Cranbrook
Town · British Columbia · Population 20,499
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
- 45.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.7% (estimated) · 2016: 39.6%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.7%2016: 16.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.9%2016: 11.4%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%24.3%2016: 23%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%26.3%2016: 28.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%23.8%2016: 20.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20.4%2011: 23.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.8%2011: 30.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.8%2011: 8.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.6%2016: 28.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.4%2011: 9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%9.2%2016: 10%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%31.7%2016: 31.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.6%2016: 12.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30%2016: 29.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.6%2016: 16.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.5%2016: 95.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.3%2016: 4.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%91.4%2016: 91.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 1.1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.7%2016: 7.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 9.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 11.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%73.5%2016: 73.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%26.4%2016: 26.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%65.2%2016: 63.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.8%2016: 5.4%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6%2016: 6.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.6%2016: 2.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14.7%2016: 14.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%5.6%2016: 7.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%17%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%39.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%26.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.3%2016: 86.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.8%2016: 1.3%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.1%2016: 9.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1%2016: 2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 1.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021