Shaughnessy
Neighbourhood in Vancouver · British Columbia · Population 8,034
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
- 45.1 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 45.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 46.4 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.9 (estimated) · 2011: 2.8 (estimated) · 2016: 2.8 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.3% (estimated) · 2016: 40.3% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13.2%2016: 14% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13.9%2016: 14.2% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%23.1%2016: 21.1% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28%2016: 29.4% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.9%2016: 21.9% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%26.9%2011: 33.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.8%2011: 24.6% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.8%2011: 7.3% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%23.8%2016: 20.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%15.8%2011: 13.1% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%1.1%2016: 3.4% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%15.6%2016: 14.9% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%2.1%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%17.7%2016: 17% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%61.6%2016: 62.1% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%83.8%2016: 82.5% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%9.8%2016: 10.5% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%6.2%2016: 7.4% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%51.2%2016: 51.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.2%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%47.7%2016: 47% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 13.8%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.7% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%72.7%2016: 74.3% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%27.9%2016: 25.2% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%64.7%2016: 64.6% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.3%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.6%2016: 3.8% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%10.2%2016: 10.4% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%18%2016: 18.5% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%2.3%2016: 2.4% (estimated)
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%49.5%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%12.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%21.7%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%8.6%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.5%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%70.5%2016: 67.9% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%13.1%2016: 16.5% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.4%2016: 7.5% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%3.2%2016: 5.7% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.1%2016: 1.4% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021