Toronto neighbourhood 48 · 2021 census

Farming Hillcrest Village: 6,385 doors, in numbers.

For a realtor farming Hillcrest Village: 6,385 households and 16,345 residents in 2021. 72.4% of households own their home, owners put the median home value at $900,000, and 28.5% of residents had moved in within the previous five years.

Behind every 20 doors

72.4%own

27.5%rent

About 4,620 owner households

Median home value
$900,000
Median household income, 2020
$86,000
Moved in within 5 years
28.5%
Median age
49.6

01Housing stock

When the homes were built.

The largest share, 69.1%, dates from 1961–1980. 41.8% of homes are apartments, 26% single-detached houses, and 6.3% need major repairs.

  1. 7.3%1960 or before
  2. 69.1%1961–1980
  3. 13.9%1981–1990
  4. 7%1991–2000
  5. 1.3%2001–2005
  6. 0.8%2006–2010
  7. 0.2%2011–2015
  8. 0.5%2016–2021

02Households

Who opens the door.

  • 11.9%of residents are children under 15
  • 28.7%are 65 or older
  • 24.5%of households are one person
  • 67.5%of homes have 3 bedrooms or more
  • $1,360median monthly cost for owners
  • $695median monthly rent

03Farming plan

A farming plan for Hillcrest Village.

  1. 01

    Your list

    6,385 households live here. 72.4% own their home, so about 4,620 owner households are the sellers you farm.

    Keep every door in your CRM
  2. 02

    Your timing

    28.5% of residents moved in during the five years before 2021, 9.5% in the last year alone. People here stay put. Farming is a long game: stay visible so yours is the name they know when they do move.

    How to farm a neighbourhood
  3. 03

    Your pitch

    No single home type rules here: 26% detached, 29.7% semis and row houses, 41.8% apartments. Tailor each message to the street.

    Posts for each street
  4. 04

    Your audience

    28.7% of residents are 65 or older. Downsizing conversations start here, often a year or two before the sign goes up.

    Stay close to your sphere

ORBIT keeps the list in your CRM, posts a monthly Hillcrest Village update to your social media and follows up the moment someone replies.

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Your AI team

  • ORBIT, your AI partner, in your dashboard on your laptop or phone
  • Scheduled jobs: a morning briefing, a weekly review, follow-ups on your schedule
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Calls and messages

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  • A dedicated local business number and a dialer in your browser
  • Every call recorded, transcribed and summarized on the client's record
  • Two-way texting that qualifies new leads
  • Email written and sent from your own Gmail or Outlook

Clients and deals

  • A private CRM that fills itself from every call, text, email and form
  • A pipeline from New to Closed Won, with commissions to collect
  • Notes, tasks, documents and contracts on each client
  • Instant Match with live MLS® listings
  • Feeds: every client's whole story in one post

Website and marketing

  • Your own website with listing search, home value, calculators and visitor chat
  • Your own domain, connected to your website
  • Property pages with a short link and a viewing request
  • Posts to Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn, now or scheduled
  • Flyers designed by ORBIT on request
  • A calendar that books inside your own rules
  • Setup fee: None
  • Month to month
  • Live in under 5 minutes
  • Prices in Canadian dollars

04Questions

Hillcrest Village, in short.

All 158 Toronto neighbourhoods

What price point does a realtor farming Hillcrest Village work with?

Owners in Hillcrest Village put the median value of their homes at $900,000 in the 2021 census. These are owner estimates, not sale prices, so use them to pick your farm's price point, not to price a listing.

How many sellers can a realtor farm in Hillcrest Village?

72.4% of households in Hillcrest Village own their home, about 4,620 owner households, and 27.5% rent. 31.2% of homes are condominiums.

How many households are in Hillcrest Village?

Hillcrest Village had 6,385 households and 16,345 residents in 2021. It is neighbourhood number 48 in the City of Toronto's 158-neighbourhood model.

When were most homes in Hillcrest Village built?

The largest share of homes, 69.1%, was built between 1961 and 1980.

How often does Hillcrest Village turn over, and how often should a realtor reach out?

9.5% of residents had moved in the year before the 2021 census, and 28.5% within five years. One useful touch a month keeps a realtor's name in front of the owners who will move next.

Sources: City of Toronto, Neighbourhood Profiles, 2021 (158-neighbourhood model), from Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population; contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Home values are owner estimates; income is for 2020.

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