Central Okanagan
Small town · British Columbia · Population 4,258
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
- 51.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 (estimated) · 2011: 2.5 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 35.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 48% (estimated) · 2016: 37.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%12.4%2016: 12.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.8%2016: 11%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20%2016: 19.5%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.5%2016: 36.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%25.1%2016: 20.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.5%2011: 26.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%41%2011: 39.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.4%2011: 3.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%18.9%2016: 17.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%14.2%2011: 10.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%6.1%2016: 8.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%33.4%2016: 32.1%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%14%2016: 15.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.9%2016: 28.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.6%2016: 14.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.7%2016: 94.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.1%2016: 5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%89.3%2016: 88.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.6%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9.4%2016: 9.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 3.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%90.9%2016: 89.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%8.8%2016: 10.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%77%2016: 78.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%11.2%2016: 10.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.7%2016: 2.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.9%2016: 1.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%8.3%2016: 7.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%24.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%41%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%23.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%95%2016: 94.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%2.5%2016: 0.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 3.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021