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Downtown, Ottawa

Downtown is denser than Ottawa and fewer young families than Ottawa.

5,501 residents
$104,912 median income
38.2 median age
7 census areas

How Downtown compares

Median family income: $106,000p65 -5%
Bachelor's or higher: 65.6%p95 +59%
Residents under 15: 5.0%p5 -70%
Population density: 18,204 /km²p97 +435%
Immigrant share: 29.9%p59
30%+ of income on housing: 30.6%p61 +67%

Bars are the percentile rank against Ontario's 20,000+ census areas. The trailing % is the delta vs the Ottawa median.

What stands out

65.6% hold a bachelor's degree or higher — 59% above the Ottawa share.

Honest tradeoffs

5.0% of residents are under 15 — 70% below the Ottawa share.
30.6% of households spend 30%+ on housing — 67% above the Ottawa share.

Closest neighbourhoods to Downtown

Centretown$106,000 median income
Hunt Club Woods - Quinterra - Revelstoke - Riverside South$106,000 median income
Beaverbrook$106,000 median income
Chapel Hill North$107,000 median income
Rothwell Ridge$105,000 median income

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