Port Moody
Town · British Columbia · Population 33,535
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
- 41.6 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.6 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.6
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.2%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 48.8% · 2016: 40.5%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.5%2016: 18%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%11.3%2016: 11.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%27.1%2016: 27.4%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.7%2016: 30.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%14.4%2016: 12.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%33.9%2011: 35.5%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%25.8%2011: 24.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.9%2011: 8.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%22.5%2016: 23%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.9%2011: 9.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%3%2016: 3.6%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18%2016: 21%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%6.8%2016: 6.9%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.8%2016: 25.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%48.4%2016: 42.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.2%2016: 89.5%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%8%2016: 8.4%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%1.9%2016: 2.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%66.8%2016: 67.6%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%32.3%2016: 31.2%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 40.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 41.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%75.6%2016: 75%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%24.5%2016: 25%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%30.1%2016: 30.3%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.1%2016: 3.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%19.9%2016: 20.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%8%2016: 8.5%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%24.5%2016: 22.9%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%14.5%2016: 14.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%6.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%26.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%29%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%34%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%3.9%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%80.5%2016: 78.3%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%12.3%2016: 16.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%3.6%2016: 3%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0.6%2016: 0.6%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.9%2016: 1.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021