Photo: Dr Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0A few dear homes lift Perth’s average value 67% above its median
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $100,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $167,000. Statistics Canada counted 50 buyers in 2022, paying a median $57,500. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $53,400.
Perth’s homes, by three sources
Three sources, each set against New Brunswick’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $167K
- Owners
- 425
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $104K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 0.9×
- Buyers
- 50
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $239K
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).
On the assessment roll, Perth’s houses sit 53% below New Brunswick’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 620 homes in Perth, detached houses 90% of them.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of New Brunswick’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 New Brunswick’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
13% of Perth’s homes need major repairs, against 7% for New Brunswick’s towns
Of the 460 homes people lived in across Perth at the 2021 census, 97% were single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Perth | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 13% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
Permits in Perth ran at 8.2 homes a year per 1,000, where New Brunswick’s towns ran at 10.9
Perth issued permits for 15 new homes from 2019 to 2022, or about 4 a year. Most were houses: 60% went into single-unit buildings, against 64% for New Brunswick’s towns.
Most in 2022: 8 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
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.
Perth against New Brunswick’s towns: 47% under the $187,000 median
The census values of New Brunswick’s towns, 60 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.
Home values around Perth
Next to Perth: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth | $100K | $167K | 92% | |
| Perth-Andover | $120K | $154K | 63% | 5.9 |
| Tobique 20 | – | – | 27% | 9.2 |
| Kent | $120K | $163K | 88% | 17.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Perth
What is the average house price in Perth?
An average of $104,000 in 2022, with the median sale at 0.9 times the buyer’s income.
Is Perth expensive for New Brunswick?
Less than most: New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $187,000, and Perth sits below it.
How many households in Perth are in core housing need?
In Perth, 7% of households are in core housing need, against 4% for New Brunswick’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
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 · 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).