Cities / Vancouver

Established eastside · East side, Vancouver

Sunset

Main Street's Punjabi Market and a mostly duplex and house neighbourhood

  • Families
  • First-time buyers
  • Food lovers

At a glance

An eastside area with a lot of duplexes and detached houses, anchored by the Punjabi Market on Main Street. About 49% of households rent and 23% of homes are apartments (18% are detached houses). The median assessed value is $1.83M across all residential property, or $939K for strata (condo and townhouse) units. Police data shows crime below the city median per resident.

Median assessed home
$1.83M
2026 assessment · city $1.42M
Residents
38,950
estimate for mid-2025, up from 37,170 at the 2021 census
Households renting
49%
city 54%
Permits per year
270
2021–2025 average

What the numbers mean

  • The median assessed home is $1.83M, 29% above the Vancouver median of $1.42M.
  • 49% of households rent, close to the 54% city-wide.
  • 18% of homes are single-detached houses, versus 15% city-wide.
  • Building activity is in line with the city as a whole, at about 270 permits a year.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, estimate for mid-2025, up from 37,170 at the 2021 census.

0-1211%
13-2417%
25-3417%
35-4413%
45-5413%
55-6412%
65-749%
75-845%
85+2%

Homes

Share of homes by type, estimate for mid-2025, up from 37,170 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached18%
Duplex54%
Row house4%
Apartment under 5 storeys23%
Apartment 5+ storeys0%

Daily errands on foot1

Places within the neighbourhood or a 5-minute walk of its edge, compared with the typical neighbourhood in Vancouver.

Supermarkets
13
city median 9
Cafés and bakeries
17
city median 37
Pharmacies and clinics
17
city median 16
Playgrounds and dog parks
31
city median 38

Estimated property tax2

What owning here costs each year in property tax at the median assessed value. Renters don’t pay it directly, but landlords pass it on.

Median home
$6,160 a year
about $515 a month on a $1.83M assessment

Upfront closing costs3

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:

BC property transfer tax
$34,600
on $1.83M

Typical apartment rent nearby4

Sunset sits in CMHC's Southeast Vancouver survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio
$1,366
−$301 vs metro average
1 bedroom
$1,714
−$93 vs metro average
2 bedroom
$2,359
−$5 vs metro average
3 bedroom or more
$2,475
−$345 vs metro average

How it's changing

Building permits issued each year, a leading signal of new homes and renovations.

*2026 is year to date.

Safety5

Reported incidents in the last 12 months (October 2025 to September 2026), per 1,000 residents, compared with the median of 22 Vancouver neighbourhoods.

Reported crime
9.4
per 1,000 · a little below the 10.9 median
Violent crime
1.9
per 1,000 · median 1.9
Property crime
7.6
per 1,000 · median 8.8
  • Reported crime runs about 14% below the median Vancouver neighbourhood: 9.4 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 10.9.
  • The most common reported crime is theft from vehicles, 52% of the total. 80% of incidents are property crime.
  • Crime has fallen since 2020: 330 reported incidents in 2025 versus 562 in 2020.
  • So far in 2026 (January to September) there have been 259 incidents, 9% more than the same months of 2025.

What gets reported

Top crime types in the rate, same period.

Theft from vehicles52%
Violent offences20%
Vehicle theft10%
Break-in: home or other10%
Break-in: business8%

Other reported incidents

Counted by police but left out of the rate, same period.

Other theft (incl. shoplifting)
586
Mischief and vandalism
164
Bicycle theft
12

Reported crime by year

*2026 is year to date.

Sources and notes

  1. Source: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), counted October 19, 2026. Counts places inside the neighbourhood or within 400 m (about a 5-minute walk) of its edge, in a straight line. Volunteers map OpenStreetMap, so some places may be missing and counts are a guide, not a census. Supermarkets are tagged shop=supermarket; cafés amenity=cafe and shop=bakery; pharmacies and clinics amenity=pharmacy and amenity=clinic; playgrounds and dog parks leisure=playground and leisure=dog_park. Medians are across the neighbourhoods in this guide. ↩
  2. Source: City of Vancouver 2026 property tax rates report (Class 1 Residential). 2026 residential rate 0.3364% of assessed value (City 0.193406% + provincial school 0.098001% + TransLink 0.035893% + BC Assessment 0.003814% + Metro Vancouver 0.00526% + Municipal Finance Authority 0.00002%), applied to this community's median assessment. Homeowners pay tax on the assessed value, not the sale price. Excludes utility bills, local improvement charges, grants and credits, and anything above or below the median. ↩
  3. Source: Province of British Columbia, Property transfer tax. 2026 rules, applied to this community's median assessment. First-time buyer and newly built home exemptions are not deducted. Legal fees, title insurance, inspection and adjustments are extra. ↩
  4. Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey, Housing Market Information Portal. These are zone averages across all units in apartment buildings of three or more units, not a figure for Sunset alone, and they are not asking rents. Houses, basement suites and condos rented out by owners are not included. Zones are large, so neighbouring communities can share one figure. ↩
  5. Source: Vancouver Police Department, GeoDASH open crime data (2020 to 2026). Rates use 2021 census population. Incidents are counted where they occur. Police services count crime differently, so compare with the local median rather than across cities. How we calculate this. ↩