Housing in Applewood, Mississauga
Applewood is the most rented neighbourhood on this list and the most consistently dated: two thirds of everything standing was built between 1961 and 1980, and more than four in ten dwellings are in a building of five storeys or more. Only about half of households own. If you are buying here you are usually buying into a mid-century apartment building or one of the detached houses behind them, and those two purchases have almost nothing in common.
- People
- 36,015
- Households
- 13,095
- Median dwelling value
- $870K
What stands out about Applewood
- 8% of its dwellings are reported as needing major repairs, higher than the middle of Mississauga's 39 neighbourhoods at 5%.
- 45% of its households rent, higher than the middle of Mississauga's 39 neighbourhoods at 29%.
- 44% of its dwellings are in buildings of five storeys or more, higher than the middle of Mississauga's 39 neighbourhoods at 21%.
What is built here
- Detached house
- Semi-detached house
- Row house
- Duplex
- Apartment, under five storeys
- Apartment, five storeys or more
And how many bedrooms it has
- One bedroom
- Two bedrooms
- Three bedrooms
- Four or more bedrooms
When it was built
The most useful line on this page. Almost everything a home inspection turns up in Mississauga is a function of the decade the house went up in, and so is most of what an insurer asks about.
- 1960 or before
- 1961 to 1980
- 1981 to 2000
- 2001 to 2010
- 2011 to 2021
What to check before you buy in Applewood
Raised by the housing stock above, not by any particular house. Each one is a question to ask rather than a problem to expect.
- Aluminum branch wiringMuch of this neighbourhood went up between 1961 and 1980, and aluminum branch wiring was common in houses built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is not a reason to walk away, but it is a reason to have an electrician look, because insurers ask about it by name.
- The building's age, not just the unit'sA renovated unit in a building that has not repiped or done its garage membrane is a renovated unit with a special assessment coming. Ask what major work the building has completed, and what its engineer's reserve fund study says is next.
- The party wall and the drainsA fifth or more of the housing here shares a wall with the house next door. Shared walls mean shared sound, sometimes shared drains, and occasionally a shared roof line where one side has been redone and the other has not. Look at both sides of the building from the street and from the lane.
- Budget for the inspection, and for what it findsHouseholds here report a higher than usual share of dwellings needing major repairs. In stock of this age that is typically roofs, windows and the back of the house rather than anything structural, but it is the neighbourhood to keep a contingency for rather than to spend on the offer.
What it costs to live here
- Owner monthly shelter cost
- $1,350
- Renter monthly shelter cost
- $1,480
- Owners with a mortgage
- 54%
- Households renting
- 45%
Shelter cost is the census measure: for an owner it is the mortgage payment, property taxes, condominium fees and utilities together, and for a renter it is rent and utilities. These are medians from 2021, so read them as the shape of the place rather than as a quote.
How people get to work
- Car, truck or van
- Public transit
- Walked
Where these numbers come from
the 2021 Census of Population, tabulated by the City of Mississauga as 2021 Census Data - By Neighbourhoods, with neighbourhood names and boundaries from Mississauga Official Plan (2010) Character Area and City Structure. Retrieved September 20, 2026. The figures are published under the Statistics Canada Open Licence and the boundaries under the City of Mississauga Open Data Terms of Use.
These are aggregate figures for a whole neighbourhood from a census taken in 2021, so they lag the market and they describe no individual home. Housey is not a real estate board and this is not MLS data: for what a specific house is worth today, ask a realtor.