Photo: Kurt Bauschardt from Edmonton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 30.9: Empire Park is younger than 99% of Canadian towns
With households in single-detached houses at 2.7%, Empire Park is behind 96% of Canadian towns on that count. Higher than in 83% of Canadian towns: 48% of residents belong to a visible minority. Census day 2021: 4,817 residents and 2,225 households here. In Empire Park, a fifth of residents are aged 15 to 24.
What stands out about the people of Empire Park
Younger than most towns
Line Empire Park’s residents up by age and the one in the middle is 30.9; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 12% are under 15 and 8.2% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood of renters
88% of households rent their home, more than in 99% of Canadian towns; 63% live in an apartment. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
30% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 2.8 times the typical share; 73% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
30% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 91% of Canadian towns; 23% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Below 96% of Canadian towns: 8.2% of residents are 65 or over
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
25–29 is the most common age band: 16% of residents, 2.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. On children under 15, Empire Park sits lower than 85% of Canadian towns: 12%. Elsewhere, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Empire Park, 30.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women.
One-person households make up 35% in Empire Park, more than in 77% of Canadian towns
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 17% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 99% of Canadian towns. Typically, 27% of households are one person living alone across Canada’s towns. The average household has 2.2 people. In Empire Park, one in ten households are one-parent families, beside 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Fewer married residents 15 and over than 93% of Canadian towns: 28%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: 46% of adults, against a typical 27%. Here, 13% of residents 15 and over live common-law.
88% of households rent their home, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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
A fifth of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 6.2% built before 1961. Across Canada’s towns, the share of renter households is 25%. Compared with other places, households in buildings of five or more storeys are common here: 30%, more than in 91% of Canadian towns.
Median gross household income: $65,500 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Empire Park’s median household took in $65,500 before tax, 24% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). $92,200 is the median household income across Alberta’s towns. 40% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
30% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 99% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
59% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (68%) and in Europe (13%). Immigrants are more common here than in 72% of Canadian towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
Indigenous residents: 7.4%, a higher share than 80% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 35% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Empire Park comes in at 47%. Other faiths: Muslim (8.8%) and Hindu (3.2%). For Indigenous residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 2.8%.
English is the mother tongue of 57%, and 5.9% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home, 24% mostly speak another language; 1.6% speak neither English nor French. Lower than in 64% of Canadian towns: 5.9% of residents speak English and French. There is little gap on residents whose mother tongue is French: 1.9%, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Empire Park: 40% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, above 71% of Canadian towns
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
58% of residents 15 and over were in work
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, much like this 58%.
1st lowest median age among 41 towns of 4,715 to 4,931
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Empire Park is the youngest of them at 30.9; Sutton, at 60.4, the oldest. Pembina Strip (31) and Westdale South (31.1): the towns nearest Empire Park in median age.
Every neighbour of Empire Park has an older population
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empire Park | 4,817 | — | 30.9 | 8.2% | 30% |
| Pleasantview | 3,746 | 0.8 km | 38.2 | 15% | 32% |
| Duggan | 6,247 | 1.2 km | 39.4 | 20% | 32% |
| Malmo Plains | 4,150 | 1.5 km | 40.8 | 21% | 27% |
| Royal Gardens | 3,392 | 1.8 km | 35.2 | 13% | 33% |
| Allendale | 2,951 | 2.0 km | 33.7 | 10% | 17% |
| Greenfield | 3,710 | 2.0 km | 44.3 | 21% | 21% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Alberta’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Alberta’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- 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. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
Questions about Empire Park’s residents
What is the median income in Empire Park?
Half of Empire Park’s households had more than $65,500 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Empire Park?
4,817, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Empire Park alone.
What is the average age in Empire Park?
The median age is 30.9, younger than 99% of Canadian towns. 12% are under 15 and 8.2% 65 or older.
Is Empire Park bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 5.9% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 92% speak only English and 0.1% only French; 1.9% grew up with French.
How diverse is Empire Park?
Immigrants: 30% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 48%. Indigenous identity: 7.4%.
What religion are people in Empire Park?
47% said they have no religion and 35% that they are Christian; 18% named another faith.
Is Empire Park good for families?
12% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 33% of households and one-parent families 9.7%. Schools near Empire Park 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).