Photo: Original uploader was Rangeley at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0The middle home in Sussex is valued at $174,000
The census of 2021 asked 1,200 owner households what their home was worth. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021. Sales are published too: 110 buyers in 2023, at a median $243,000.
Sussex’s homes, by three sources
Each source sits beside its own median for New Brunswick’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $189K
- Owners
- 1,200
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $240K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.6×
- Buyers
- 110
- 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 Sussex is assessed 10% lower than across New Brunswick’s towns
Detached houses account for 75% of the 1,595 properties on Sussex’s 2024 roll.
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.
Before 1961: 38% of the homes in Sussex, where New Brunswick’s towns have 18%
Sussex had 2,065 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 55% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Sussex | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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.
Sussex permitted 19.8 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 10.9 of New Brunswick’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Sussex created 220 homes, about 37 a year. 39% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 64% for New Brunswick’s towns.
A peak in 2023: 87 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.
Sussex sits close to the $187,000 median of New Brunswick’s towns
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.
Cheaper next to Sussex: Studholm, Cardwell and Norton
Next to Sussex: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Sussex
How many households in Sussex are in core housing need?
More than most: 7% of households in Sussex, where New Brunswick’s towns sit at 4%.
What is the average house price in Sussex?
Homes sold for an average $240,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 2.6 times their household income.
Is Sussex expensive for New Brunswick?
Sussex is close to the norm for New Brunswick’s towns, whose median home is worth $187,000.
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).