Bulkley-Nechako B
Small town · British Columbia · Population 1,706
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
- 48.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 40.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.4 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.7 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 33.2% (estimated) · 2016: 23.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15%2016: 17.2% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.1%2016: 12.8% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.4%2016: 19.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.4%2016: 33.5% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.1%2016: 16.7% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.6%2011: 32.5% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.2%2011: 35.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.7%2011: 4.3% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.9%2016: 22% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.5%2011: 9.9% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%20.1%2016: 16% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%38.5%2016: 35.8% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.5%2016: 18.7% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%20.1%2016: 22.6% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9.2%2016: 8.5% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%97.1%2016: 95.9% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.2%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.9%2016: 88.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.6%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.5%2016: 10.5% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%86.6%2016: 91.3% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%12.7%2016: 7.5% (estimated)
- Band or local government housing0.7%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%84.5%2016: 84.3% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.7%2016: 0.5% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%14.8%2016: 14.6% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%11.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%43.7%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%38%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%2.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%96.9%2016: 95.7% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.4%2016: 0% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.6%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021