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Property prices in Electoral Area E, Cariboo · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

A home in Electoral Area E, Cariboo is worth 52% less than the middle of British Columbia’s towns

The census median was $348,000 in 2021, against $720,000 for British Columbia’s towns. Statistics Canada counted 85 buyers in 2023, paying a median $486,000. Assessors valued the median residential property at $424,000 for 2024.

Median home value
$348K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $363K
Median sale price
$486K
CHSP, 2023
85 buyers
Median assessed value
$424K
all residential, 2024
Owner households
1,520
census 2021
90% of households
What homes are worth

Electoral Area E, Cariboo’s homes, by three sources

Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.

Census 2021$348K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$363K
Owners
1,520
British Columbia’s towns
$720K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$486K

median sale price

Average sale
$480K
÷ buyers’ income
2.8×
Buyers
85
British Columbia’s towns
$682K
Assessed, 2024$424K

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

Electoral Area E, Cariboo’s detached houses are assessed 40% below the median of British Columbia’s towns

The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,480 homes in Electoral Area E, Cariboo, detached houses 83% of them.

Assessed value

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

Detached houses$452K
Mobile homes$264K
Multi-unit properties$539K
The mix of properties
Detached houses83%
Mobile homes13%
Multi-unit properties3%
2,000 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (British Columbia’s towns: 1,890 sq ft)
65%
of properties lived in by their owner

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

9% of Electoral Area E, Cariboo’s homes need major repairs, against 6% for British Columbia’s towns

Electoral Area E, Cariboo had 1,725 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 74% of them single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980.

When they were built

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

Before 19617%
1961–198051%
1981–200028%
2001–20159%
2016–20214%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses74%
Semi-detached housesunder 1%
Row housesunder 1%
Flats in a duplex3%
Apartments, under 5 storeysunder 1%
Movable dwellings23%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
Electoral Area E, CaribooBritish ColumbiaCanada
Condominiums1%10%8%
Needing major repairs9%6%6%
Too small for the household2%4%3%
Households in core housing need3%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, Cariboo is 52% 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, Cariboo: Williams Lake and Electoral Area D, Cariboo

Next to Electoral Area E, Cariboo: 2021 census values and the share of owners.

Williams LakeElectoral Area D, CaribooWilliams LakeElectoral Area D, CaribooElectoral Area E, Cariboo
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Electoral Area E, Cariboo$348K$363K90%
Williams Lake$320K$326K60%6.8
Electoral Area D, Cariboo$300K$335K87%12.6

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Electoral Area E, Cariboo

Is Electoral Area E, Cariboo expensive for British Columbia?

Cheaper than the middle: British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000, Electoral Area E, Cariboo to less.

How many households in Electoral Area E, Cariboo are in core housing need?

Fewer than most: 3% of households in Electoral Area E, Cariboo, where British Columbia’s towns sit at 10%.

What is the average house price in Electoral Area E, Cariboo?

The average sale was $480,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 2.8 times their income.

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).