Photo: waferboard · CC BY 2.0Half of Crescent Heights is over 49.4, older than 84% of Canadian towns
With residents with no religion at 51%, Crescent Heights is ahead of 88% of Canadian towns on that count. Locally, a quarter of residents are 65 or over. 21% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 72% of Canadian towns. The 2021 Census counted 9,033 residents in 3,385 households.
In Crescent Heights, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 74% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents. Typically, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Crescent Heights, 49.4. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
Bigger households than 73% of Canadian towns: 2.7 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-parent families is 5.8%, against 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Crescent Heights sits below 86% of Canadian towns for common-law partners (5.9%)
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Single and never married: nearly a quarter of adults, against a typical 27%. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%. The census found that 59% of residents 15 and over are married in Crescent Heights.
80% of households live in a single-detached house, more than in 73% of Canadian towns
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. 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
Newer homes outnumber old: 24% date from 2001 or later, 9.3% from before 1961. Measured more widely, 64% of households live in a single-detached house across Canada’s towns. 3.1% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, a higher share than in 68% of Canadian towns. Where 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns, Crescent Heights has 22%.
Median gross household income: $130,800 a year
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Crescent Heights’s households had a total income above $130,800, 52% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across British Columbia’s towns, half of households had more than $87,000 before tax. 21% of income recipients received COVID-19 emergency or recovery benefits (typical: 28%).
A larger share of immigrants than 69% of Canadian towns: 28%
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (58%), then in Europe (30%). Across Canada’s towns, immigrants come to 17%. A year before the census, 10% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns. Against a figure of 5.8% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents without Canadian citizenship in Crescent Heights comes in at 7.4%.
Crescent Heights sits above 65% of Canadian towns for visible minority residents (28%)
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
In Crescent Heights, 1.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, beside 2.8% across Canada’s towns. As a reference point, 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. Other faiths: Sikh (5.6%).
Crescent Heights ranks above 58% of Canadian towns on bilingual residents: 9%
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 0.8%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns. For bilingual residents, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 7.5%. 15% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 3% speak neither official language.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 80% of Canadian towns, at 46%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 2.6% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. The usual figure: 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
In work on census day: 49% of adults
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
49% of residents 15 and over have a job, against a typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 25% are 65 or more.
Among 41 towns of 8,847 to 9,224 people, the 3rd oldest
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
They run from Hampton Village, at 32.3, to Pictou County, Subdivision C, at 52. Next to Crescent Heights on this scale come Coaticook (48), Kings County, Subdivision C (48.8), Fish Creek Park (50.3) and Pictou County, Subdivision C (52).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Crescent Heights
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent Heights | 9,033 | — | 49.4 | 25% | 28% |
| Ocean Park | 10,845 | 1.7 km | 49.7 | 26% | 34% |
| South Surrey | 6,431 | 3.8 km | 48.3 | 25% | 41% |
| Anderson Walk | 4,210 | 4.6 km | 39.9 | 15% | 37% |
| Semiahmoo Town Centre | 13,381 | 5.0 km | 52.9 | 33% | 34% |
| White Rock | 25,057 | 5.0 km | 58 | 37% | 29% |
| Sunnyside | 16,784 | 5.2 km | 43.4 | 23% | 36% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. The middle of British Columbia’s towns of 2,500 or more comes first, the middle of all Canadian towns second; cities as a whole and First Nations reserves stay out, and percentiles are within Canada.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
Questions about Crescent Heights’s residents
Is Crescent Heights bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 9% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 88% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.8% grew up with French.
How diverse is Crescent Heights?
Immigrants: 28% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 28%. Indigenous identity: 1.4%.
What religion are people in Crescent Heights?
51% said they have no religion and 39% that they are Christian; 9.9% named another faith.
Is Crescent Heights good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 64% of households and one-parent families 5.8%. Schools near Crescent Heights are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Crescent Heights?
Half of Crescent Heights’s households had more than $130,800 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Crescent Heights?
The 2021 Census counted 9,033 people in Crescent Heights.
What is the average age in Crescent Heights?
The median age is 49.4, older than 84% of Canadian towns. 15% are under 15 and 25% 65 or older.
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).