Thorncliffe
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 8,679
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
- 41.7 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 40.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.5% (estimated) · 2016: 41.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.9%2016: 15.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.6%2016: 10.4% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29.1%2016: 30.5% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.7%2016: 28.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.9%2016: 15.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22%2011: 22.1% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%20.7%2011: 21.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10.7%2011: 10.1% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.7%2016: 30.4% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.9%2011: 16.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%13.5%2016: 12.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25.7%2016: 30% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.1%2016: 9.2% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.6%2016: 23.2% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%28.3%2016: 25.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.4%2016: 89.7% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.5%2016: 5.8% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.7%2016: 4.4% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%68.8%2016: 68% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%29.8%2016: 30.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 17.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 18% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%58.3%2016: 61.3% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%42.3%2016: 38.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%49%2016: 49.1% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%7.3%2016: 6.8% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%20.8%2016: 21% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7%2016: 7.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.4%2016: 12.1% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%3.7%2016: 3.5% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%2011: 0.7% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%31.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%56.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%7.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%81.6%2016: 76.6% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%10.2%2016: 17.2% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.6%2016: 2.9% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.9%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021