Fairview
Neighbourhood in Vancouver · British Columbia · Population 33,969
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
- 42.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 41.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.9 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.6 (estimated) · 2011: 1.6 (estimated) · 2016: 1.7 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 50.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 60% (estimated) · 2016: 55% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%8.3%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.6%2016: 7.4% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%41.5%2016: 41.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.7%2016: 25.5% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20%2016: 17.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%10.6%2011: 8.9% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%26.8%2011: 24.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.5%2011: 4.7% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%51%2016: 51.1% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.1%2011: 8.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1.4%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12.5%2016: 13% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.6%2016: 3.9% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.7%2016: 20.7% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%64.3%2016: 60.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%84.8%2016: 83.9% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%14%2016: 14.9% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.1%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%68.4%2016: 71.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.6%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%29%2016: 26.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 55.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 56.1% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%40.7%2016: 41.5% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%59.3%2016: 58.4% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%0.4%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.6%2016: 0.7% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.5%2016: 4.3% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.3%2016: 0.4% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%59.1%2016: 61.1% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%34.7%2016: 33% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%16.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%37.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%46.9%2016: 40.6% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%18.1%2016: 30.1% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%23.8%2016: 19.7% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%8%2016: 8.2% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 1.3% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021