Sunrise EstatesSurrey

Sunrise Estates earns a D− for cost of living

Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a quarter of households, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). The owner-occupied share of households is 74%.

Health in Sunrise Estates beats 88% of Canadian towns

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Fraser South Health Service Delivery Area

On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 50% for British Columbia. Lives here run to 83.2 years on average, above both British Columbia’s towns (81.0) and Canadian towns (81.5). For Sunrise Estates itself the measure is access, and it lags: 6.4 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Crime runs heavier where Sunrise Estates is policed than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 94

Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Surrey service area

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 9.7 violent incidents are reported each year. The violent index for its police area came to 76, about level with British Columbia’s towns (76) and below Canadian towns (86).

20 of Sunrise Estates’s 36 tested schools score in the lower two fifths in British Columbia

In or within 3 km of Sunrise Estates: 32 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 3 alternative or adult schools. Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, close to British Columbia’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).

Few Canadian towns get more rain and snow than Sunrise Estates: 1,649 mm a year

January is the wettest month, with 252 mm of rain and snow on average. There are 60 days of frost in a typical year, close to British Columbia’s towns (60) and below Canadian towns (159). Expect July highs of around 25.0°C in Sunrise Estates. Between the last spring frost, 11 April, and the first in autumn, 30 October, lie 201 days.

Households in Sunrise Estates earn more than those in 96% of Canadian towns

The car took just over nine in ten commuters, above British Columbia’s towns (87%) and close to Canadian towns (89%). The commute to work averages 27 min.

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

Measured across the city of Surrey: earthquake risk

City of Langley has mapped the flood hazard here, one of 2 studies on the national inventory. Little of the land around Sunrise Estates has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.002% a year. Figures for radon tests are published for the Fraser South health region as a whole, not for Sunrise Estates alone.

Visible minorities make up more of Sunrise Estates than of British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 53%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.4% of residents, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). The under-15s are 16% of the population here. The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a fifth of residents.

What November brings in Sunrise Estates: 2°C at night, 10°C by day

Then December: 6°C by day, freezing at night. November normally sees 249 mm of precipitation. Snow is normal by November, about 7 cm over the month. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Langley forecast.

Federally, Sunrise Estates is divided between 2 ridings, among them South Surrey—White Rock and Cloverdale—Langley City

Sunrise Estates is a Surrey neighbourhood, so city council decides its local matters.

Surrey Public Library draws 3.4 visits per person served, behind 76% of British Columbia’s town libraries

The library figures on this page are Surrey’s: Surrey Public Library serves all 703,615 people of the city, Sunrise Estates among them.

Sunrise Estates has 151 public protected areas within 10 km

The protected share within 10 km is 5.8%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. 8.3 km from town is Peace Arch Park, the nearest provincial park. For a national park, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is 38 km away. Named trails close by number 5, the Cloverdale Greenway and Clover Valley Greenway among them.