Okanagan-Similkameen E
Small town · British Columbia · Population 2,015
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
- 59.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 51.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 54.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 41.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 32.4% · 2016: 35.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%10.9%2016: 11.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.7%2016: 9.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%14.6%2016: 16.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%35%2016: 36.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%32.3%2016: 26.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%16.2%2011: 24%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%46.4%2011: 42.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5%2011: 6.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.3%2016: 21.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.1%2011: 6.7%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.8%2016: 4.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.7%2016: 26.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.7%2016: 12.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.8%2016: 30.7%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%34.5%2016: 26.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%87.6%2016: 88.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.2%2016: 11.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%85.9%2016: 83.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.7%2016: 3.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%11.4%2016: 13.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 7.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.8%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84.8%2016: 81.8%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%15.7%2016: 18.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%92.7%2016: 93.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 0.6%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%5.6%2016: 4.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%9.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%36.5%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%9.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%89.5%2016: 89.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 1.4%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.1%2016: 7.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021