Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Auditorium’s housing is older than most: 77% dates from before 1961 (Ontario’s towns: 22%)
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $650,000; the average was $692,740. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Ontario; the census value stands in for Auditorium.
Two ways to price a home in Auditorium
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Ontario’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $693K
- Owners
- 1,040
- Ontario’s towns
- $695K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential, MPAC 2016 base
- Ontario’s towns
- $232K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH). · Shared with the rest of the city of Kitchener: assessed values, values by property type and building permits
On the assessment roll, Kitchener’s houses sit 37% above Ontario’s towns
Detached houses account for 60% of the 81,065 properties on Kitchener’s 2024 roll; condos for 13%.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Ontario’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 Ontario’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
More homes in poor repair than most: 9% in Auditorium (Ontario’s towns: 6%)
Of the 1,730 homes people lived in across Auditorium at the 2021 census, 60% were single-detached houses. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Auditorium | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 9% | 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.
32.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Kitchener: more than Ontario’s towns (15)
Over 2018–2023, 17,524 homes were permitted in Kitchener, close to 2,921 each year. Only 13% went into single-unit buildings, beside 66% for Ontario’s towns.
A peak in 2023: 4,095 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 10%: 4,795 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. · Data for monthly permits covers the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area
Auditorium against Ontario’s towns: about level with the $695,000 median
871 of Ontario’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 Auditorium: City Commercial Core, Cedar Hill and Mill Courtland Woodside Park
Next to Auditorium: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auditorium | $650K | $693K | 60% | |
| Central Frederick | $695K | $649K | 45% | 0.8 |
| City Commercial Core | $420K | $440K | 24% | 1 |
| Cedar Hill | $572K | $475K | 29% | 1 |
| Mill Courtland Woodside Park | $576K | $562K | 48% | 1.4 |
| Rosemount | $695K | $686K | 56% | 1.7 |
| Mt. Hope Huron Park | $600K | $601K | 47% | 2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Auditorium
How many households in Auditorium are in core housing need?
11% of Auditorium’s households, near the 9% of Ontario’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Auditorium expensive for Ontario?
Neither more nor less: Ontario’s towns have a median of $695,000, and Auditorium is near it.
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).