Central Kootenay F
Small town · British Columbia · Population 4,116
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
- 47.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 34.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.1% · 2016: 33.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.7%2016: 15%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.5%2016: 9.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.5%2016: 22.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%31.1%2016: 33.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.4%2016: 19.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.2%2011: 26.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.7%2011: 34.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.7%2011: 5.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.8%2016: 26.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.6%2011: 8.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.2%2016: 3.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.7%2016: 24.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.4%2016: 10.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27%2016: 34.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%31.2%2016: 26.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.4%2016: 90.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.5%2016: 9.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.9%2016: 90.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.2%2016: 1.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.9%2016: 7.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%86.6%2016: 84.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%13.4%2016: 15.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%86.1%2016: 81.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2%2016: 2.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2%2016: 2.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%2.6%2016: 2.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%6.5%2016: 10.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%19%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%31%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%92.8%2016: 90.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.4%2016: 1.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.1%2016: 2.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.7%2016: 2.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 3.6%
Statistics Canada, 2021