Community Snapshot
The following is a snapshot of key community statistics. More detailed community statistics from a Housing Needs Assessment report are found in (Appendix B).
- 41.2 km² – land area of the District
- 61% – the portion of District land within the provincial Agricultural Land Reserve • 18% – the portion of District land within the Urban Containment Boundary
- 17,385 – total population (2021)
- The population on First Nations Reserve Lands are SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout) 1,686 (2016) and W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip) 825 (2016)
- 3.4% - population increase (between 2016 and 2021)
- Central Saanich has historically had a growth rate close to 1% per year, and future growth is anticipated to remain close to 1%.
- 2.4 – persons on average per household (2021)
- 7,621 – the total number of private dwellings (2021) • 54% – the proportion of housing stock as single-detached dwellings • 49.6 – median age (2021)
- The median age on First Nations Reserve Lands are SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout) 58.6 (2016) and W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip) 28.3 (2016)
- $103,000 – median income (2020)
- 63.8% – employment rate (2016)
- 66% – the amount of community greenhouse gas emissions resulting from transportation, with the remainder from commercial buildings, residential buildings, and solid waste at approximately 11% each (2007 baseline)
- 14% – the proportion of trips taken using sustainable travel modes such as public transit, walking or cycling with the remainder being 81% as drivers and 5% as passengers in private automobiles (2016)
- 7 of 740 – the number of hectares of Garry oak ecosystem in 1997 remaining in Central Saanich, compared to 1800 (and less than 5% remaining in BC) (source: GOERT)