Core Housing Need

Households with Seniors

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Calgary — Historical Households with Seniors (Households in Core Housing Need)

	Household Has at Least One Senior (65 or Older)	Other Household Type	Total
2006	8,470	27,670	36,135
2011	11,265	33,195	44,465
2016	15,245	41,430	56,670
2021	15,740	37,895	53,635

Notes:

Data include all non-farm, non-band, non-reserve private households reporting positive incomes and shelter cost-to-income ratios less than 100 per cent.
A household is in core housing need if its housing does not meet one or more standards for housing adequacy (repair), suitability (crowding), or affordability and if it would have to spend 30 per cent or more of its before-tax income to pay the median rent (including utilities) of appropriately sized alternative local market housing. Adequate housing does not require any major repairs, according to residents. Suitable housing has enough bedrooms for the size and make-up of resident households. Affordable housing costs less than 30 per cent of before-tax household income.