Spallumcheen
Small town · British Columbia · Population 5,307
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
- 48 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 46.6 years (estimated) · 2016: 49.1 years
- Average household size
- 2.6
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.7 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 34.6% · 2016: 32.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.5%2016: 15.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.8%2016: 11.1%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%20.6%2016: 18.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.5%2016: 35.1%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%22.5%2016: 20.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%24.8%2011: 26.6%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%36.5%2011: 39.7%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%6.6%2011: 6.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%19.4%2016: 18.5%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.7%2011: 10.5%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%12.8%2016: 13.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%38.3%2016: 31%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.9%2016: 16.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%22.9%2016: 26.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%12.2%2016: 11.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%96.6%2016: 96.6%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.1%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%3.3%2016: 3.2%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%92.3%2016: 92.3%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.8%2016: 1%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%6.9%2016: 6.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%81.1%2016: 80.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%19.2%2016: 19.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%89.7%2016: 89.8%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%0.5%2016: 0.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.2%2016: 0.8%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%1.7%2016: 1.8%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0.8%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%7.9%2016: 6.8%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%14.3%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%35.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%32.4%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%88.1%2016: 92%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.2%2016: 0.5%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.5%2016: 5.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1%2016: 0.5%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3%2016: 2.2%
Statistics Canada, 2021