Tsawwassen
Small town · British Columbia · Population 2,256
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
- 42.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 48.5 years (estimated) · 2016: 54.3 years
- Average household size
- 2.3
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.5 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 · 2016: 2.3
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 73.6%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 41.1% (estimated) · 2016: 38.9%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%14.6%2016: 10.4%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%8.8%2016: 9.8%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%29.2%2016: 19%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%28.8%2016: 34.4%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%17.9%2016: 26.4%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%22.6%2011: 21.7%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%32.3%2011: 36.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9.7%2011: 6.7%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%25.3%2016: 23.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%10.2%2011: 10%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%7.3%2016: 15.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%23%2016: 28.2%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%8.5%2016: 6.4%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%23.4%2016: 26.9%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%37.9%2016: 23.1%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%90.5%2016: 93.3%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%7.5%2016: 6.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%2%2016: 0.6%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%70.1%2016: 84.7%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.1%2016: 1.2%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%28.8%2016: 14.1%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 43%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 26.6%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%76.9%2016: 89.2%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%18.8%2016: 9.2%
- Band or local government housing4.3%2016: 1.5%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%43%2016: 67.7%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 1.5%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%3.2%2016: 1.5%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%0%2016: 0%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%25.8%2016: 26.2%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%16.7%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%10.2%2016: 3.1%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%1.1%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%3.8%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.3%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.1%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%60.8%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.7%2016: 81.6%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.8%2016: 4.1%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%5.1%2016: 10.2%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1.9%2016: 4.1%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.2%2016: 4.1%
Statistics Canada, 2021