Gibsons
Small town · British Columbia · Population 4,758
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
- 56 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 54.8 years
- Average household size
- 2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 (estimated) · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 51%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 58% (estimated) · 2016: 47.3%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.7%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.9%2016: 8.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.7%2016: 18.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.3%2016: 31.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%34.5%2016: 31.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%13.2%2011: 16%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.3%2011: 30.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.3%2011: 9.8%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%38.8%2016: 39.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.4%2011: 8.2%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.9%2016: 10.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%24.7%2016: 26.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.4%2016: 10.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28%2016: 25.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%34.2%2016: 26.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.4%2016: 92.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8.3%2016: 7.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%83.9%2016: 84.8%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 1.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%14.3%2016: 13.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 27.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 26.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%75.2%2016: 71.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%25%2016: 28.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%55.6%2016: 54.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%6.8%2016: 6.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%12.5%2016: 12.6%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.5%2016: 5.6%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%19%2016: 19.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.2%2016: 0.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%12.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%36.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%19.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%75.4%2016: 69.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4.9%2016: 8.8%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%12.9%2016: 15.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.9%2016: 2.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.9%2016: 4.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021