University District
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 1,539
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
- 33.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 35.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 35.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.1 (estimated) · 2011: 3 (estimated) · 2016: 3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 72%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 71.3% (estimated) · 2016: 75.3% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%20.1%2016: 30.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.9%2016: 5.4% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%34.4%2016: 46.6% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%15.3%2016: 10.3% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14.3%2016: 8.8% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.4%2011: 55.7% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.1%2011: 32.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.7%2011: 3.3% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%37.6%2016: 7.5% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.2%2011: 3.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%7.8%2016: 2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%8.6%2016: 5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%81%2016: 91.1% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%88.6%2016: 88.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.7%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.3%2016: 4.9% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%62%2016: 38.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%36.7%2016: 60.6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 68.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 15.9% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%39%2016: 30.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%61.9%2016: 69.8% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%29.1%2016: 29.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%19.1%2016: 68.7% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.4%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%25.5%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%25.5%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%7.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%1.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%63.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%75.7%2016: 34.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.9%2016: 29.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%18.6%2016: 28.1% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.9%2016: 12.5% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021