Urban centre · Richmond, Metro Vancouver
Richmond City Centre
Canada Line towers, Asian restaurants and big malls, about 25 minutes from downtown Vancouver
- Young professionals
- Renters
- Car-light living
At a glance
Richmond's dense downtown around No. 3 Road, with high-rise condos beside Richmond Centre and Aberdeen Centre. About 3% of homes are detached and 77% are apartments, 39% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $700K in the 2021 census.
- Median home value
- $700K 2021 census, owner estimate · city $1.39M
- Residents
- 50,890 scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 47,207 at the 2021 census
- Households renting
- 39% city 31%
- Homes that are apartments
- 77% city 40%
What the numbers mean
- Owners valued the median home at $700K in the 2021 census, 50% below the Metro Vancouver median of $1.39M. Prices have moved since, so treat it as a relative guide.
- 39% of households rent, well above the 31% city-wide.
- 26% of residents are 20 to 34, versus 19% city-wide. It skews young-professional.
- 77% of homes are apartments (40% city-wide), so a condo is the usual way in.
Who lives here
Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 47,207 at the 2021 census.
Homes
Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 47,207 at the 2021 census.
Daily errands on foot1
Places within the neighbourhood or a 5-minute walk of its edge, compared with the typical neighbourhood in Metro Vancouver.
- Supermarkets
- 26 city median 3
- Cafés and bakeries
- 140 city median 12
- Pharmacies and clinics
- 40 city median 4
- Playgrounds and dog parks
- 62 city median 21
Upfront closing costs2
BC charges a tiered property transfer tax: 1% on the first $200,000, 2% to $2 million, then 3%, and 5% above $3 million. Government fees at the median home price: This uses the 2021 census home-value estimate, and today's prices are higher, so the real bill will be larger.
- BC property transfer tax
- $12,000 on $700K
How it's changing
These municipalities don't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.
Safety
Neighbourhood-level crime figures aren't available for Richmond. Policing there is by the RCMP or a municipal police department, and neither publishes open crime counts by neighbourhood. Check Statistics Canada's crime tables for municipality-wide trends, and the local police website for crime maps. Why this is missing.