Vanderhoof
Small town · British Columbia · Population 4,346
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
- 38.4 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 36.4 years (estimated) · 2016: 37.5 years
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.6 · 2011: 2.6 · 2016: 2.5
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 43.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 43.9% · 2016: 40.7%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%19.4%2016: 20%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%13%2016: 14.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.8%2016: 24.3%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%25.3%2016: 26.9%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%16.6%2016: 14.3%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%25.2%2011: 30.8%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%27.7%2011: 27.6%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%8.1%2011: 8.5%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%29.1%2016: 27.4%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%9.8%2011: 7.6%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%11.8%2016: 13.4%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%36.2%2016: 36.5%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%12.1%2016: 12.1%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.6%2016: 20.1%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%17.8%2016: 17.7%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%94.5%2016: 93.8%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%5.4%2016: 6.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.2%2016: 0.2%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%87.1%2016: 88.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%0.9%2016: 0.9%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%12%2016: 11%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 6.1%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 2.3%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%69.8%2016: 71.5%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%29.9%2016: 28.2%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%68.3%2016: 68.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%3.9%2016: 3.7%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%10.6%2016: 9.7%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%2.2%2016: 2.3%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%5.9%2016: 5.1%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%9%2016: 10.3%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%10.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%45%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%28.8%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%14%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%1.4%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%90.5%2016: 89.8%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%0.5%2016: 0%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%4.9%2016: 8.4%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%2.2%2016: 1.2%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.9%2016: 0.7%
Statistics Canada, 2021