Is Oakville a good place to live?
YesYes — Oakville works well for high-income, highly-educated households.
How Oakville stacks up vs Ontario
Bars show the percentile rank of each axis among Ontario's 20,000+ census Dissemination Areas. The vertical mark is the Ontario median (p50).
Why Oakville works
- 48.3% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher — meaningfully above Ontario's ~20% average.
- Median family income of $132,000 — about $36,000 above the Ontario DA median.
- 18.0% of residents are under 15 — a higher family share than Ontario's ~16% average.
5 neighbourhoods to look at in Oakville
- Palermo — $149,000 residents · 40.4 income · age 61.8%
- North Park & Carding Mill — $138,000 residents · 34.0 income · age 61.8%
- Rockingham & Pinery — $184,000 residents · 41.2 income · age 55.3%
- Neyagawa & River Glen — $157,000 residents · 45.6 income · age 55.6%
- Preserve & North Park — $136,000 residents · 34.4 income · age 57.6%
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