Downtown Ajax

At a glance

Downtown Ajax is the town's original core, with a main street, the Ajax GO station and a mix of older houses, townhouses and condos. About 48% of homes are detached and 19% are apartments, 25% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $733K in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.)

$653K^*

* est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $917K

Residents

26,920

scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 23,909 at the 2021 census

Households renting

25%

city 34%

Homes that are apartments

19%

city 38%

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $733K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Greater Toronto MLS® Home Price Index (-11% since then), that is about $653K, 29% below the Toronto-area suburbs median of $917K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
• 25% of households rent, well below the 34% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
• 48% of homes are single-detached houses, versus 40% city-wide.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 23,909 at the 2021 census.

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 23,909 at the 2021 census.

Upfront closing costs¹

Ontario charges a tiered land transfer tax, up to 2.5% on the part of a home over $2 million. Government fees at the median home price: This uses the census home value indexed to September 2026 prices, so treat it as an estimate.

Ontario land transfer tax

$9,540

on $653K

How it's changing

These municipalities don't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.

Safety

Neighbourhood-level crime figures aren't available for Ajax. Policing there is by a regional police service, and none publishes neighbourhood crime counts we can compare with Toronto's. Check Statistics Canada's crime tables for municipality-wide trends, and the local police website for crime maps. Why this is missing.