Saltspring Island
Town · British Columbia · Population 11,635
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
- 56.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 53.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 55.4 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 · 2011: 2.2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.3% · 2016: 40.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.5%2016: 11.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%6.6%2016: 7.6%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%17.5%2016: 16.8%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%29.6%2016: 33.2%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%34.8%2016: 30.6%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%15.7%2011: 16.9%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%34.6%2011: 33.9%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.2%2011: 7.1%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%31.1%2016: 33.2%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.5%2011: 9.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.1%2016: 6.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%26.8%2016: 25.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.9%2016: 9.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.5%2016: 25.4%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%36.7%2016: 33.5%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%86.9%2016: 87.1%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%12.8%2016: 12.7%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0.1%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%89.4%2016: 89.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.1%2016: 2.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%8.5%2016: 8.6%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 3.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 4.1%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81.4%2016: 76.1%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%18.5%2016: 24%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%81.4%2016: 80.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.7%2016: 4.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.4%2016: 3.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%4.8%2016: 5.1%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%1.8%2016: 1.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%4.9%2016: 5.2%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%10.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%29.2%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%40.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%15.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%83.8%2016: 80.5%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%2.9%2016: 2.9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%8.8%2016: 9.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2%2016: 3.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.6%2016: 4.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021