In Rocky Ridge, 36% of residents are immigrants, more than in 79% of Canadian towns
The average household has 2.7 people, against 2.4 across Canada’s towns. Census day 2021: 8,419 residents and 3,030 households in Rocky Ridge. On the census count, two in five residents belong to a visible minority. At 12%, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship is higher than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 13% in Rocky Ridge, more than in 82% of Canadian towns
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Against a figure of 19% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Rocky Ridge comes in at 16%. By contrast, half of the neighbourhood’s residents are over 42.1, older than in half of Canadian towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Rocky Ridge, 42.1. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women.
Only 22% of households are one person living alone in Rocky Ridge
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Across Canada’s towns, couple families are 53% of households and one-parent families 8.2%; here, 62% and 6.1%. As a yardstick, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns.
A smaller share of common-law partners than 85% of Canadian towns: 6.1%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Where 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns, Rocky Ridge has 56%. Common-law partners: 11% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
Below 67% of Canadian towns: 18% of households rent their home
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Newer homes outnumber old: 69% date from 2001 or later, 0.3% from before 1961. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. The figure for households in single-detached houses is 62% in Rocky Ridge and 64% across Canada’s towns.
The midpoint household income is $120,800 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Rocky Ridge’s households had a total income above $120,800, 40% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Within Alberta’s towns, the household in the middle had $92,200. COVID-19 benefits went to 28% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Above 57% of Canadian towns: 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (54%), then in Europe (17%). The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Of the immigrants living here, 33% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Only 35% of residents said they have no religion in Rocky Ridge
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (7.6%) and Hindu (4.4%). Lower than in 65% of Canadian towns: 1.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity.
66% have English as their mother tongue; 7.3% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
17% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 1.7% speak neither official language. Fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than in 71% of Canadian towns: 1%.
Rocky Ridge sits above 90% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (55%)
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
1.7% have no certificate, diploma or degree (typical: 9.5%). Elsewhere, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 60%
May 2021 was still a pandemic month: the census’s work figures reflect that. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 60%.
The 21st oldest of 41 towns of 8,304 to 8,534 people
Similar-sized towns by median age; each dot is a town.
Median ages here range from 30.2 in Garneau to 60.8 in Electoral Area G, Nanaimo. Somerset (40.9), King Edward Park (41.4), Springfield North (42.2) and Ogden (42.4): the towns nearest Rocky Ridge in median age.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Rocky Ridge
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Ridge | 8,419 | — | 42.1 | 16% | 36% |
| Royal Oak | 12,343 | 1.8 km | 38.3 | 10% | 39% |
| Tuscany | 19,986 | 2.0 km | 37.8 | 8.7% | 23% |
| Rocky View County | 50,260 | 2.2 km | 45.6 | 18% | 16% |
| Arbour Lake | 10,454 | 3.3 km | 45.9 | 20% | 36% |
| Scenic Acres | 8,026 | 3.4 km | 50.7 | 25% | 24% |
| Citadel | 10,196 | 4.8 km | 39.6 | 10% | 40% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
Questions about Rocky Ridge’s residents
What is the median income in Rocky Ridge?
Half of Rocky Ridge’s households had more than $120,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Rocky Ridge?
8,419, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Rocky Ridge alone.
What is the average age in Rocky Ridge?
The median age is 42.1, older than 50% of Canadian towns. 17% are under 15 and 16% 65 or older.
Is Rocky Ridge bilingual?
English and French: 7.3% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 91%. French only: 0%. French mother tongue: 1%.
How diverse is Rocky Ridge?
Immigrants: 36% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 40%. Indigenous identity: 1.8%.
What religion are people in Rocky Ridge?
35% said they have no religion and 50% that they are Christian; 15% named another faith.
Is Rocky Ridge good for families?
17% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 62% of households and one-parent families 6.1%. Schools near Rocky Ridge are on its Schools page.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).