Wedgewood Heights
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 1,463
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
- 49.3 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 42.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.9 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 3.3 (estimated) · 2011: 3.1 (estimated) · 2016: 3.1 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 25.9%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 29.3% (estimated) · 2016: 33.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16%2016: 17.8% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.3%2016: 14.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.1%2016: 21.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.1%2016: 35% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.1%2016: 11.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%42.7%2011: 50.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34%2011: 28.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.9%2011: 4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%10.7%2016: 7.2% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.8%2011: 10.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.6%2016: 3.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.3%2016: 21.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.9%2016: 7.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.8%2016: 25.5% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%49%2016: 42.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.2%2016: 91.5% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.8%2016: 6.6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%70%2016: 71.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%29%2016: 27.6% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%95.2%2016: 96.3% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%1.9%2016: 2.9% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing2.9%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%100%2016: 98.1% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0% (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%3.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%85.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95.1%2016: 94.7% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.9%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021