Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Homes in Oakridge are worth 4 times the median of British Columbia’s towns
The census median was $2,900,000 in 2021, against $720,000 for British Columbia’s towns. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. Statistics Canada counted 10,140 buyers in 2023, paying a median $1,100,000. Figures for sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits are published for the city of Vancouver as a whole, not for Oakridge alone.
Oakridge’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
- $2.76M
- Owners
- 3,165
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale, wider area
- Average sale
- $1.47M
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 6.5×
- Buyers
- 10,140
- 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 Vancouver carry 3.4 times the assessment of the median for British Columbia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 203,470 homes in Vancouver, condos 52% of them.
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.
41% of Oakridge lives in apartments, where British Columbia’s towns have 12%
People lived in 5,545 homes in Oakridge at the 2021 census. Half went up before 2001. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Oakridge | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 27% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 19% | 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.
Vancouver permitted 19 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 18.1 of British Columbia’s towns
Vancouver issued permits for 36,663 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 6,111 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 9%, where British Columbia’s towns built 27%. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Vancouver metro area, Oakridge included.
The busiest year: 2022, with 8,052 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.
Oakridge is 303% above the $720,000 median of British Columbia’s towns
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 Oakridge: Marpole, Sunset and South Cambie
The places around Oakridge at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakridge | $2.9M | $2.76M | 57% | |
| Marpole | $1.8M | $1.81M | 41% | 1.8 |
| Shaughnessy | $5M | $5.31M | 73% | 2.1 |
| Sunset | $1.7M | $1.76M | 51% | 2.4 |
| South Cambie | $1.45M | $2.08M | 58% | 2.4 |
| Kerrisdale | $3.02M | $3.38M | 59% | 2.4 |
| Riley Park | $2M | $2.02M | 57% | 2.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Oakridge
Is Oakridge expensive for British Columbia?
On census values, Oakridge ranks among the dearer of British Columbia’s towns (median $720,000).
How many households in Oakridge are in core housing need?
More than most: 19% of households in Oakridge, where British Columbia’s towns sit at 10%.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Canada has no open register of individual sales; Statistics Canada publishes medians and averages by town only.
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).