Sun Peaks Mountain
Small town · British Columbia · Population 1,404
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
- 40 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 40.8 years
- Average household size
- 2.2
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.2 (estimated) · 2011: 2 · 2016: 2.1
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 76.1%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 59.5% (estimated) · 2016: 71.8%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.7%2016: 11.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%9.3%2016: 8.9%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%32%2016: 34.1%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.2%2016: 35%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%12.1%2016: 9.8%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.6%2011: 14.3%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%30.6%2011: 37.1%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%4.8%2011: 0%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34.7%2016: 31%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%7.3%2011: 14.3%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%4.2%2016: 2.7%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%18.6%2016: 18.9%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%11.4%2016: 10.8%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%24.6%2016: 37.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%40.7%2016: 32.4%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%91.8%2016: 89.4%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.8%2016: 10.6%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0%2016: 0.8%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88.3%2016: 87%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.8%2016: 3.3%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10%2016: 9.8%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 44.4%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 41.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%72.6%2016: 60.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%27.4%2016: 39.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%16.8%2016: 25.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%4.8%2016: 12.1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%17.6%2016: 12.1%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%13.6%2016: 19%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%46.4%2016: 27.6%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%0.8%2016: 3.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%0%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%2.4%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%36.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%41.9%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%19.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%67.3%2016: 71.2%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%25.2%2016: 23.1%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 0%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%6.5%2016: 3.8%
Statistics Canada, 2021