I was recently looking over the presentations from the Regional Planning Committee for the Metro Vancouver Regional District. I saw the change in population and dwellings for all member jurisdictions based on the latest census data. One of the things that stood out to me was the population change in Langley City, with a relatively lower change in dwellings.
I decided to make the following table, which includes the change in the number of people divided by the number of new dwellings built between the 2016 and 2021 census. I called it People Per Dwelling. This number doesn’t mean that all these people moved into new dwellings. Some people could have moved into existing housing. It does show an indicator of housing efficiency, which generally means families.
Jurisdiction | Population Change | Dwelling Change | People Per Dwelling |
---|---|---|---|
Lions Bay | 56 | 11 | 5.1 |
Belcarra | 44 | 9 | 4.9 |
Langley City | 3075 | 758 | 4.1 |
Surrey | 50435 | 15707 | 3.2 |
Langley Township | 15318 | 4946 | 3.1 |
Maple Ridge | 8734 | 2841 | 3.1 |
Pitt Meadows | 573 | 210 | 2.7 |
White Rock | 1987 | 730 | 2.7 |
Delta | 6217 | 2300 | 2.7 |
Anmore | 146 | 56 | 2.6 |
Port Coquitlam | 2886 | 1131 | 2.6 |
Bowen Island | 576 | 229 | 2.5 |
Tsawwassen First Nations | 1440 | 607 | 2.4 |
New Westminster | 7920 | 3391 | 2.3 |
West Vancouver | 1649 | 757 | 2.2 |
Coquitlam | 9341 | 4624 | 2.0 |
City of North Vancouver | 5222 | 2648 | 2.0 |
Burnaby | 16370 | 8935 | 1.8 |
Richmond | 11628 | 7623 | 1.5 |
District of North Vancouver | 2519 | 1715 | 1.5 |
Vancouver | 30762 | 21420 | 1.4 |
Anecdotally, more families are living in Langley City than ever before. This table confirms that. The People Per Dwelling numbers indicate that the South of Fraser and Ridge-Meadows areas are where most families are moving to in Metro Vancouver. I was surprised to see that Langley City was near the top of the list.
On the other end, the City of Vancouver is seeing more singles and couples without children.
The table doesn’t include Port Moody, which saw a population decrease, unincorporated areas, and the University Endowment Lands. As a note, Lions Bay, Belcarra, and Anmore are villages with small populations.
Dwellings include all housing types, including detached, attached, and apartments.
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