Kitsilano
Neighbourhood in Vancouver · British Columbia · Population 42,463
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
- 39.1 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 37.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 38.2 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.8 (estimated) · 2011: 1.8 (estimated) · 2016: 1.9 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 49.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 58.8% (estimated) · 2016: 54.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.1%2016: 10.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.6%2016: 10.9% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%39.9%2016: 39.7% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25%2016: 25.8% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%15.4%2016: 13.4% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.3%2011: 13% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.5%2011: 22.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.9%2011: 5.1% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%44.2%2016: 44.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11%2011: 12.4% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1.6%2016: 2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%12.7%2016: 13.1% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.3%2016: 4.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%15.4%2016: 18.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%66.5%2016: 62% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%82.4%2016: 81.8% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%16.6%2016: 17% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1%2016: 1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%72.4%2016: 74% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.6%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%25%2016: 23.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 37.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 37.7% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%42.3%2016: 43.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%57.6%2016: 56.5% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%6%2016: 5.6% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.4%2016: 5.5% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2.3%2016: 2.3% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%11.7%2016: 12.1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%67.3%2016: 66.6% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%6.9%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%28.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%27.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29.1%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%11.3%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%52.1%2016: 45.4% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%19.5%2016: 30.7% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%14.6%2016: 11.8% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%10.1%2016: 10.4% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.7%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021