Langley
Town · British Columbia · Population 28,963
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
- 41.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 41 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 48.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 53% · 2016: 46.2%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%15.3%2016: 15.1%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.4%2016: 10.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%30.3%2016: 27.7%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25%2016: 27.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.1%2016: 19.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%21%2011: 19.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.3%2011: 22.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.2%2011: 9.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.5%2016: 38.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11%2011: 9.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.8%2016: 13.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.9%2016: 32.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.2%2016: 11.6%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.6%2016: 26.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.4%2016: 15.9%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.8%2016: 93.7%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4.5%2016: 4.9%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.6%2016: 1.4%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%76.5%2016: 82.9%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%22.6%2016: 16%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 45.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 42.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%62.9%2016: 62%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%37.2%2016: 38%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%21.3%2016: 23.1%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.4%2016: 2.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%9.4%2016: 9.2%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%6.1%2016: 7.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%59.1%2016: 57.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%1.7%2016: 0.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%3.8%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%34.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%36.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%9.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%87.6%2016: 85.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%6.4%2016: 7.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4%2016: 5.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.5%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021