Delta
Small city · British Columbia · Population 108,455
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
- 44 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 43.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.8
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 · 2011: 2.8 · 2016: 2.8
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.2% · 2016: 34.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.1%2016: 16%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.2%2016: 13.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23%2016: 21.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.1%2016: 30.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.5%2016: 18.7%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%30.9%2011: 34.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.9%2011: 25.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.4%2011: 7.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%20.5%2016: 19.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%16.4%2011: 12.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.5%2016: 8.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.1%2016: 28.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%7.6%2016: 8.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24%2016: 25.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%32.8%2016: 28%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.6%2016: 89.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.3%2016: 7.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%4.1%2016: 3.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%60.6%2016: 66.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.7%2016: 0.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%38.7%2016: 33%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 14.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 13.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%75.6%2016: 78.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%24.4%2016: 21.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%55.5%2016: 58.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.9%2016: 2.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.6%2016: 5.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%19.2%2016: 18.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%14.6%2016: 13.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.6%2016: 1.2%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.5%2016: 0.5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%7%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%46.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%84%2016: 83.1%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%9.4%2016: 11.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.6%2016: 3.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1%2016: 0.8%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021