Relocation services for British Columbia, Canada

Richmond

We are still developing our profile of this area. In the meantime we have assembled a set of links which we hope will help you research the area yourself. If you have specific questions about this area, then please e-mail me: frank@relocation2BC.com

House prices

Below is a table showing the Benchmark prices for typical property in Richmond. This comes from the Vancouver Real Estate Board’s monthly statistics. More real estate information is available directly from us or our real estate site - VancouverForHomes.com:

Benchmark Prices: Richmond as at August 2010
Category	Benchmark $	1 Yr Change	3 Yr Change
Attached	$511,077	10.30%	17.60%
Detached	$900,046	20.70%	24.90%
Apartment	$337,299	7.40%	11.00%
Source:Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver - MLS ®

 

Population estimates

(As of July 1, 2005)

Year	Estimate	% change over previous year
2000	168,280
2001	171,517	1.9
2002	172,346	0.5
2003	172,579	0.1
2004	172,714	0.1

Source: B.C. Stats

Age Distribution

(age and gender 2001 census)

Age	Male	Female
All ages	79,295	85,055
0 - 14	14,425	13,555
15 - 24	12,500	11,850
25 - 44	22,975	26,150
45 - 64	21,070	22,485
65 +	8,320	11,015

Source: Statistics Canada

Value of Building Permits

Year	units	Residential $,000	Non-residential $,000
2004	1,734	246,318	100,426
2003	1,496	211,075	70,330
2002	1,867	207,735	127,843
2001	571	88,585	85,215
2000	622	83,862	85,645

Source: Statistics Canada

Links:

• City of Richmond
• Richmond Chamber of Commerce
• Richmond school district 38
• Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver
• Richmond News newspaper