Photo: Reg Natarajan from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0In Langley, 61% of households live in an apartment (British Columbia’s towns: 12%)
Census values for 2021: a median of $548,000 and an average of $688,000. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. Statistics Canada counted 1,280 buyers in 2023, paying a median $572,000.
What Langley’s homes are worth, three ways
Three sources, each set against British Columbia’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $688K
- Owners
- 7,920
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $730K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 4.7×
- Buyers
- 1,280
- British Columbia’s towns
- $682K
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).
A detached house in Langley is assessed 74% higher than across British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 10,675 homes in Langley, condos 53% of them.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
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.
46% of Langley’s homes are condos, where British Columbia’s towns have 10%
At the 2021 census, Langley had 12,595 homes with someone living in them. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Langley | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 46% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 21% | 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.
Building ahead of British Columbia’s towns: 36.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Langley, against 18.1
Some 449 homes a year: 2,695 in all were permitted in Langley from 2018 to 2023. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 1%, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%.
The busiest year: 2020, with 550 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
26,358 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 11% on the year before
Measured across the Vancouver metro area: monthly permits
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Langley against British Columbia’s towns: 24% under the $720,000 median
The census values of British Columbia’s towns, 254 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Home values around Langley
The places around Langley at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langley | $548K | $688K | 63% | |
| Sunrise Estates | $1.6M | $1.36M | 74% | 2.7 |
| Langley | $1M | $1.15M | 82% | 3.1 |
| Rosewood Park | $1.2M | $1.08M | 87% | 3.3 |
| Aloha Estates | $650K | $776K | 70% | 3.5 |
| Clayton Heights | $800K | $993K | 75% | 4.6 |
| Cloverdale | $1M | $986K | 74% | 4.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Langley
How many households in Langley are in core housing need?
21% of Langley’s households, above the 10% of British Columbia’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Is Langley expensive for British Columbia?
On census values, Langley sits among the cheaper of British Columbia’s towns (median $720,000).
What is the average house price in Langley?
Homes sold for an average $730,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 4.7 times their household income.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Only in total: Statistics Canada releases each town’s median and average sale and its number of buyers, never a single sale.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). 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).