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Highly educated neighbourhoods in Oshawa

Northglen leads Oshawa on education, with about 48% of residents holding a bachelor's degree or higher and a median income around $130,000. That is well above the citywide rate of 19.3%.

Windfields Farm and Taunton follow close behind, at 42% and 40% university-educated, with incomes around $155,000 and $124,000. Both numbers show that education and income tend to move together here.

Oshawa overall runs at 3,220 people per square kilometre and only 5.8% of residents commute by transit, so these higher-education pockets are still mostly car-dependent, suburban-style neighbourhoods rather than dense, walkable ones.

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Bachelor's or higher
19.3%p35
Median family income
$90,000p35
Density
3,220 /km²p55
Public-transit commuters
5.8%p55

The first bar is the headline ranking metric; the rest are related axes for context. Bars are the Oshawaaggregate's percentile rank vs Ontario's 20,000+ census areas.

Top neighbourhoods in Oshawa by residents with a bachelor's degree or higher

Neighbourhoodresidents with a bachelor's degree or higherMedian income
1. Northglen · Oshawa48$130,000
2. Windfields Farm · Oshawa42$155,000
3. Taunton · Oshawa40$124,000
4. Kingmeadow · Oshawa40$98,000
5. Centennial · Oshawa38$120,000
6. Samac · Oshawa36$113,000
7. The Fields of Conlin · Oshawa32$112,000
8. Eastdale · Oshawa32$120,000
9. Pinecrest · Oshawa31$108,000
10. O'Neill · Oshawa30$121,000
11. Thornton Woods · Oshawa29$93,000
12. Harmony · Oshawa27$99,000
13. Stevenson & Phillip Murray · Oshawa25$92,000
14. Raglan · Oshawa23$122,000
15. Vanier · Oshawa23$63,200
16. Thornton's Corners · Oshawa23$93,000
17. Donevan · Oshawa22$105,000
18. Central · Oshawa22$89,000
19. Lakeview · Oshawa22$81,000
20. McLaughlin · Oshawa21$87,000

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Common questions

What is the most educated neighbourhood in Oshawa?

Northglen, where about 48% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Windfields Farm and Taunton are next, at 42% and 40%.

Do higher-income Oshawa neighbourhoods have more university graduates?

Generally yes. Windfields Farm has the highest median income on this list at $155,000 and 42% of residents with a degree. Northglen pairs 48% education with a $130,000 median income.

How does Oshawa compare on education citywide?

Citywide, about 19.3% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The top neighbourhoods on this list run well above that, from 30% to 48%.