Strathcona
Neighbourhood in Vancouver · British Columbia · Population 13,783
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
- 44.5 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 45.2 years (estimated) · 2016: 47.4 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 1.7
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 1.7 (estimated) · 2011: 1.9 (estimated) · 2016: 1.7 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 46.7%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 47% (estimated) · 2016: 45.6% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%9.6%2016: 8.4% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.5%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%34.4%2016: 29.2% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.7%2016: 33% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.2%2016: 21.6% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%9.1%2011: 11.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%16.4%2011: 15.9% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.4%2011: 10% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%58.4%2016: 60.9% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.8%2011: 11.6% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15.6%2016: 19.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%22.6%2016: 22.8% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%5.3%2016: 7.4% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%16.2%2016: 21.3% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%39.1%2016: 29.6% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%78%2016: 74.2% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.2% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10.7%2016: 10% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%11.4%2016: 15.5% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%60.9%2016: 59% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.1%2016: 2.6% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%37%2016: 38.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 32.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 25.1% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%23.6%2016: 20.6% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%76.6%2016: 79.7% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%5.4%2016: 5.2% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.9%2016: 1.8% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%6.3%2016: 5.6% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%5.7%2016: 6% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%43.1%2016: 45% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%37.5%2016: 36.4% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%26.4%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%22.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%27.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%10.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%11.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%43%2016: 32.8% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%19.4%2016: 26.5% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%25%2016: 23.3% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%10.5%2016: 15.9% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%2.7%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021