Core Housing Need
Income, Shelter Cost and STIR

Universe

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

Variables

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

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Vancouver — STIRs (Households Tested for Core Housing Need)

  Average STIR Before Taxes Median STIR Before Taxes
Vancouver 24.0 20.0
West End/Stanley Park 29.5 25.2
English Bay 30.5 26.0
Downtown 29.0 24.2
South Granville/Oak 25.6 21.2
Kitsilano/Point Grey 24.8 20.4
Westside/Kerrisdale 25.7 19.8
Marpole 26.4 21.4
Mount Pleasant/Renfrew Heights 23.9 20.0
East Hastings 24.6 21.4
Southeast Vancouver 23.2 19.4
University Endowment Lands 31.3 23.8
Central Park/Metrotown 26.1 21.4
Southeast Burnaby 23.3 19.8
North Burnaby 23.6 19.6
New Westminster 24.9 21.4
North Vancouver CY 26.2 22.2
North Vancouver DM 22.2 18.2
West Vancouver 25.5 19.4
Richmond 25.1 20.2
Delta 20.6 17.4
Surrey 23.0 19.6
White Rock 25.2 20.6
Langley City and Langley DM 21.8 18.8
Tri-Cities 22.7 19.2
Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows 22.1 19.2
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)