Arbutus Ridge
Neighbourhood in Vancouver · British Columbia · Population 15,083
People and homes
Who lives here and what homes are like, from the 2021 Census. Shown for context: these figures are never part of a score.
Who lives here
- Median age
- 46.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 44.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.8 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 50.8% (estimated) · 2016: 44.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12%2016: 13.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%14.6%2016: 16% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.9%2016: 19% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.9%2016: 29.6% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.5%2016: 22.6% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.5%2011: 32.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%21%2011: 18.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%11.7%2011: 10.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.9%2016: 30.8% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.9%2011: 9.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%0.6%2016: 3.7% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%14.9%2016: 16.8% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.8%2016: 2.7% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.7%2016: 18.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%63%2016: 58.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%83.9%2016: 82.3% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.3%2016: 9.5% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%6.7%2016: 8.4% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%44.5%2016: 44.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 0.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%54.5%2016: 54.8% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 28.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 31.1% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%59.7%2016: 63.4% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%40.5%2016: 36.6% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%38.8%2016: 37.3% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.8%2016: 0.8% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.4%2016: 4.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%12.2%2016: 11.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%20.5%2016: 21.5% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%23.5%2016: 24.2% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%22.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%68.4%2016: 66.5% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%17.8%2016: 23.9% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.3%2016: 4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.7%2016: 4.9% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%0.6%2016: 2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021