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Community Statistics
| 1996 Census Data |
Downtown |
City of Vancouver |
| Area of land |
| Hectares |
375 |
11,309 |
| Population, 1991-1996 |
| Population - 1996 |
17,405 |
514,008 |
| Population - 1991 |
8,880 |
471,844 |
| Change, 1991-1996 |
96.0% |
8.9% |
| Age Groups |
| 19 and under |
5.5% |
19.2% |
| 20-39 |
49.2% |
38.4% |
| 40-64 |
35.0% |
29.5% |
| 65 and over |
10.3% |
12.9% |
| Language - Mother Tongue |
| English |
65.8% |
51.8% |
| French |
4.3% |
1.6% |
| Chinese |
14.0% |
24.5% |
| German |
1.6% |
1.6% |
| Japanese |
1.4% |
1.2% |
| Spanish |
1.2% |
1.4% |
| Stability |
| Population who moved, 1991-1996 |
85.3% |
57.7% |
| Households |
| Number of private households |
11,830 |
218,540 |
| One-person households |
69.1% |
38.0% |
| Average size of household |
1.4 |
2.3 |
| Average household income |
$34,397 |
$48,087 |
| Population in low income households |
47.8% |
31.0% |
| Families |
| Number of families |
2,545 |
119,110 |
| Children living at home |
1,225 |
133,075 |
| Single parent families |
12.2% |
16.4% |
| Average family income |
$67,449 |
$57,620 |
| Dwellings |
| Occupied private dwellings |
11,830 |
218,540 |
| Dwellings per hectare |
31.5 |
18.7 |
| Rented dwellings |
82.4% |
58.1% |
| Average gross rent |
$615 |
$724 |
| Type of dwelling |
| Single-detached house |
0.1% |
30.0% |
| Semi-detached house |
0.0% |
1.5% |
| Detached duplex |
0.2% |
11.7% |
| Row house |
0.6% |
3.2% |
| Apartment, under 5 storeys |
25.6% |
34.3% |
| Apartment, 5 or more storeys |
73.2% |
19.0% |
| Age of dwelling |
| built before 1946 |
43.2% |
23.6% |
| built 1946-1960 |
2.4% |
17.9% |
| built 1961-1970 |
0.7% |
17.0% |
| built 1971-1980 |
3.6% |
15.1% |
| built 1981-1990 |
15.9% |
15.4% |
| built 1991-1996 |
34.2% |
11.0% |
| Employed labour force |
| Employed labour force |
8,940 |
258,010 |
| Working at home |
8.1% |
7.2% |
| Working in the City, outside the home |
64.0% |
56.7% |
| Mode of travel to work |
| Car, truck, van as driver |
35.5% |
55.1% |
| Car, truck, van as passenger |
3.0% |
6.1% |
| Public transit |
18.3% |
23.6% |
| Walked to work |
39.1% |
10.7% |
| Bicycle |
1.5% |
3.3% |
| Other method |
2.5% |
1.2% |
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