Lake Country
Town · British Columbia · Population 15,817
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: 43.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 44.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 50.5%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 40.2% · 2016: 43.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.2%2016: 15.6%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.6%2016: 10.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.5%2016: 24.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.9%2016: 33%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%18.7%2016: 16.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26%2011: 28.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.3%2011: 32.5%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.8%2011: 6.6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.5%2016: 21.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.4%2011: 11.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.4%2016: 8.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28%2016: 28.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.2%2016: 13.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%27.7%2016: 31.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%24.6%2016: 17.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.8%2016: 93.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.8%2016: 6.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88.9%2016: 88.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.3%2016: 1.5%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%9.8%2016: 9.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 10.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 9.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%78.5%2016: 78.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%21.5%2016: 21.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%65.6%2016: 68.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.2%2016: 2.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.2%2016: 3.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%14%2016: 13.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%10.8%2016: 9.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.1%2016: 3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%21.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%30.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%15.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%91.7%2016: 91.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1%2016: 2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.8%2016: 2.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.5%2016: 0.4%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 3.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021