Pemberton
Small town · British Columbia · Population 3,407
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
- 36.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 35.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 36.2 years
- Average household size
- 2.5
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.3 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.7
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 58.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 65.9% (estimated) · 2016: 49.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.5%2016: 22.7%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.5%2016: 7.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%43%2016: 40.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%23.6%2016: 23.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%6.6%2016: 5.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%31.6%2011: 27.4% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.7%2011: 24.4% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%5.1%2011: 8% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.4%2016: 19.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%15.1%2011: 15.5% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2.9%2016: 5.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23.7%2016: 30.3%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.2%2016: 11.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%29.1%2016: 26.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%31.1%2016: 26.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%80.8%2016: 82.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.3%2016: 0.4%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%18.6%2016: 16.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.4%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%82.7%2016: 84.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%5.1%2016: 5.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%12.2%2016: 9.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 32.5%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 47.2%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%64.9%2016: 76.7%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%35.1%2016: 23.3%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%16.6%2016: 32.6%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%2.2%2016: 7.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%28.4%2016: 38.9%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%29.9%2016: 5.2%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%18.5%2016: 12.4%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.4%2016: 3.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%9.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%38%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%38.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%13.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%81.3%2016: 82.9%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.5%2016: 2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%9.9%2016: 10.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%5.3%2016: 4.3%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.8%2016: 0%
Statistics Canada, 2021