Tamarack
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 6,850
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
- 32.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 30.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 30.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 3.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.2 (estimated) · 2011: 3.2 (estimated) · 2016: 3.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 84.1% (estimated) · 2016: 62.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%25.3%2016: 26.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.4%2016: 11.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%39.3%2016: 42.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%16.9%2016: 15.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%5.1%2016: 4% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%43.5%2011: 39.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%12.8%2011: 17.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.6%2011: 5.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%11.5%2016: 11.1% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%26.6%2011: 22.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.9%2016: 7.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.3%2016: 24.1% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.1%2016: 9.9% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21%2016: 23.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%39.4%2016: 35.4% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.1%2016: 89.5% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4%2016: 5.5% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%5.8%2016: 4.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%33.8%2016: 44% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%65.3%2016: 54.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 18.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.6% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%74.2%2016: 82.1% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%25.3%2016: 18.1% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing0.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%55.6%2016: 59.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%16.2%2016: 18.9% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%10.3%2016: 11.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.3%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%17.4%2016: 9.6% (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%0.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%2.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%73.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%22.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.3%2016: 85.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%7.4%2016: 10.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.3%2016: 2% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.5%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021