Census Profile · Vancouver Island
2021 Census of Population, Duncan, City, British Columbia.
By the Numbers
Regional average $86,660 (marked). This area is below it.
Regional average 1,002 (marked). This area is above it.
Regional average across the 83 communities in our guides. Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
What the data says
Duncan was home to 5,047 residents in 2021, up 2.1% from 2016. The median age is 55.6, and the typical household has 1.9 people.
Of the area's 2,455 households, 57.6% own their home and 42.4% rent. The median total household income in 2020 was $53,200.
Duncan is known as the City of Totems for the more than 40 carved poles that line its compact downtown, a Cowichan Tribes and Cowichan Valley service centre on Vancouver Island's Highway 1.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, Duncan, City, 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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