Chase
Small town · British Columbia · Population 2,399
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
- 59.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 54.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 58.2 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 45.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 46.4% · 2016: 37.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.7%2016: 11.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%5.2%2016: 5.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17.3%2016: 15.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.7%2016: 30.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%39.2%2016: 36.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13.6%2011: 17.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%39.6%2011: 39.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.1%2011: 5.4%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34%2016: 32.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.7%2011: 8.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%17.4%2016: 18.8%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%35.2%2016: 34.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%16.4%2016: 11.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.6%2016: 28.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%9.9%2016: 6.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.8%2016: 97.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.2%2016: 2.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%93.3%2016: 93.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%5.5%2016: 5.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%82.6%2016: 85.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%17.9%2016: 14.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%74.9%2016: 71.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.8%2016: 2.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.3%2016: 6.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.4%2016: 7.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%9.4%2016: 0%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%7.2%2016: 11.9%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%18.7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%37.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.3%2016: 83.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%11.5%2016: 12.9%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 2.9%
Statistics Canada, 2021