Photo: waferboard · CC BY 2.0Homes in Crescent Heights are worth 2.5 times the median of British Columbia’s towns
The census median was $1,800,000 in 2021, against $720,000 for British Columbia’s towns. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up. Statistics Canada counted 14,620 buyers in 2023, paying a median $810,000. For sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Surrey, Crescent Heights included.
Crescent Heights’s homes, by three sources
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
- $2.15M
- Owners
- 2,625
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale, wider area
- Average sale
- $970K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 6.1×
- Buyers
- 14,620
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Surrey’s houses sit at 2.1 times British Columbia’s towns
In 2024, Surrey had 157,375 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 34% of them and condos 20%.
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.
How Crescent Heights’s homes break down, by age and kind
Crescent Heights had 3,350 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 80% of them single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Crescent Heights | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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: 29.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Surrey, against 18.1
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Surrey created 31,037 homes, about 5,173 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 4%, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%.
Most in 2019: 6,634 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 26,358 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 11% fewer
Shared with the rest of 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.
Crescent Heights is 150% above 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.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Cheaper next to Crescent Heights: Ocean Park, South Surrey and Anderson Walk
The places around Crescent Heights at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent Heights | $1.8M | $2.15M | 78% | |
| Ocean Park | $1.6M | $1.67M | 86% | 1.7 |
| South Surrey | $1.2M | $1.41M | 84% | 3.8 |
| Anderson Walk | $695K | $1.06M | 74% | 4.6 |
| Semiahmoo Town Centre | $880K | $933K | 75% | 5 |
| White Rock | $900K | $1.14M | 65% | 5 |
| Sunnyside | $785K | $869K | 79% | 5.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Crescent Heights
Is Crescent Heights expensive for British Columbia?
Above the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Crescent Heights’s is worth more.
How many households in Crescent Heights are in core housing need?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns (10%): 7% in Crescent Heights, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Sales are published as town figures (median, average, buyers); street-level or single sales aren’t released.
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).