Westmount
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 6,212
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
- 39.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 38.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.5 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.9 (estimated) · 2011: 1.9 (estimated) · 2016: 1.9 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 49.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 58.8% (estimated) · 2016: 52.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.8%2016: 12.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.4%2016: 10.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%37.6%2016: 40% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.8%2016: 27.9% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.5%2016: 9.2% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%17.6%2011: 15% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.2%2011: 20.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.2%2011: 5.9% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%45.7%2016: 44.2% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.3%2011: 11.9% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.8%2016: 7.5% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%19.7%2016: 20.2% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.4%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%18.4%2016: 23.7% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%46.4%2016: 41.4% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.9%2016: 88.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.6%2016: 10.8% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%79.2%2016: 78.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.6%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%19.1%2016: 19.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 32.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 32.3% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%51.1%2016: 51.1% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%48.5%2016: 48.2% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%36.7%2016: 34.1% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.6%2016: 3.7% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.8%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.7%2016: 3.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%55.4%2016: 57.8% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.9%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%33.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%13%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%78.6%2016: 70.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%9.7%2016: 16% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.8%2016: 5.5% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021