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Property prices in Murray River, Part 1 · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

In Murray River, Part 1, the average home is worth 37% more than the median one

In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $224,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $306,000. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales on Prince Edward Island, so nothing here says what Murray River, Part 1’s homes actually sold for.

Median home value
$224K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $306K
Median assessed value
$97K
all residential, 2024
Owner households
515
census 2021
94% of households
What homes are worth

Murray River, Part 1’s homes, by two sources

Each source sits beside its own median for Prince Edward Island’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.

Census 2021$224K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$306K
Owners
515
Prince Edward Island’s towns
$288K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Assessed, 2024$97K

all residential

Prince Edward Island’s towns
$159K

Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).

By type of home

Murray River, Part 1’s detached houses are assessed 39% below the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns

Of Murray River, Part 1’s 815 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 80% are detached houses.

Assessed value

Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns

Detached houses$105K
Mobile homes$71K
Multi-unit properties$108K
The mix of properties
Detached houses80%
Mobile homes10%
Multi-unit properties10%

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 Prince Edward Island’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.

The homes

Major repairs needed: 11% of the homes in Murray River, Part 1, where Prince Edward Island’s towns have 7%

Of the 570 homes people lived in across Murray River, Part 1 at the 2021 census, 89% were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns

Before 196132%
1961–198019%
1981–200022%
2001–201523%
2016–20213%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses89%
Semi-detached housesunder 1%
Apartments, under 5 storeys1%
Movable dwellings11%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
Murray River, Part 1Prince Edward IslandCanada
Condominiumsunder 1%1%8%
Needing major repairs11%7%6%
Too small for the household3%3%3%
Households in core housing need4%5%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.

Across Prince Edward Island

Murray River, Part 1 against Prince Edward Island’s towns: 22% under the $288,000 median

12 of Prince Edward Island’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Home values around Murray River, Part 1

The places around Murray River, Part 1 at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Murray River, Part 1 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 16–30 km out.

Three RiversBelfastVernon RiverThree RiversBelfastVernon RiverMurray River, Part 1
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Murray River, Part 1$224K$306K94%
Three Rivers$250K$266K73%15.7
Belfast$232K$256K92%22.4
Vernon River$250K$287K92%29.6

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Murray River, Part 1

Is Murray River, Part 1 expensive for Prince Edward Island?

On census values, Murray River, Part 1 sits among the cheaper of Prince Edward Island’s towns (median $288,000).

How many households in Murray River, Part 1 are in core housing need?

About as many as elsewhere: 4% of households in Murray River, Part 1, where Prince Edward Island’s towns sit at 5%.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).