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Property prices in Northesk · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Homes in Northesk sell for 67% less than the median of New Brunswick’s towns

By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $150,000; the average was $170,000. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $59,600.

Median home value
$150K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $170K
Median sale price
$80K
CHSP, 2023
55 buyers
Median assessed value
$60K
all residential, 2024
Owner households
875
census 2021
91% of households
What homes are worth

Three ways to price a home in Northesk

Three sources, each set against New Brunswick’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.

Census 2021$150K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$170K
Owners
875
New Brunswick’s towns
$187K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$80K

median sale price

Average sale
$109K
÷ buyers’ income
1.1×
Buyers
55
New Brunswick’s towns
$239K
Assessed, 2024$60K

all residential

New Brunswick’s towns
$140K

Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).

By type of home

Houses in Northesk carry assessments 47% under the middle of New Brunswick’s towns

Detached houses account for 90% of the 1,190 properties on Northesk’s 2024 roll.

Assessed value

Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns

Detached houses$95K
Mobile homes$54K
Multi-unit properties$107K
The mix of properties
Detached houses90%
Mobile homes8%
Multi-unit properties2%
1,240 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (New Brunswick’s towns: 1,415 sq ft)
49%
of properties lived in by their owner

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 New Brunswick’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.

The homes

93% of Northesk’s homes are detached houses, where New Brunswick’s towns have 82%

The 2021 census counted 970 occupied homes in Northesk. Half or more were standing by 1980.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns

Before 196124%
1961–198039%
1981–200024%
2001–20159%
2016–20213%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses93%
Semi-detached housesunder 1%
Row housesunder 1%
Flats in a duplexunder 1%
Apartments, under 5 storeys1%
Movable dwellings6%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
NortheskNew BrunswickCanada
Condominiumsunder 1%2%8%
Needing major repairs9%7%6%
Too small for the household3%2%3%
Households in core housing need3%4%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.

Across New Brunswick

Northesk against New Brunswick’s towns: 20% under the $187,000 median

60 of New Brunswick’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Home values around Northesk

The places around Northesk at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.

SoutheskNelsonSoutheskNelsonNorthesk
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Northesk$150K$170K91%
Southesk$160K$170K92%6.4
Nelson$150K$170K91%14.8

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Northesk

What is the average house price in Northesk?

Homes sold for an average $109,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 1.1 times their household income.

Is Northesk expensive for New Brunswick?

Cheaper than the middle: New Brunswick’s towns come to $187,000, Northesk to less.

How many households in Northesk are in core housing need?

About as many as elsewhere: 3% of households in Northesk, where New Brunswick’s towns sit at 4%.

Can I see individual sales or prices by street?

Only in total: Statistics Canada releases each town’s median and average sale and its number of buyers, never a single sale.

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).