In Clayton Heights, 6.9% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 97% of Canadian towns
The share of visible minority residents tops 83% of Canadian towns: 47%. Clayton Heights had 8,961 residents in 2,995 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in single-detached houses at 33% locally. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are common here: 16%, more than in 84% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Clayton Heights
Younger than most towns
Clayton Heights’s median age is 35; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 23% are under 15 and 6.9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Younger than 90% of Canadian towns: half of Clayton Heights is under 35
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
The share of children under 15 is 23%, against 16% across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Clayton Heights, 35. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 89% of Canadian towns: 3 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
A fifth of households are one person living alone, against 27% across Canada’s towns. The census found that one in ten households are one-parent families in Clayton Heights.
A larger share of married residents 15 and over than 74% of Canadian towns: 54%
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
9% of residents 15 and over live common-law; across Canada’s towns the figure is 11%.
Renter households: 24%, a lower share than 52% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. 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 nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Set beside that, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 88% of homes were built in 2001 or later, more than the 1.8% built before 1961.
Median gross household income: $112,800 a year
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000; Clayton Heights’s, at $112,800, is 31% higher. Household incomes across British Columbia’s towns have a median of $87,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 30% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
More immigrants than 74% of Canadian towns: 31%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 40%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Residents without Canadian citizenship make up 8.9%, against 5.8% across Canada’s towns. The benchmark for immigrants across Canada’s towns: 17%. Most immigrants were born in Asia (66%) or in Europe (14%).
More residents with no religion than 75% of Canadian towns: 44%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Sikh (9.2%), Hindu (3.5%) and Muslim (2.6%). Residents with no religion: 35% across Canada’s towns, for comparison. At 3.4%, the share of Indigenous residents is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 65%, and 4.3% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
0.4% of residents have French as their mother tongue, against 1.5% across Canada’s towns. At home: English 78%, French 0.1%. Lower than in 83% of Canadian towns: 4.3% of residents speak English and French.
Clayton Heights: 32% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, above 60% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 4.7% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Against that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 72% of residents aged 15 and over
The census was taken in May 2021, during the pandemic, so these rates show a labour market still recovering. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
More people work here than in the typical town: 72%, against 58% across Canada’s towns.
In its size band (8,758 to 9,175), the 4th youngest of 41 towns
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
The youngest of these towns is Hampton Village, at 32.3; the oldest, Pictou County, Subdivision C, is at 52. In age, Clayton Heights keeps company with Corktown (34.6), Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval (34.8), North Central (35.1) and Pioneer Park (35.4).
Clayton Heights and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Heights | 8,961 | — | 35 | 6.9% | 31% |
| Aloha Estates | 13,194 | 1.0 km | 34.5 | 7.2% | 31% |
| Rosewood Park | 9,004 | 2.1 km | 42.1 | 19% | 27% |
| Provinceton | 11,625 | 2.7 km | 38.2 | 13% | 34% |
| Cloverdale | 13,615 | 2.8 km | 39.6 | 15% | 30% |
| Sunrise Estates | 4,292 | 3.0 km | 41.2 | 19% | 35% |
| Langley | 35,444 | 4.6 km | 41.2 | 20% | 23% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
- 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 Clayton Heights’s residents
What is the average age in Clayton Heights?
35 is the median age, younger than 90% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 23%. 65 and over: 6.9%.
Is Clayton Heights bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.3% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 93% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.4% grew up with French.
How diverse is Clayton Heights?
Immigrants make up 31% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 47% are members of a visible minority, and 3.4% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Clayton Heights?
Christian: 39%. No religion: 44%. Another religion: 17%.
Is Clayton Heights good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 23%. 55% of households are couple families and 10% one-parent families. Schools near Clayton Heights are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Clayton Heights?
$112,800 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Clayton Heights (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Clayton Heights?
The 2021 Census counted 8,961 people in Clayton Heights.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).