Penticton
Town · British Columbia · Population 36,885
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
- 52 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 49.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 52.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.1
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2.1 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 49.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 50.7% · 2016: 46%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.9%2016: 11.9%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.3%2016: 9.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.9%2016: 19.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.5%2016: 29.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%30.3%2016: 29%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%14.5%2011: 15.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%29.4%2011: 29.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.5%2011: 8.3%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%37.5%2016: 36.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.1%2011: 9.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%10.3%2016: 12.1%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.7%2016: 30%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.2%2016: 11.5%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%28.3%2016: 28.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%21.5%2016: 18.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%92.8%2016: 92.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.1%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.5%2016: 6.5%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.6%2016: 0.5%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%85.7%2016: 86.4%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.7%2016: 1.8%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%12.6%2016: 11.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 23.3%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 24%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%63.3%2016: 63.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%36.7%2016: 36.8%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%40.3%2016: 42.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.9%2016: 3.8%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%10.4%2016: 9.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.1%2016: 4.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%29.2%2016: 28.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%6.9%2016: 6%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.3%2016: 4.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%15.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%30.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14.7%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%80.5%2016: 80.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.9%2016: 2.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%12.1%2016: 12.3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.1%2016: 2.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.4%2016: 2.5%
Statistics Canada, 2021