Core Housing Need
Income, Shelter Cost and STIR

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  1. Households in Core Housing Need
  2. Households Tested For Core Housing Need

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  1. Income and Shelter Costs ($)
  2. Shelter-Cost-to-Income-Ratio (STIR) (%)

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Vancouver — Incomes and Shelter Costs (Households in Core Housing Need)

  Average Household Income Before Taxes Average Monthly Shelter Costs Median Household Income Before Taxes Median Monthly Shelter Costs
Vancouver 40,120 1,522 38,400 1,380
Ambleside 36,900 1,516 34,800 1,340
Anmore/Belcarra/Metro Vancouver North 48,000 2,080 51,200 1,900
Capital Hill/Brentwood 38,320 1,514 36,800 1,410
Cedar Cottage 39,560 1,430 37,600 1,290
Central Lonsdale 36,760 1,490 34,800 1,400
Central Park 38,320 1,394 36,800 1,300
Cloverdale/Fleetwood 43,800 1,628 42,400 1,410
Collingwood 39,400 1,382 38,800 1,380
Coquitlam East 42,920 1,712 43,200 1,600
Coquitlam West 39,560 1,476 38,400 1,330
Deer Lake 42,800 1,656 41,200 1,350
Downtown 39,440 1,444 38,800 1,380
Downtown Central 36,560 1,434 35,600 1,430
Downtown Eastside/Strathcona 32,520 1,050 29,200 870
Downtown North 40,560 1,840 39,600 1,840
Dundrave/West Vancouver Remainder 40,000 1,804 38,400 1,470
Edmonds 40,280 1,342 38,800 1,220
English Bay 36,400 1,438 35,200 1,470
Fraser View/Killarny 40,880 1,458 38,800 1,300
Guildford 43,480 1,526 42,000 1,340
Hastings/Sunrise/Grandview/Woodlands 37,040 1,278 34,800 1,160
Kerrisdale 39,500 1,584 38,000 1,470
Kitsilano/Point Grey North 36,920 1,466 36,000 1,430
Kitsilano/Point Grey South 38,160 1,450 36,800 1,330
Ladner 39,000 1,496 36,400 1,320
Langley CY 38,320 1,304 36,000 1,230
Langley DM 41,240 1,582 40,000 1,460
Lonsdale East 38,000 1,472 36,400 1,350
Lonsdale North 38,200 1,468 36,400 1,340
Lonsdale West 39,480 1,620 39,600 1,530
Maple Ridge 40,320 1,544 38,400 1,340
Marpole Remainder 39,500 1,596 37,600 1,420
Marpole South 35,360 1,171 33,600 1,100
Metrotown 40,240 1,488 39,200 1,370
Mount Pleasant 35,920 1,334 34,000 1,240
New Westminster East 39,120 1,438 38,000 1,330
New Westminster West 44,500 1,708 43,600 1,600
Newton 46,520 1,588 44,800 1,300
North Delta 47,440 1,756 46,400 1,580
North False Creek 37,280 1,618 36,800 1,620
North Vancouver DM East 41,000 1,644 40,400 1,480
North Vancouver DM West 42,040 1,834 39,600 1,600
Pitt Meadows 38,900 1,488 36,000 1,300
Point Grey 38,400 1,612 36,800 1,430
Port Coquitlam 41,680 1,536 40,800 1,430
Port Moody 42,280 1,632 42,000 1,580
Renfrew 40,200 1,398 38,000 1,200
Richmond City Centre 38,760 1,470 37,600 1,410
Richmond East 42,040 1,758 40,800 1,740
Richmond South 42,080 1,762 40,400 1,460
Richmond West 40,920 1,654 39,600 1,440
Riley Park 38,800 1,512 36,800 1,330
Sea Island 44,000 2,000 42,000 1,680
South Cambie 38,800 1,580 38,000 1,370
South False Creek 36,600 1,536 37,200 1,520
South Granville 36,160 1,432 35,200 1,350
South Surrey 42,480 1,822 41,200 1,590
Southeast Burnaby South 42,280 1,492 40,800 1,380
Sunset 40,640 1,492 38,800 1,300
Surrey City Centre 39,880 1,402 38,800 1,410
Tsawwassen 38,900 1,580 37,200 1,330
University Endowment Lands 45,000 2,016 46,000 1,780
University/Lougheed 39,640 1,492 38,400 1,430
Uptown 36,680 1,203 34,000 1,140
West End/Stanley Park North 35,000 1,400 34,800 1,380
West End/Stanley Park South 35,200 1,376 34,800 1,340
Westside Heights 38,560 1,484 38,000 1,340
Westside/Kerrisdale Remainder 40,800 1,726 39,200 1,520
Whalley 44,080 1,484 42,800 1,300
White Rock 35,000 1,358 32,400 1,210
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.
  • For renters, shelter costs include, as applicable, rent and payments for electricity, fuel, water and other municipal services. For owners, shelter costs include, as applicable, mortgage payments (principal and interest), property taxes, condominium fees, and payments for electricity, fuel, water and other municipal services.
  • STIR = Shelter-cost-to-income ratio (based on annual shelter costs and household income before taxes).
Source: CMHC (census-based and NHS-based housing indicators and data) (opens in new window)