Photo: Chris Woodrich · CC BY-SA 4.0A higher share of renter households than 92% of Canadian towns, at 62%
The share of residents without Canadian citizenship tops 80% of Canadian towns: 14%. South Central had 10,392 residents in 4,920 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put one-parent families at 12% in the neighbourhood. With a median age of 37.9, South Central is younger than 78% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of South Central
A neighbourhood of renters
Renters are 62% of households, more than in 92% of Canadian towns, and 53% of households live in an apartment. Homes ↓
Many people living alone
45% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% of Canadian towns; 15% of residents are 65 or over. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Only 15% of residents are 65 or over in South Central
Unless a figure says otherwise, it is from the 2021 Census. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
More residents are 25–29 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns. On average, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns. In South Central, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ South Central, 37.9. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split.
South Central sits above 94% of Canadian towns for one-person households (45%)
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
At 2.1 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for one-person households across Canada’s towns: 27%.
South Central sits below 87% of Canadian towns for married residents 15 and over (31%)
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over two in five adults have never married and don’t live common-law (typical: 27%). The usual figure: 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns. Common-law partners: 10% of the total.
Households in buildings of five or more storeys make up 24% in South Central, more than in 89% 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
12% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%. The census found that 41% of households live in a single-detached house in South Central.
Half of households earn more than $53,500 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
South Central’s median household took in $53,500 before tax, 38% less than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The figure for Ontario’s towns: $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 38% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Above 79% of Canadian towns: 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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
36% of immigrants arrived between 2011 and 2021, against 27% across Canada’s towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Across South Central, 30% of residents are immigrants.
A larger share of visible minority residents than 74% of Canadian towns: 37%
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (11%). As a reference point, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. 3.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, about the same as across Canada’s towns.
Bilingual residents: 8.8%, a higher share than 57% of Canadian towns
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
17% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 3.9% speak neither official language. Typically, 7.5% of residents speak English and French across Canada’s towns. At 1.7%, residents whose mother tongue is French sit close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
South Central sits below 61% of Canadian towns for degree holders aged 25 to 64 (22%)
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Holding no credential: 14% (typical 9.5%). As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 45% of adults
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
45% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 15% are 65 or more.
The 11th youngest of 41 towns of 10,164 to 10,637 people
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest of these towns is McConachie, at 30.9; the oldest, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, is at 52. The towns whose median age is nearest to South Central’s: Rundle (37.6), Temple (37.9), Upper Thornhill Estates (38.6) and Glenbrook (38.6).
Among its 6 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than South Central
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Central | 10,392 | — | 37.9 | 15% | 30% |
| City Centre | 10,269 | 1.7 km | 44.4 | 22% | 43% |
| Walkerville | 19,541 | 1.8 km | 37 | 14% | 28% |
| South Cameron | 11,804 | 2.0 km | 34.2 | 13% | 48% |
| River West | 13,940 | 2.3 km | 30.6 | 14% | 21% |
| South Walkerville | 6,129 | 2.4 km | 43.2 | 20% | 15% |
| Remington Park | 5,783 | 2.9 km | 42.3 | 19% | 35% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. “Visible minority” is the census’s term from the Employment Equity Act: people, other than Indigenous peoples, who are non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered. The page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. A figure here is set beside two middles, the median across Ontario’s places of 2,500 people or more and the median across all Canadian towns that size; reserves and entire cities are excluded from both.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada publishes the census for municipalities, not neighbourhoods, so these figures add up the dissemination areas inside the neighbourhood. Counts are sums of StatCan’s rounded counts; the median age and income are worked out from the published age and income groups; and 2016 areas don’t add up to these, so there is no 2016 count.
- 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.
Questions about South Central’s residents
Is South Central good for families?
Children under 15 are 16% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 32% of households and one-parent families 12%. Schools near South Central are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in South Central?
Median total household income in South Central was $53,500 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of South Central?
The 2021 Census counted 10,392 people in South Central.
What is the average age in South Central?
Half the residents are older than 37.9 and half younger, younger than 78% of Canadian towns; 16% are children under 15 and 15% are 65 or over.
Is South Central bilingual?
English and French: 8.8% speak both (Canada’s towns: 7.5%). English only: 87%. French only: 0.1%. French mother tongue: 1.7%.
How diverse is South Central?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 30%. A visible minority makes up 37% and Indigenous residents 3.3%.
What religion are people in South Central?
Most often Christian (48%) or no religion (35%); other religions make up 18%.
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).