Westwood
Neighbourhood in Edmonton · Alberta · Population 3,279
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
- 37.5 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 33.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.3 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.8 (estimated) · 2011: 1.8 (estimated) · 2016: 1.8 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 61.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 63.1% (estimated) · 2016: 63.4% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.4%2016: 9.4% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.3%2016: 15.3% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%36%2016: 37.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.8%2016: 26.2% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%11.9%2016: 11.3% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%10.8%2011: 9.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%11%2011: 14.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.7%2011: 7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%54.1%2016: 50.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%15.4%2011: 18.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%18.9%2016: 16.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%25%2016: 28.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.8%2016: 10.3% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.4%2016: 23.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%20%2016: 21.4% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91%2016: 89.9% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.6%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6%2016: 8.2% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2.5%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%61.9%2016: 62.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.4%2016: 2.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%35.7%2016: 35.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 13% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%20.8%2016: 20.2% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%78.6%2016: 79.5% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing0.6%2006: 0.9% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%18.9%2016: 18.4% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.8%2016: 5.7% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.3%2016: 0.3% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%7%2016: 6% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%67.2%2016: 69% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.9%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%27.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%39.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%76.3%2016: 63.9% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%19.3%2016: 28.4% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.2%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0%2016: 3.1% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021