West Hillhurst
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 6,198
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
- 38.9 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 37.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.3 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 56% (estimated) · 2016: 51.7% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%17.5%2016: 16.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.4%2016: 10.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%33.3%2016: 34.4% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.9%2016: 27.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.8%2016: 10.1% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.1%2011: 24% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.5%2011: 25% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.1%2011: 6.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.4%2016: 31.1% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.9%2011: 12.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1.1%2016: 3.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%13.4%2016: 11.1% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.3%2016: 4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%14.4%2016: 16.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%68%2016: 66% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.6%2016: 86.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.8%2016: 13% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%81.6%2016: 80.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%17%2016: 17.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 12.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 10.7% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%65.7%2016: 62.7% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%34.8%2016: 37.5% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%44.9%2016: 44.8% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%16.6%2016: 17.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.1%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%10.2%2016: 11.6% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%22.7%2016: 22.8% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.6%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2006: 0.8% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%25.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%14.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%18.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%31.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%74.9%2016: 63.9% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%6.7%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%11.7%2016: 10.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%4.5%2016: 10% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.8%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021