Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota · CC BY-SA 2.0Austinville lives in apartments: 65% of its homes, beside 5% for Nova Scotia’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $360,000, the average one $401,565. Statistics Canada counted 8,470 buyers in 2023, paying a median $493,000. Austinville doesn’t get its own sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Halifax.
Austinville’s homes, by three sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Nova Scotia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $402K
- Owners
- 4,275
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $250K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale, wider area
- Average sale
- $530K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 3.3×
- Buyers
- 8,470
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $205K
all residential
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $157K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Houses in Halifax carry 2.4 times the assessment of the median for Nova Scotia’s towns
Detached houses account for 71% of the 131,695 properties on Halifax’s 2024 roll; condos for 7%.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’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 Nova Scotia’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
More need than most: 21% of households in Austinville (Nova Scotia’s towns: 8%)
The 2021 census counted 14,775 occupied homes in Austinville. The older half dates from before 1981. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Austinville | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 21% | 8% | 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.
Building ahead of Nova Scotia’s towns: 24.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Halifax, against 13.5
Over 2018–2023, 26,323 homes were permitted in Halifax, close to 4,387 each year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 19%, where Nova Scotia’s towns built 63%. Austinville shares its monthly permits numbers with the rest of the Halifax metro area.
A peak in 2023: 5,355 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 15%: 5,538 new homes in the year to August 2026
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.
Austinville is 44% above the $250,000 median of Nova Scotia’s towns
The census values of Nova Scotia’s towns, 90 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 Austinville: Manor Park and Woodlawn
Next to Austinville: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austinville | $360K | $402K | 29% | |
| Manor Park | $300K | $329K | 49% | 2.6 |
| North End | $500K | $531K | 24% | 2.8 |
| Windsor Park | $400K | $426K | 40% | 3.2 |
| Schmidtville | $548K | $668K | 14% | 4 |
| Woodlawn | $300K | $349K | 78% | 4 |
| Fairview | $400K | $425K | 37% | 5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Austinville
Is Austinville expensive for Nova Scotia?
Dearer than the middle: Nova Scotia’s towns come to $250,000, Austinville to more.
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).