Nanaimo
Small city · British Columbia · Population 99,863
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
- 45.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 44.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 45.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.3 · 2016: 2.2
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 48.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 52.9% · 2016: 46.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.2%2016: 14.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.3%2016: 11.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.4%2016: 23.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.6%2016: 28.3%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%24.6%2016: 22.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%18.3%2011: 19.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%28.3%2011: 29.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.6%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.3%2016: 30.8%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.5%2011: 11.9%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%8.6%2016: 9.9%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%27.6%2016: 28.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.6%2016: 10.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%25.6%2016: 27.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%28.6%2016: 23.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.5%2016: 92.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.8%2016: 6.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.7%2016: 0.6%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%85.5%2016: 86.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%13.3%2016: 11.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 16.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 15.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%66.7%2016: 67.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%33.3%2016: 32.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%51.5%2016: 54.2%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5%2016: 4.9%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%4.6%2016: 4.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%14%2016: 12.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%19.1%2016: 18.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%3.2%2016: 3.2%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%2.7%2016: 2.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%13%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%18.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%9.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.8%2016: 85.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%4%2016: 4.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.2%2016: 6.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.4%2016: 1.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 2.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021