Core Housing Need

Income, Shelter Cost and STIR

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

	Average Household Income Before Taxes	Average Monthly Shelter Costs	Median Household Income Before Taxes	Median Monthly Shelter Costs
Vancouver	123,100	1,784	95,000	1,500
West End/Stanley Park	98,500	1,548	69,000	1,480
English Bay	86,000	1,584	70,500	1,570
Downtown	120,900	1,968	86,000	1,820
South Granville/Oak	126,600	1,836	93,000	1,640
Kitsilano/Point Grey	148,400	1,916	97,000	1,590
Westside/Kerrisdale	193,200	2,320	114,000	1,590
Marpole	109,100	1,552	73,500	1,210
Mount Pleasant/Renfrew Heights	118,200	1,738	92,000	1,470
East Hastings	96,300	1,456	71,000	1,170
Southeast Vancouver	109,600	1,614	89,000	1,310
University Endowment Lands	134,200	2,174	90,000	1,880
Central Park/Metrotown	94,900	1,516	76,000	1,300
Southeast Burnaby	112,000	1,628	91,000	1,380
North Burnaby	119,100	1,660	93,000	1,450
New Westminster	103,900	1,646	85,000	1,450
North Vancouver CY	117,000	1,864	91,000	1,600
North Vancouver DM	177,000	2,284	129,000	1,780
West Vancouver	231,800	2,608	123,000	1,680
Richmond	108,200	1,642	86,000	1,410
Delta	130,600	1,730	110,000	1,420
Surrey	119,900	1,810	101,000	1,510
White Rock	113,800	1,616	77,000	1,240
Langley City and Langley DM	122,900	1,764	103,000	1,570
Tri-Cities	124,600	1,786	103,000	1,580
Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows	121,400	1,794	106,000	1,640

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).