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Fort St. John, BC

Updated: Aug 2016
House
Median price $419,900
Monthly growth 2.43 %
Quarterly trend
Stock on market 3.64%
Apartment
Median price $316,000
Monthly growth -2.73 %
Quarterly trend
Stock on market 1.12%

Fort St. John Home Price

With Fort St. John’s median house price at $419,900 in Aug , it is about average compared to the rest of British Columbia.

3 bedroom properties are the most common available for real estate investors this month in neighbourhood.

Across British Columbia Fort St. John has the 17th most properties on offer with 359.

There are a number of important pieces of research you should do before deciding where to buy an investment property – this data for Fort St. John will hopefully provide an indicator to help you where to research in-depth

Because the amount of real estate listed for sale has decreased it looks like housing market forces in neighbourhood are likely to put upwards pressure on house prices.

Canada’s national median home listing price this month is $244,900, which means that Fort St. John is in the top 20% for Canada.

The $316,000 price tag on the median Fort St. John home means that it is quite highly priced by Canadian standards.

Across Canada the most common number of bedroom property being listed has 2 bedrooms, in Aug this neighbourhood’s most common listing has properties with fewer bedrooms.

There are 124 neighbourhoods that have more properties on sale than Fort St. John at the moment in British Columbia which puts the neighbourhood in the top 20% when looking at the number of properties to choose from.

British Columbia has hundreds of possible neighbourhoods for you to invest in and there is lots of data to sift through to help you narrow your search down.

It’s always hard to tell what property prices will do over the coming months, but over the last three months the properties available for purchase in Fort St. John have increased which would tend to indicate that demand is not as high as supply.

Beds Median price (House) Median price (Apartment)
1 bedroom $149,900
2 bedrooms $329,000 $284,900
3 bedrooms $421,950 $327,448
4 bedrooms $439,000 $354,900
5 bedrooms $479,450
6 bedrooms $624,900
Demographics
  • Population in 201118609
  • Population in 200617402
  • 2006 to 2011 population change (%)6.9
  • Total private dwellings8238
  • Private dwellings occupied by usual residents7480
  • Population density per square kilometre820.2
  • Land area (square km)22.69

Age Characteristics

Total population by age groups 18610
0 to 4 years 1660
5 to 9 years 1175
10 to 14 years 1105
15 to 19 years 1220
15 years 235
16 years 235
17 years 225
18 years 245
19 years 285
20 to 24 years 1720
25 to 29 years 2185
30 to 34 years 1760
35 to 39 years 1425
40 to 44 years 1300
45 to 49 years 1255
50 to 54 years 1100
55 to 59 years 875
60 to 64 years 615
65 to 69 years 380
70 to 74 years 265
75 to 79 years 220
80 to 84 years 175
85 years and over 170
Median age of the population 30.6
% of the population aged 15 and over 78.8

Marital Status

Total population 15 years and over by marital status 14670
Married or living with a common-law partner 8460
Married (and not separated) 6145
Living common-law 2320
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 6210
Single (never legally married) 4365
Separated 485
Divorced 845
Widowed 510

Family Characteristics

Total number of census families in private households 4940
Size of census family: 2 persons 2340
Size of census family: 3 persons 1120
Size of census family: 4 persons 1045
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 435
Total number of census families in private households 4940
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 4155
Married couples 2995
Without children at home 1220
With children at home 1780
1 child 640
2 children 790
3 or more children 350
Common-law couples 1155
Without children at home 655
With children at home 500
1 child 245
2 children 195
3 or more children 70
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 790
Female parent 585
1 child 335
2 children 190
3 or more children 65
Male parent 200
1 child 135
2 children 55
3 or more children 15
Total children in census families in private households 5435
Under six years of age 1895
6 to 14 years 2010
15 to 17 years 645
18 to 24 years 660
25 years and over 225
Average number of children at home per census family 1.1

Household And Dwelling Characteristics

Total number of persons in private households 18450
Number of persons not in census families 3915
Living with relatives 430
Living with non-relatives only 1420
Living alone 2065
Number of census family persons 14530
Average number of persons per census family 2.9
Total number of persons 65 years and over in private households 1115
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 490
Living with relatives 40
Living with non-relatives only 35
Living alone 415
Number of census family persons aged 65 years and over 625
Total number of private households by household type 7480
Census-family households 4845
One-family-only households 4345
Couple-family households 3765
Without children 1640
With children 2125
Lone-parent-family households 575
Other family households 505
One-family households with persons not in a census family 410
Couple-family households 280
Without children 165
With children 115
Lone-parent-family households 130
Two-or-more-family households 95
Non-census-family households 2630
One-person households 2065
Two-or-more-person households 570
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling 7480
Single-detached house 4105
Apartment, building that has five or more storeys 90
Movable dwelling 430
Other dwelling 2860
Semi-detached house 550
Row house 795
Apartment, duplex 130
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 1370
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size 7480
1 person 2060
2 persons 2390
3 persons 1300
4 persons 1140
5 persons 425
6 or more persons 160
Number of persons in private households 18450
Average number of persons in private households 2.5

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