Core Housing Need
Household Type

Universe

  1. % of Households in Core Housing Need
  2. Households in Core Housing Need
  3. Households Tested For Core Housing Need

Household Type

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  2. Lone-Parent Households
  3. One-Person Households

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Vancouver — Historical Household Type (Households Tested for Core Housing Need)

  Couple-With-Children Couple-Without-Children Total Lone- Parent Households Multiple- Family Total One- Person Households Other Non-Family Total
2006 247,425 175,305 69,925 27,390 206,115 31,735 757,900
2011 259,100 192,760 74,130 33,375 217,955 38,090 815,400
2016 270,730 217,225 81,015 36,725 242,775 40,945 889,415
2021 285,475 242,905 86,710 38,970 271,690 55,065 980,815
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.