Strathcona
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 7,061
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
- 35.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 33.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 33.8 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.7 (estimated) · 2011: 1.7 (estimated) · 2016: 1.7 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 62.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 66.3% (estimated) · 2016: 63.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%8.2%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.9%2016: 13.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%45.5%2016: 48.2% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%20.7%2016: 21.4% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.8%2016: 10.4% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%9.7%2011: 8.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.3%2011: 21% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.9%2011: 3.6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%54.4%2016: 50.8% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.7%2011: 16% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.5%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.7%2016: 17.4% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.2%2016: 5.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.2%2016: 18.1% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%54.6%2016: 54.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.3%2016: 85.3% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.7%2016: 14% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.9%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%73.1%2016: 72.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.3%2016: 3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%24.6%2016: 24.2% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 30.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 27.9% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%27.4%2016: 31.1% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%72.5%2016: 69.1% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%16.4%2016: 16.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.8%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.6%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.4%2016: 7.3% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%48.9%2016: 48% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%26.7%2016: 26.7% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%21.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%41.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%22.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%64.2%2016: 58.9% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%11.9%2016: 19.9% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%15.2%2016: 12.2% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%4.9%2016: 7.4% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021