Nanaimo G
Small town · British Columbia · Population 8,109
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
- 60.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 56.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 58.7 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 · 2011: 2.2 (estimated) · 2016: 2.2 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 46.6% · 2016: 39% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9.4%2016: 9.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.4%2016: 7.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%13.4%2016: 12.7% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.1%2016: 33.4% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%40.8%2016: 36.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.9%2011: 18.1% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%49.1%2011: 49.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5%2011: 6% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%21.5%2016: 21% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.4%2011: 6.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.3%2016: 7.1% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%28.2%2016: 28.3% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.8%2016: 13% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%30.8%2016: 30.3% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21%2016: 21.3% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.7%2016: 93.7% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.1%2016: 6% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.1%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%91.4%2016: 91.2% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.6%2016: 7.7% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.7%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 6.7% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%90.6%2016: 89.4% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%9.2%2016: 10.6% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%84.8%2016: 84.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5.9%2016: 6.2% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.1%2016: 3.1% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.4%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.6%2016: 0.6% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.3%2016: 4.1% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%4.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.5%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%39%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%28.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.1%2016: 87.6% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.3%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.4%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.9%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%4.1%2016: 5.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021