Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainIn Welcome Beach, the average home is worth 25% more than the median one
Owners valued the median home at $800,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $1,002,000. In 2023, 75 homes changed hands at a median price of $970,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $992,000.
What Welcome Beach’s homes are worth, three ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against British Columbia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $1M
- Owners
- 1,140
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $1.15M
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 5.8×
- Buyers
- 75
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Welcome Beach’s houses sit 44% above British Columbia’s towns
Of Welcome Beach’s 1,740 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 88% are detached houses.
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.
A town of houses: 96% of the homes in Welcome Beach stand alone (British Columbia’s towns: 62%)
The 2021 census counted 1,365 occupied homes in Welcome Beach. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Welcome Beach | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
Welcome Beach against British Columbia’s towns: 11% over 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 Welcome Beach: Sechelt and Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast
The places around Welcome Beach at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome Beach | $800K | $1M | 84% | |
| Sechelt | $700K | $779K | 81% | 10.9 |
| Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast | $740K | $907K | 84% | 16 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Welcome Beach
How many households in Welcome Beach are in core housing need?
5% of Welcome Beach’s households, under the 10% of British Columbia’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
What is the average house price in Welcome Beach?
An average of $1,150,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 5.8 times the buyer’s income.
Is Welcome Beach expensive for British Columbia?
Dearer than the middle: British Columbia’s towns come to $720,000, Welcome Beach to more.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Not here: individual sales sit with provincial registries and aren’t open, so the published figures are town medians and averages.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).