Census Profile · Sea to Sky & Sunshine Coast
2021 Census of Population, Sechelt, District municipality, British Columbia.
By the Numbers
Regional average $86,660 (marked). This area is below it.
Regional average 1,002 (marked). This area is below it.
Regional average across the 83 communities in our guides. Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
What the data says
Sechelt was home to 10,847 residents in 2021, up 6.2% from 2016. The median age is 57.6, and the typical household has 2.1 people.
Of the area's 5,125 households, 80.7% own their home and 19.3% rent. The median total household income in 2020 was $73,500.
Sechelt sits on a narrow isthmus between the Strait of Georgia and Sechelt Inlet, the largest town on BC's Sunshine Coast and the administrative centre of the shishalh Nation.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, Sechelt, District municipality, British Columbia, British Columbia. Reproduced and distributed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence. Median income is the median total income of households in 2020. Figures are rounded by Statistics Canada and are provided for general information only.
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