Photo: waferboard · CC BY 2.0The middle home in Sechelt is valued at $700,000
Behind it are the answers of 4,135 owners at the 2021 census. Sales are published too: 360 buyers in 2023, at a median $814,000. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $852,000.
What Sechelt’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. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $779K
- Owners
- 4,135
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $890K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 5.2×
- Buyers
- 360
- 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 Sechelt is assessed 21% higher than across British Columbia’s towns
Assessors listed 5,055 residential properties in Sechelt for 2024, 71% of them detached houses and 8% condos.
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.
Since 2001: 35% of the homes in Sechelt, where British Columbia’s towns have 24%
At the 2021 census, 75% of Sechelt’s 5,130 occupied homes were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Sechelt | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 16% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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.
18.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Sechelt: in step with British Columbia’s towns (18.1)
Some 91 homes a year: 544 in all were permitted in Sechelt from 2018 to 2023. About 42% went into single-unit buildings, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%.
The busiest year: 2023, with 207 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
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.
Sechelt sits near the middle of British Columbia’s towns ($720,000)
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 Sechelt
Next to Sechelt: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sechelt | $700K | $779K | 81% | |
| Welcome Beach | $800K | $1M | 84% | 10.9 |
| Roberts Creek | $1M | $1.1M | 76% | 11.6 |
| Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast | $800K | $848K | 82% | 18.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sechelt
What is the average house price in Sechelt?
An average of $890,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 5.2 times the buyer’s income.
How many households in Sechelt are in core housing need?
In line with British Columbia’s towns (10%): 9% in Sechelt, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Sechelt expensive for British Columbia?
Sechelt is close to the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000.
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).