Sunshine Coast D
Small town · British Columbia · Population 3,523
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
- 51.2 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 47.1 years (estimated) · 2016: 50.7 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 37.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 42.2% (estimated) · 2016: 35.4%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.1%2016: 14%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%7.5%2016: 9.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%19.7%2016: 18.9%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%30.1%2016: 34.8%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%28.3%2016: 23.2%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%20%2011: 23.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%33.2%2011: 32.2%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%7.7%2011: 9.2%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%27.7%2016: 26.9%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%11.3%2011: 8.8%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%5.3%2016: 6.5%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%30.7%2016: 27.7%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%13.2%2016: 14.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.1%2016: 23.6%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%30.1%2016: 28.3%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%89.8%2016: 90.2%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%10.1%2016: 9.8%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.3%2016: 0%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%90.1%2016: 91.5%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%2.3%2016: 2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%7.7%2016: 6.4%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 0.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 0%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%75.5%2016: 76.4%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%24.5%2016: 23.6%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%91.3%2016: 90.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.3%2016: 1%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%0.3%2016: 0.3%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%3.2%2016: 4%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%0%2016: 0.3%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%3.9%2016: 3.6%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%15.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%31%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%33.9%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%4.2%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%84.9%2016: 83.7%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%6.2%2016: 9%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5%2016: 3.5%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.6%2016: 2.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.1%2016: 1.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021