Densely populated neighbourhoods in Oakville
Trafalgar is Oakville's densest neighbourhood by far, at roughly 17,203 people per square kilometre, with a median income of $94,000. Bronte follows at 12,357 per square kilometre, and Bronte Village is close behind at 11,182.
Citywide, Oakville's density is only about 3,373 people per square kilometre, so these top neighbourhoods run well above the town average. Just 8.7% of homes citywide are high-rise apartments, and 63.4% are single-detached houses, so even the densest pockets sit inside a mostly low-rise town.
Glenorchy and Clearview round out the middle of the list, both above 5,700 per square kilometre, with stronger incomes at $146,000 and $124,000. About 80.0% of Oakville households own their home.
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The first bar is the headline ranking metric; the rest are related axes for context. Bars are the Oakvilleaggregate's percentile rank vs Ontario's 20,000+ census areas.
Top neighbourhoods in Oakville by population density
| Neighbourhood | population density | Median income |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Speers & Kerr · Oakville | 17,575 /km² | $81,000 |
| 2. Trafalgar · Oakville | 17,203 /km² | $94,000 |
| 3. Bronte · Oakville | 12,357 /km² | $88,000 |
| 4. Bronte Village · Oakville | 11,182 /km² | $92,000 |
| 5. Holton Heights · Oakville | 10,064 /km² | $77,500 |
| 6. Sunningdale · Oakville | 9,674 /km² | $58,000 |
| 7. Palermo · Oakville | 8,494 /km² | $114,000 |
| 8. Third & Westoak Trails · Oakville | 8,270 /km² | $120,000 |
| 9. Bronte & Upper Middle · Oakville | 8,261 /km² | $122,000 |
| 10. Dundas & Neyagawa · Oakville | 7,420 /km² | $132,000 |
| 11. Glenorchy · Oakville | 7,038 /km² | $146,000 |
| 12. North Park & Carding Mill · Oakville | 6,968 /km² | $138,000 |
| 13. Fourth & Westoak Trails · Oakville | 6,924 /km² | $115,000 |
| 14. Trafalgar & Lakeshore · Oakville | 6,781 /km² | $93,000 |
| 15. Preserve & North Park · Oakville | 6,752 /km² | $136,000 |
| 16. Dundas & Harman · Oakville | 6,388 /km² | $103,000 |
| 17. Dundas & Third · Oakville | 6,251 /km² | $122,000 |
| 18. Upper Middle & Fourth · Oakville | 6,131 /km² | $139,000 |
| 19. Dundas & Prince Michael · Oakville | 6,025 /km² | $142,000 |
| 20. Proudfoot & Westoak Trails · Oakville | 5,996 /km² | $130,000 |
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Common questions
What is the densest neighbourhood in Oakville?
Trafalgar leads by a wide margin, at about 17,203 people per square kilometre. Bronte and Bronte Village follow, both above 11,000 per square kilometre.
How dense is Oakville overall?
Citywide density is about 3,373 people per square kilometre, well below the top neighbourhoods on this list. Only 8.7% of homes are high-rise apartments, so most of the town stays low-density.
Do people mostly own or rent in Oakville's denser neighbourhoods?
Ownership is still common townwide, at 80.0%, even though 63.4% of homes are single-detached rather than high-rise. That suggests the denser neighbourhoods lean more toward townhomes and low-rise buildings than towers.
Is Glenorchy a dense neighbourhood in Oakville?
It ranks in the top ten, at about 7,038 people per square kilometre, with a median income of $146,000, one of the higher incomes on this list.