Census Profile · Greater Vancouver
2021 Census of Population, Surrey, City (CY).
By the Numbers
Regional average $93,139 (marked). This area is above it.
Regional average 1,698 (marked). This area is above it.
Regional average across the 18 communities in our guides. Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
What the data says
Surrey was home to 568,322 residents in 2021, up 9.7% from 2016. The median age is 38.4, and the typical household has 3 people.
Of the area's 185,670 households, 69.5% own their home and 30.5% rent. The median total household income in 2020 was $98,000.
Surrey is on track to become the largest city in the province, and its scale means genuinely different communities under one name.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, Surrey, City (CY), 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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