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Renting in Davie Village eats 44% of household income, more than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns

Area-wide: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom, counted over the Vancouver metro area

Owners put the median home at $750,000, near British Columbia’s towns ($720,000) and higher than Canadian towns ($406,000). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 42% of households, above British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Davie Village scores better for health than almost every Canadian town

For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 83.3 years at birth, 86.5 for women and 80.2 for men. The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 13% of adults, below both British Columbia’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across British Columbia, 50% against 50%. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 7.3% of adults, against 8.9% for British Columbia.

Winters are mild in Davie Village: January nights hold at 3.3°C, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

A normal December brings 14 cm of snow, the most of any month. Frosty days number 17 in a normal year, below both British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159). Midsummer afternoons in Davie Village peak at about 23.0°C.

For the force that serves Davie Village, the Crime Severity Index is 93, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 99, above British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Property crime in the area its police cover: 43.6 per 1,000 people a year.

Independent schools are common around Davie Village: 19 of 35

Counting a 3 km margin, Davie Village has 24 elementary schools, 8 secondary schools, 2 schools for every grade and 1 alternative or adult school. Of its 25 tested schools, 12 sit in the top two fifths in British Columbia and 4 in the bottom two.

Davie Village’s household incomes are lower than in 80% of Canadian towns

The commute to work averages 29 min.

Fewer children live in Davie Village than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 5.1% are under 15

Visible minorities make up 33% of the population, above both British Columbia’s towns (8.6%) and Canadian towns (15%). 15% of residents have reached 65.

In Davie Village, November normally means 10°C afternoons and 5°C nights

The month after, December, normally sees 7°C afternoons and 3°C nights. November normally sees 245 mm of precipitation. ECCC’s forecast for Vancouver is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Turnout in Vancouver Centre was just 57% in 2021, below 81% of ridings

Davie Village sends one MP to Ottawa from Vancouver Centre, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP): Hedy Fry (Liberal Party of Canada).

The nearest public library to Davie Village is VPL: Joe Fortes Branch, 1 km away

Vancouver Public Library serves the whole of Vancouver, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 742,394 people, Davie Village among them.

The The Trans Canada Trail passes Davie Village

Within 10 km, 5.2% of the land is protected, between British Columbia’s towns (6.7%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). For a provincial park, Cypress Park lies 9.3 km off. A drive of 46 km reaches Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, the nearest national park. Count 11 protected areas within 10 km of town.

Earthquakes are Davie Village’s biggest hazard: $0.43 of damage a year per $1,000 of buildings, 14 times the norm

Earthquake risk for the city of Vancouver

The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from City of Vancouver. 1.2% of radon tests in the survey area came in above the guideline, below both British Columbia’s towns (1.8%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Wildfire is rare near Davie Village: 0.2% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.005% a year. Nobody publishes radon tests for Davie Village alone, so this card uses the figure for the Vancouver health region.