Willow Park
Neighbourhood in Calgary · Alberta · Population 5,192
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
- 45.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 45.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 30.7% (estimated) · 2016: 34.2% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.4%2016: 14.4% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.8%2016: 11.1% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.3%2016: 23.5% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.2%2016: 29.9% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.2%2016: 21.1% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%27.1%2011: 27.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.1%2011: 30.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.3%2011: 8.8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25%2016: 24.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.5%2011: 10.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%3.8%2016: 4.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.7%2016: 23.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.3%2016: 7.5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.7%2016: 29.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%41%2016: 34.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.7%2016: 92.4% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.4%2016: 7.2% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.7%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%79.7%2016: 78.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%18.6%2016: 19.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 17.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 19.6% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%78.2%2016: 78.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%21.1%2016: 21.8% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing0.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%72.4%2016: 69.5% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%17.1%2016: 19% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.2%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%11%2016: 10.4% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%87.9%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%5.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%0.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%0%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.5%2016: 78.5% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%6.8%2016: 13.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.6%2016: 6.2% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.1%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021