Willowdale West
Neighbourhood in Toronto · Ontario · Population 17,210
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
- 42.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 43.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.2% (estimated) · 2016: 50.6% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.4%2016: 10.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.8%2016: 13.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%33.8%2016: 31.5% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.6%2016: 24.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.1%2016: 19.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.2%2011: 23.3% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.4%2011: 22.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.8%2011: 7.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36%2016: 35.3% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.5%2011: 11.9% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.4%2016: 3.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%11.6%2016: 14.7% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%1.5%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15.9%2016: 16.7% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%68.2%2016: 63.5% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.4%2016: 86.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.1%2016: 7.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%6.4%2016: 5.9% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%32%2016: 34.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%67.2%2016: 64.9% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 51.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 51.3% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%59.6%2016: 63.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%40.7%2016: 36.3% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%25.9%2016: 26.8% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.8%2016: 1.7% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3%2016: 3.2% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.5%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.5%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%63%2016: 61.3% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%15.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%35.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%10.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%61.3%2016: 51.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%26.2%2016: 41.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.6%2016: 5.6% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021