West Point Grey
Neighbourhood in Vancouver · British Columbia · Population 13,429
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
- 44.1 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, Estimated, 2011: 43.3 years (estimated) · 2016: 43.6 years (estimated)
- Average household size
- 2.4
- Canada: 2.4, 2006: 2.4 (estimated) · 2011: 2.4 (estimated) · 2016: 2.4 (estimated)
- Moved home in the last 5 years
- 38.4%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 37.5% (estimated) · 2016: 40.2% (estimated)
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%11.9%2016: 14.3% (estimated)
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%17%2016: 16.1% (estimated)
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%21.7%2016: 21% (estimated)
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%27.5%2016: 29.3% (estimated)
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%21.5%2016: 19.1% (estimated)
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%23.1%2011: 28.6% (estimated)
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24.3%2011: 23.8% (estimated)
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%9%2011: 6.4% (estimated)
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%30.4%2016: 28.6% (estimated)
- Other householdsCanada: 11%13.2%2011: 12.3% (estimated)
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%2%2016: 2.2% (estimated)
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%13.6%2016: 13.9% (estimated)
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%1.9%2016: 2.7% (estimated)
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%14.9%2016: 17.6% (estimated)
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%65.8%2016: 64.8% (estimated)
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%80.8%2016: 80.3% (estimated)
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0% (estimated)
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%15.2%2016: 15.7% (estimated)
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%3.9%2016: 4.2% (estimated)
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%60.3%2016: 63.7% (estimated)
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1.8%2016: 1.9% (estimated)
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%37.9%2016: 34.4% (estimated)
Homes
- Condominiums
- 13.2%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 14.8% (estimated)
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%59.8%2016: 62.1% (estimated)
- RentersCanada: 33.1%40.1%2016: 37.8% (estimated)
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%43.5%2016: 40% (estimated)
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%1.1%2016: 1% (estimated)
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%1.1%2016: 1.1% (estimated)
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%23.8%2016: 26.3% (estimated)
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%23%2016: 23.7% (estimated)
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%7.4%2016: 7.6% (estimated)
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%36.6%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%20.1%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%20.6%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%16.4%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%5.1%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%64.2%2016: 55.2% (estimated)
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%16.3%2016: 26% (estimated)
- WalkCanada: 5.2%6.7%2016: 6.7% (estimated)
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%6.1%2016: 10.5% (estimated)
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%3.3%2016: 1.6% (estimated)
Statistics Canada, 2021