This is a handy resource for anyone interested in population and housing in the region. For your convenience, we copy the contents list further below.
“The Metro Vancouver Housing Data Book brings together a large collection of regional and municipal level data in order to provide a comprehensive look at the region’s housing market and the people impacted by it. This book is a living document that is updated periodically as new data becomes available. The information included in the current edition is based on data availability at the time of publishing.”
Some of the data points, such as household income by tenure, will be added later in 2023.
All these materials are available on this web page: http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/data-statistics/housing-data-book/Pages/default.aspx
Metro Vancouver Housing Data Book 2022 (PDF Version, 163 pages)
Metro Vancouver Housing Data Book 2022 (Interactive Version, online)
Download this Data (from the link above)
Part 1 Data Tables – Household Profile
Part 2 Data Tables – Housing Stock Profile
Part 3 Data Tables – Ownership Housing
Part 4 Data Tables – Rental Housing
Part 5 Data Tables – Non-Market Housing
Part 6 Data Tables – Housing Need and Homelessness
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Metro Vancouver Housing Data Book 2022
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
PART 1 – HOUSEHOLD PROFILE
Highlights
1.1. Population by Age
1.2. Households by Tenure
1.3. Households by Family Type
1.4. Households by Age and by Tenure
1.5. Median Household Incomes and Income Thresholds
1.6. Median Household Incomes by Family Type
1.7. Median Household Incomes by Tenure
1.8. Income Distribution for All Households
1.9. Income Distribution for Renter Households
1.10. Income Distribution for Owner Households
PART 2 – HOUSING STOCK PROFILE
Highlights
2.1. Total Dwellings & Occupied Dwellings
2.2. Occupied Dwellings by Structure Type
2.3. Occupied Dwellings by Tenure and Structure Type
2.4. Housing Starts – Total
2.5. Housing Starts by Structure Type
2.6. Housing Starts by Tenure
2.7. Housing Completions – Total
2.8. Housing Completions by Structure Type
2.9. Housing Completions by Tenure
2.10. Housing Demolitions
PART 3 – OWNERSHIP HOUSING
Highlights
3.1. Owner-Occupied Housing Inventory by Structure Type and Age of Building
3.2. Median Values of Owned Homes by Structure Type
3.3. Benchmark Home Sale Prices
3.4. Home Sales
3.5. Home Sales Price to Income Ratio
PART 4 – RENTAL HOUSING
Highlights
4.1. Renter-Occupied Housing Inventory by Structure Type and Age of Building
4.2. Primary Rental Market – Inventory by Bedroom Count
4.3. Primary Rental Market – Median Rents by Bedroom Count
4.4. Primary Rental Market – Average Rents of Vacant vs Occupied Units
4.5. Primary Rental Market – Profile of Newly Built Units
4.6. Primary Rental Market – Vacancy Rates
4.7. Secondary Rental Market – Rented Condominiums – Inventory
4.8. Secondary Rental Market – Rented Condominiums – Average Rents by Bedroom Count
4.9. Secondary Rental Market – Rented Condominiums – Vacancy Rates
PART 5 – NON-MARKET HOUSING
Highlights
5.1. BC Housing Non-Market Housing Inventory
5.2. Social Housing Inventory
5.3. Co-operative Housing
PART 6 – HOUSING NEED AND HOMELESSNESS
Highlights
6.1. BC Housing Social Housing Waitlist
6.2. Households in Core Housing Need by Tenure
6.3. Households in Core Housing Need by Household Type and by Tenure 148
6.4. Population Living Below Housing Standards by Indigenous Identity and by Tenure
6.5. Homeless Population
GLOSSARY
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