Kent
Small town · British Columbia · Population 6,300
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
- 48 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 48.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.4
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 44.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.7% · 2016: 41.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.8%2016: 14%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.4%2016: 9.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.7%2016: 22.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.1%2016: 29.6%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%26%2016: 24.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21.9%2011: 23.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%35.3%2011: 34.3%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.8%2011: 7.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%26.2%2016: 26.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.8%2011: 6.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.2%2016: 15.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%32.8%2016: 36.8%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10%2016: 13.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29%2016: 25.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%15.9%2016: 9.6%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.7%2016: 96.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.6%2016: 3.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%85.4%2016: 84.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%13.5%2016: 13.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 13.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 10.5%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%83.6%2016: 78.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%16.4%2016: 21.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%70.6%2016: 71.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3%2016: 2.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%10.9%2016: 10.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.3%2016: 0.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%8.7%2016: 9.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%5.5%2016: 5%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%14%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%25.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%25.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%7.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.5%2016: 87.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.2%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.6%2016: 8.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2%2016: 2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2%2016: 2.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021