Local governments in Metro Vancouver rely on data to help make informed decisions about housing. This data includes household demographics, housing tenure, and need.
For example, in 2025, Langley City had 2,854 purpose-built rental units. The City’s purpose-built rental stock increased by 11.5%, or about 300 units, since 2021. About 40% (1,402 units) are two-bedroom units, and another 40% (1,100 units) are one-bedroom units. There were 216 three-bedroom units, and the rest were studio units.
There is a regional need for more family-size purpose-built units, not just in Langley City, though there seems to be an even greater need for studio units.
These numbers don’t include basement suites and people who are renting out their house or strata apartment/townhosue. This is sometimes called the secondary rental market.
Langley has more purpose-built rentals per capita than other municipalities in our region. For example, the Township of Langley only has 1,211 purpose-built rental units in 2025.
Langley City has a similar number of purpose-built rental units to Richmond and West Vancouver.
Rental prices in Langley City have increased over the past few years, and our rents are now slightly below the regional median rents across all unit types. There is a lot of new purpose-built rental housing coming online in Langley City over the next few years, which will help stabilize rents in the community.
In Langley City, the vacancy rate for purpose-built rentals in 2025 was:
Studio: 0%
One-Bedroom: 2.1%
Two-Bedroom: 2.9%
Three or More Bedrooms: 2.6%
The vacancy rate is increasing in Langley City, which can put downward pressure on rental costs.
Interestingly, in Langley City, the units seeing the largest rent increases are studios and one-bedroom units.
For more information, please check out the Metro Vancouver Housing Data Dashboard.
