Nanaimo B
Small town · British Columbia · Population 4,500
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
- 63.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 57.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 61.3 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2 · 2011: 1.9 · 2016: 1.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 50.3% · 2016: 31.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%6.6%2016: 7.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%4.2%2016: 4.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%11.6%2016: 11.6%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%33.4%2016: 38.5%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%44.4%2016: 37.5%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%9.1%2011: 11.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%41.5%2011: 41.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.2%2011: 6%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%36.4%2016: 36.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.8%2011: 5.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.5%2016: 8.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.1%2016: 23.6%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.5%2016: 9.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%26.1%2016: 30.3%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%33.8%2016: 28.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.9%2016: 89.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10%2016: 10.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.3%2016: 89.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.6%2016: 1.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.1%2016: 8.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 1.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 1.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%88.4%2016: 82.9%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%11.4%2016: 17.1%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%93.7%2016: 93.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.3%2016: 1.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0%2016: 0%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.6%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.3%2016: 1.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.2%2016: 3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%28.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%40%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.8%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%74.1%2016: 66.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%5.4%2016: 13.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.3%2016: 8.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%6.3%2016: 3.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%5.9%2016: 8.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021