Strawberry HillSurrey

Renting in Strawberry Hill eats 31% of household income, more than in both British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Households that own their home make up 64%. A quarter of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

More of the land around Strawberry Hill is protected than around 9 in 10 Canadian towns

2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. Peace Arch Park is the closest provincial park, at 15 km. The tally of protected areas open to the public within 10 km is 156, above both British Columbia’s towns (14) and Canadian towns (4). For a national park, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is 36 km away.

For health, Strawberry Hill is ahead of 89% of Canadian towns

In the health survey, half of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to British Columbia’s 50%. Life expectancy at birth in the region is 83.2 years, above British Columbia’s towns (81.0) and Canadian towns (81.5) alike. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Strawberry Hill’s is long: 5.5 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

In the lower two fifths in British Columbia: 53 of the 69 schools around Strawberry Hill with results

The 3 km around Strawberry Hill counts 57 elementary schools, 9 secondary schools, 2 schools for every grade and 8 alternative or adult schools. Of the 76, one teaches in French (2% of schools in British Columbia).

The police who cover Strawberry Hill record more serious crime than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 94

Its police area recorded 9.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (12.5) and Canadian towns (12). For violence alone, its police area’s index was 76, about level with British Columbia’s towns (76) and below Canadian towns (86). Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Strawberry Hill alone, so this card uses the figure for the Surrey service area.

Trips to work from Strawberry Hill take longer than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 35 min on average

Hardly any Canadian towns collect more precipitation than Strawberry Hill: 1,649 mm a year

Gardeners get 201 frost-free days, from 11 April to 30 October. The most precipitation falls in January: 252 mm in a normal year. The coldest nights, in January, bottom out at 0.5°C, close to British Columbia’s towns (0.5°C) and above Canadian towns (−13.5°C). The warmest afternoons come in July, at around 25.0°C in Strawberry Hill.

Shaking costs buildings in Strawberry Hill $0.47 a year per $1,000 of value, 16 times the typical town’s

Measured across the Fraser South health region: radon tests · The earthquake risk numbers here cover the city of Surrey

Wildfire is rare near Strawberry Hill: 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.003% a year. The national flood inventory has no study of the town.

Visible minorities make up more of Strawberry Hill than of British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 86%

17% are under 15, about level with Canadian towns (16%) and above British Columbia’s towns (14%). Over-65s are 14% of the population.

Expect November days around 10°C in Strawberry Hill, nights around 2°C

The month after, December, normally sees 6°C afternoons and freezing nights. Expect around 3 cm of snow in November. November normally sees 249 mm of precipitation. ECCC’s forecast for White Rock is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Surrey Newton, which takes in Strawberry Hill, is held by Sukh Dhaliwal (Liberal Party of Canada)

Strawberry Hill is a Surrey neighbourhood, so city council decides its local matters.

Fewer visits per person served than 76% of British Columbia’s town libraries: Surrey Libraries counts 3.4

Surrey Libraries serves the whole of Surrey, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 703,615 people, Strawberry Hill among them.