South Cambie
Neighbourhood in Vancouver · British Columbia · Population 9,846
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
- 39.3 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 41.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 42.1 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 54.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 44.2% (estimated) · 2016: 46.5% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%13%2016: 13.9% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%10.4%2016: 10.6% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%36.7%2016: 31.9% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%22.9%2016: 25.6% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.2%2016: 18% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.7%2011: 24.8% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%23.5%2011: 21.5% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.6%2011: 8.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%33.2%2016: 29.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.1%2011: 16.2% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%0.9%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%13.4%2016: 14% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%3.6%2016: 3% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.1%2016: 20.9% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%65.5%2016: 59.1% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%85.1%2016: 82.7% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%11%2016: 13.4% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%4%2016: 3.6% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%53.8%2016: 60.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%45%2016: 37.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 45.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 27.5% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%58.3%2016: 58.7% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%41.7%2016: 41% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%22.7%2016: 27.9% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.9%2016: 2.1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.8%2016: 3.4% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%17.5%2016: 22.9% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%38.9%2016: 36.7% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%15.2%2016: 6.9% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%27.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%8.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%19.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%27.3%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%53.4%2016: 47.9% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%21.2%2016: 29.5% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%14.4%2016: 14.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%8.5%2016: 8.9% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.2%2016: 1.2% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021