Williams Lake
Town · British Columbia · Population 10,947
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
- 40.8 years
- Canada: 41.6 years, 2011: 39.9 years (estimated) · 2016: 41.4 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
- 48.8%
- Canada: 39%, 2006: 48.8% (estimated) · 2016: 45%
Age
- Ages 0 to 14Canada: 16.3%16.8%2016: 16.8%
- Ages 15 to 24Canada: 11.4%12.3%2016: 12.2%
- Ages 25 to 44Canada: 26.6%25.8%2016: 25.2%
- Ages 45 to 64Canada: 26.7%24.8%2016: 26.7%
- Ages 65 and overCanada: 19%20.3%2016: 19.1%
Households
- Couples with childrenCanada: 25.3%19.4%2011: 21.4%
- Couples without childrenCanada: 25.6%24%2011: 26.8%
- One-parent familiesCanada: 8.7%10%2011: 9.9%
- People living aloneCanada: 29.3%34%2016: 31.7%
- Other householdsCanada: 11%12.6%2011: 11.1%
Education and languages
Highest education, ages 25 to 64
- No certificate, diploma or degreeCanada: 9.9%15.5%2016: 17.3%
- High school diplomaCanada: 23%35.5%2016: 36.4%
- Apprenticeship or trades certificateCanada: 9.6%9.4%2016: 11.7%
- College, CEGEP or other certificateCanada: 24.6%21.5%2016: 20.8%
- University degree (bachelor's or higher)Canada: 32.9%18%2016: 13.8%
Knowledge of English and French
- Speak English onlyCanada: 69%95.5%2016: 94.9%
- Speak French onlyCanada: 11.2%0%2016: 0.3%
- Speak English and FrenchCanada: 18%4%2016: 4.1%
- Speak neither English nor FrenchCanada: 1.9%0.5%2016: 0.6%
Mother tongue
- Mother tongue EnglishCanada: 54.9%87.7%2016: 87.1%
- Mother tongue FrenchCanada: 19.6%1%2016: 1.4%
- Mother tongue another language, or more than oneCanada: 25.5%11.3%2016: 11.5%
Homes
- Condominiums
- 8.6%
- Canada: 15%, 2016: 8.4%
Owners and renters
- OwnersCanada: 66.5%60%2016: 61.6%
- RentersCanada: 33.1%40.1%2016: 38.4%
Types of homes
- Single-detached housesCanada: 52.6%45.8%2016: 47.9%
- Semi-detached housesCanada: 5%5%2016: 5.3%
- Row housesCanada: 6.5%7.6%2016: 7.4%
- Duplex apartmentsCanada: 5.5%10.5%2016: 10.9%
- Apartments under 5 storeysCanada: 18.3%20%2016: 17%
- Apartments of 5 storeys or moreCanada: 10.7%0.1%2016: 0%
- Other dwellings (incl. mobile homes)Canada: 1.5%11%2016: 11.4%
When homes were built
- Built 1960 or beforeCanada: 20.2%9.2%
- Built 1961 to 1980Canada: 27.9%53.6%
- Built 1981 to 2000Canada: 25.3%25.2%
- Built 2001 to 2015Canada: 19.8%9.2%
- Built 2016 to 2021Canada: 6.9%2.6%
Getting to work
Main way to work
- Car, truck or vanCanada: 83.9%86.7%2016: 84.4%
- Public transitCanada: 7.7%3.4%2016: 5.7%
- WalkCanada: 5.2%7.3%2016: 6.7%
- BicycleCanada: 1.1%1%2016: 1.7%
- Other wayCanada: 2.2%1.7%2016: 1.4%
Statistics Canada, 2021