%2016: 22.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.4%2016: 10.7% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.3%2016: 28.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%25.4%2016: 25.9% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91%2016: 91.5% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.9%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%67.3%2016: 67.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%31.2%2016: 31.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 14.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 5.7% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%38.9%2016: 42.3% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%61.1%2016: 57.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%56.1%2016: 55.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.4%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%15.1%2016: 15.4% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7.9%2016: 7.7% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%15.8%2016: 16.8% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%4.3%2016: 4.9% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%50%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%10.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%4.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%73.5%2016: 61.6% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%10.3%2016: 23.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.4%2016: 9.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021