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Property prices in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako sits 58% below British Columbia’s towns on home values

The 2021 census gives $300,000 as the median value; British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000. Sales are published too: 40 buyers in 2023, at a median $219,000. Assessors valued the median residential property at $166,000 for 2024.

Median home value
$300K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $352K
Median sale price
$219K
CHSP, 2023
40 buyers
Median assessed value
$166K
all residential, 2024
Owner households
480
census 2021
85% of households
What homes are worth

What Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s homes are worth, three ways

Every figure here is compared within the province, against British Columbia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.

Census 2021$300K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$352K
Owners
480
British Columbia’s towns
$720K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$219K

median sale price

Average sale
$230K
÷ buyers’ income
3.6×
Buyers
40
British Columbia’s towns
$682K
Assessed, 2024$166K

all residential

British Columbia’s towns
$671K

Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).

By type of home

A detached house in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako is assessed 66% lower than across British Columbia’s towns

Detached houses account for 90% of the 790 properties on Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s 2024 roll.

Assessed value

Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns

Detached houses$251K
Mobile homes$148K
The mix of properties
Detached houses90%
Mobile homes7%
1,370 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (British Columbia’s towns: 1,890 sq ft)

Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of British Columbia’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.

The homes

Single-detached houses are 93% of Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s homes, against 62% for British Columbia’s towns

People lived in 615 homes in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako at the 2021 census. At least half predate 2001.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns

Before 196111%
1961–198034%
1981–200039%
2001–201516%
2016–20212%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses93%
Semi-detached housesunder 1%
Row housesunder 1%
Flats in a duplexunder 1%
Apartments, under 5 storeysunder 1%
Movable dwellings7%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
Electoral Area E, Bulkley-NechakoBritish ColumbiaCanada
Condominiumsunder 1%10%8%
Needing major repairs10%6%6%
Too small for the household3%4%3%
Households in core housing need9%10%7%

Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.

Across British Columbia

Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako is 58% below the $720,000 median of British Columbia’s towns

The census values of British Columbia’s towns, 254 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Cheaper next to Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako: Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako, Burns Lake and Houston

The places around Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 26–73 km from Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako.

Electoral Area B, Bulkley-NechakoBurns LakeHoustonElectoral Area D, Bulkley-NechakoElectoral Area B, Bulkley-NechakoBurns LakeHoustonElectoral Area D, Bulkley-NechakoElectoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako$300K$352K85%
Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako$250K$301K87%25.6
Burns Lake$188K$218K59%28.5
Houston$224K$237K71%67.9
Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako$230K$256K85%72.8

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako

Is Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako expensive for British Columbia?

Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s is worth less.

What is the average house price in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako?

Buyers paid $230,000 on average in 2023, or 3.6 years of their income at the median.

How many households in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako are in core housing need?

Statistics Canada puts 9% of Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s households in core housing need, much as for British Columbia’s towns (10%).

Can I see individual sales or prices by street?

No. Canada has no open register of individual sales; Statistics Canada publishes medians and averages by town only.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).