The Beaches
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 21,602
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
- 44 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 41.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44% (estimated) · 2016: 37.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.9%2016: 17.7% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.7%2016: 9.6% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.3%2016: 27.3% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.5%2016: 31.6% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.3%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%28.1%2011: 26.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24%2011: 22% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.6%2011: 9.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.8%2016: 34.4% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%6.5%2011: 7.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1.9%2016: 3% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%13.8%2016: 15.1% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%1.5%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.7%2016: 19% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%64.7%2016: 60.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%83.4%2016: 83% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%16.3%2016: 16.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%83.9%2016: 84.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.3%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%13.7%2016: 13% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 14.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 12% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%63.4%2016: 62.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%36.8%2016: 37.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%27.5%2016: 27.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%15.7%2016: 15.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.9%2016: 3.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.8%2016: 4.8% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%41%2016: 41.9% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%7%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%64.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%10.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%9.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%61.3%2016: 56.6% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%17.1%2016: 29.5% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%11%2016: 7.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%3.4%2016: 5.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.6%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021