Sunshine Coast A
Small town · British Columbia · Population 3,039
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
- 61.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 56.7 years (estimated) · 2016: 60.5 years
- Average household size
- 1.9
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.1 · 2011: 2 · 2016: 1.9
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 39.3%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 31.6% · 2016: 31.1%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%7.6%2016: 6.3%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%3.8%2016: 5.7%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%15.8%2016: 12.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%32.4%2016: 39%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%40.1%2016: 37%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%10.6%2011: 12.1%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%42%2011: 43%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%3.8%2011: 4.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%35.3%2016: 37.3%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%8.3%2011: 6.4%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%14.6%2016: 15.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%34.1%2016: 26.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%10.7%2016: 17.3%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.8%2016: 21%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18.8%2016: 20.2%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%93.1%2016: 93.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0.2%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%6.4%2016: 6.3%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%88%2016: 88.2%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.5%2016: 1.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%10.6%2016: 9.9%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 2.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.9%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%84.3%2016: 83.3%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%15.7%2016: 16.7%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%89.1%2016: 88.4%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.3%2016: 2.2%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.6%2016: 0.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0.6%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0.6%2016: 0.7%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%7.7%2016: 7.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%10.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%32.3%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%30%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%20.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%6.7%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.7%2016: 87.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%1.7%2016: 1.2%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.6%2016: 6.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%0%2016: 1.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%5.6%2016: 4.3%
Statistics Canada, 2021