Strathcona Park
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 8,066
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
- 43.7 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 42.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.9 (estimated) · 2016: 2.9 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 28.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 39.7% (estimated) · 2016: 32.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.9%2016: 19.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.4%2016: 13.6% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%22%2016: 21.6% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.7%2016: 30.9% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18%2016: 14.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%40.9%2011: 42% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.7%2011: 25.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.1%2011: 8.5% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%13.5%2016: 12.8% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.7%2011: 9.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.6%2016: 2.7% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12.4%2016: 15.8% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.6%2016: 3.1% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%19.2%2016: 22.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%61.3%2016: 56.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.1%2016: 89.6% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.6%2016: 9.2% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.2%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%71.9%2016: 72.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%26.7%2016: 25.7% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 13.9% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%91%2016: 91% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%7.6%2016: 7.8% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing1.4%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%80.9%2016: 78.7% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%10.4%2016: 10.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%8.6%2016: 9.7% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.2%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%16.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%65.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%82.5%2016: 75.2% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%10%2016: 19.8% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.5%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.7%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021