Photo: Northwest · CC BY-SA 4.0Strawberry Hill’s average home value sits 40% above the median
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $650,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $912,149. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. Sales are published too: 14,620 buyers in 2023, at a median $810,000. Strawberry Hill shares its sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers with the rest of the city of Surrey.
Strawberry Hill’s homes, by three sources
Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $912K
- Owners
- 7,170
- 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).
Houses in Surrey carry 2.1 times the assessment of the median for British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 157,375 homes in Surrey: detached houses make 34% of them, 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.
Apartments are 47% of Strawberry Hill’s homes, against 12% for British Columbia’s towns
People lived in 11,165 homes in Strawberry Hill at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 2000. 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
| Strawberry Hill | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 28% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 23% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 18% | 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.
Surrey permitted 29.4 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 18.1 of British Columbia’s towns
Building permits added 31,037 homes in Surrey between 2018 and 2023: some 5,173 a year. Only 4% went into single-unit buildings, beside 27% for British Columbia’s towns.
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
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. · Monthly permits: one figure for all of the Vancouver metro area
Strawberry Hill against British Columbia’s towns: 10% under the $720,000 median
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 Strawberry Hill: Whalley
Next to Strawberry Hill: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Hill | $650K | $912K | 64% | |
| Panorama Ridge | $1.1M | $1.18M | 72% | 3.1 |
| Newton | $1.2M | $1.02M | 62% | 3.1 |
| Colebrook | $1.8M | $1.83M | 84% | 3.4 |
| Brownsville | $1.2M | $1.12M | 58% | 4.2 |
| Sullivan | $1.2M | $1.17M | 71% | 5.1 |
| Whalley | $500K | $774K | 47% | 6.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Strawberry Hill
How many households in Strawberry Hill are in core housing need?
In Strawberry Hill, 18% of households are in core housing need, against 10% for British Columbia’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
Is Strawberry Hill expensive for British Columbia?
Below the norm for British Columbia’s towns, whose median home is worth $720,000; Strawberry Hill’s is worth less.
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).