Core Housing Need

Household Type

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Vancouver — Historical Household Type (Households in Core Housing Need)

	Couple-With-Children	Couple-Without-Children	Total Lone- Parent Households	Multiple- Family	Total One- Person Households	Other Non-Family	Total
2006	31,275	14,590	22,740	2,160	52,995	5,385	129,145
2011	33,720	16,035	26,080	2,475	59,735	6,685	144,720
2016	31,960	19,085	27,235	2,700	67,995	7,835	156,810
2021	26,955	22,490	25,510	1,520	80,325	9,305	166,095

Notes:

Data include all non-farm, non-band, non-reserve private households reporting positive incomes and shelter cost-to-income ratios less than 100 per cent.
A household is in core housing need if its housing does not meet one or more standards for housing adequacy (repair), suitability (crowding), or affordability and if it would have to spend 30 per cent or more of its before-tax income to pay the median rent (including utilities) of appropriately sized alternative local market housing. Adequate housing does not require any major repairs, according to residents. Suitable housing has enough bedrooms for the size and make-up of resident households. Affordable housing costs less than 30 per cent of before-tax household income.
Family households include at least one census family (a couple with or without children or a lone-parent family). These households may include members who are not part of the census family.