Walker
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 13,388
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
- 32.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 29.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 31.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 3.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.8 (estimated) · 2016: 3.2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 53.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 92% (estimated) · 2016: 85.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%26.1%2016: 24.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.6%2016: 10.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%41.4%2016: 45.2% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%16.8%2016: 15.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%4.9%2016: 3.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%43.1%2011: 36.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%14.6%2011: 22.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.6%2011: 6.1% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%14.4%2016: 13.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%21.3%2011: 16.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.9%2016: 6.5% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.3%2016: 17.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.3%2016: 8.6% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.6%2016: 20.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%46.1%2016: 46.2% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91%2016: 90.9% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.8%2016: 5.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%4.1%2016: 3.6% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%38%2016: 40.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%60.9%2016: 57.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 30.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 20.8% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76%2016: 88.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%24%2016: 11.4% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%42.8%2016: 48.3% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%25.2%2016: 25.3% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%19.5%2016: 17.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.5%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11.9%2016: 9% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.1%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%0.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%0.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%59.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%38.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.7%2016: 82.1% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%5.3%2016: 14.9% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%1.4%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021