Photo: (WT-shared) Kazbar at wts wikivoyage · Public domainCache Creek is older than 97% of Canadian towns: a median age of 57.2
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.7% here and 11% across Canada’s towns. On residents with no religion, Cache Creek sits higher than 99% of Canadian towns: 69%. Its population is much the same as in 2016. Across Cache Creek, 39% of households are one person living alone.
What stands out about the people of Cache Creek
First Nations, Métis and Inuit residents
14% of residents identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 5.9% are Registered or Treaty Indians. Identity & religion ↓
Older than most towns
Cache Creek’s median age is 57.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 31% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
+1% since 2016, a pace below 73% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
Medians for comparison: +4% across Canada’s towns; +6% across British Columbia’s towns. The July 2025 estimate adds another 9%.
Cache Creek: 31% of residents are 65 or over, above 95% of Canadian towns
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Children under 15 make up 11%, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Set beside that, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
2 people per household, fewer than in 90% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
6.3% of households are one-parent families; across Canada’s towns the figure is 8.2%.
14% of residents 15 and over live common-law, more than in 73% of Canadian towns
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Never married and not common-law: 20% of adults (typical: 27%). 42% of residents 15 and over are married, a lower share than in 62% of Canadian towns. The share of common-law partners across Canada’s towns is 11%.
A lower share of renter households than 79% of Canadian towns, at 14%
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns. Across Canada’s towns, renter households come to 25%. The share of households in single-detached houses stands at 53%.
Median household income: $55,200 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Household income before tax: the median, and households by income group.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Cache Creek’s, at $55,200, is 36% lower. Among British Columbia’s towns, the typical figure is $87,000. The pandemic’s benefits: 24% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
More residents who moved in within the year than 77% of Canadian towns: 15%
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants make up 12%, against 17% across Canada’s towns. Compared with other places, residents without Canadian citizenship are scarce here: 3.7%, fewer than in 61% of Canadian towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most immigrants were born in the Americas (35%) or in Europe (35%).
Indigenous residents make up 14% in Cache Creek, more than in 92% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Cache Creek, 4.8% of residents belong to a visible minority, beside 15% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for Indigenous residents across Canada’s towns: 2.8%.
92% have English as their mother tongue; 2.6% also speak French
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Against a figure of 7.5% across Canada’s towns, the share of bilingual residents in Cache Creek comes in at 2.6%. The town has fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than 71% of Canadian towns, at 1%.
Below 99% of Canadian towns: 3.1% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Some 12% have no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. For comparison, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
An employment rate of 40%
These rates date from May 2021, during the pandemic, and run lower than a normal year’s. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 40% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 31% of residents are 65 or over.
1 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Cache Creek
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are. Cache Creek has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 9–48 km out.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cache Creek | 1,053 | — | 57.2 | 31% | 12% |
| Ashcroft | 1,744 | 9.2 km | 58.4 | 37% | 9.9% |
| Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola | 1,189 | 23.2 km | 55.2 | 34% | 14% |
| Lillooet | 2,065 | 45.5 km | 54.4 | 31% | 9.7% |
| Electoral Area J (Copper Desert Country), Thompson-Nicola | 1,958 | 48.4 km | 50.8 | 23% | 6.2% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. In the census, “visible minority” is the Employment Equity Act’s term for people who are non-white in colour or race and not Indigenous. Like immigrant status, Indigenous identity and religion, which residents reported themselves, it is compared with other towns, never turned into a label.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
Questions about Cache Creek’s residents
What is the population of Cache Creek?
About 1,053, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 969 people in Cache Creek, about the same as 2016.
What is the average age in Cache Creek?
The median age is 57.2. 11% are under 15 and 31% 65 or older.
Is Cache Creek bilingual?
2.6% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 97% English only. French is the mother tongue of 1%.
How diverse is Cache Creek?
Immigrants: 12% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.8%. Indigenous identity: 14%.
What religion are people in Cache Creek?
69% said they have no religion and 31% that they are Christian; 0.5% named another faith.
Is Cache Creek good for families?
11% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 44% of households and one-parent families 6.3%. Schools near Cache Creek are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Cache Creek?
Half of Cache Creek’s households had more than $55,200 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). 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).