Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.0Homes in Petit-Rocher sell for 33% less than the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $150,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $164,000. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $115,000. Petit-Rocher permitted around 9 new homes a year over 2019–2023.
What Petit-Rocher’s homes are worth, three ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against New Brunswick’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $164K
- Owners
- 570
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $149K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1×
- Buyers
- 35
- 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).
A detached house in Petit-Rocher is assessed 32% lower than across New Brunswick’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 725 homes in Petit-Rocher, detached houses 80% 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.
How Petit-Rocher’s homes break down, by age and kind
Of the 890 homes people lived in across Petit-Rocher at the 2021 census, 66% 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
| Petit-Rocher | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
Petit-Rocher permitted 10.1 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 10.9 of New Brunswick’s towns
About 40% went into single-unit buildings, where New Brunswick’s towns built 64%.
The busiest year: 2019, with 15 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.
Petit-Rocher 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.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Petit-Rocher: Beresford and Bathurst
The places around Petit-Rocher at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Petit-Rocher
What is the average house price in Petit-Rocher?
Buyers paid $149,000 on average in 2023, or 1 years of their income at the median.
How many households in Petit-Rocher are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 3% of Petit-Rocher’s households in core housing need, much as for New Brunswick’s towns (4%).
Is Petit-Rocher expensive for New Brunswick?
Less than most: New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $187,000, and Petit-Rocher sits below it.
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).