Bowen Island
Small town · British Columbia · Population 4,256
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
- 50 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 36.3% · 2016: 41.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.9%2016: 17.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.6%2016: 7.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.6%2016: 18.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.8%2016: 35.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.1%2016: 20.9%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.8%2011: 30%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.2%2011: 33.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.8%2011: 5.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.2%2016: 22.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11%2011: 7.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.5%2016: 3.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%20.1%2016: 18.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.9%2016: 7.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.8%2016: 21.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%51.4%2016: 49%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%87.1%2016: 87%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.6%2016: 12.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88.1%2016: 88.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.9%2016: 2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10%2016: 9.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84.9%2016: 82.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%15.1%2016: 17.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%89%2016: 89.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.2%2016: 0%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.8%2016: 4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%3.2%2016: 4.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.3%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%11%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%31.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%22.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%74.8%2016: 66.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%9.4%2016: 20.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.3%2016: 5.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.4%2016: 2.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%5.1%2016: 3.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021