Riley Park
Neighbourhood in Vancouver · British Columbia · Population 23,682
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
- 40 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 39.8 years (estimated) · 2016: 40 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 (estimated) · 2011: 2.6 (estimated) · 2016: 2.5 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 40.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 42.3% (estimated) · 2016: 40.8% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.1%2016: 15.1% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.3%2016: 10.7% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%33.6%2016: 32.8% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.4%2016: 27.1% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.4%2016: 14.5% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.5%2011: 26.2% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%22.8%2011: 19.7% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.6%2011: 7.2% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%28.2%2016: 26.7% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%16.8%2011: 20.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%3%2016: 4.9% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%16.3%2016: 17.1% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%4.4%2016: 4.5% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.6%2016: 19.4% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%59.2%2016: 54.1% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%83.8%2016: 82.8% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.4%2016: 12.3% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.9%2016: 5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%61.8%2016: 61.4% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.4%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%36.8%2016: 37.1% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 19.9%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 11.8% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%56.8%2016: 58.1% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%43.1%2016: 41.8% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%25.8%2016: 25.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.9%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%2%2016: 2% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%36.1%2016: 39% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%30.8%2016: 29.3% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%3%2016: 2.5% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%34.9%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%14.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%13.5%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%13.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%57%2016: 51.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%20.6%2016: 28.3% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%10%2016: 8.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%9%2016: 10.3% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 1.5% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021