This @StatCan_eng age pyramid graph compares Nanaimo and Victoria municipalities. Horizontal blue line set at 31 yr olds. Victoria is known as a retirement city but in the 20-40 Millennial demographic Victoria is a much younger city than Nanaimo. pic.twitter.com/XFpPIwoPWD
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) May 20, 2022
Friday, May 20, 2022
Nanaimo has failed to retain
and to attract Millennials
Friday, May 13, 2022
Monday, May 2, 2022
Friday, April 29, 2022
Retirement city
Nanaimo’s population was a little older in 2021 than it was in 2016. Average age 44.8 years in 2021, 44.2 in 2016. A decline in the number of people in the 15 to 64 year age group. The biggest increase in the 65+ year old group. Retirement city. pic.twitter.com/NjCwJh48EU
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) April 29, 2022
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Cities large and small are finding with young families priced out downtowns are becoming retirement villages. Not a good trend.
The 15 to 64 age group declined from 65 percent to 59 percent. The biggest increase is in the 65+ group. Cities large and small are finding with young families priced out downtowns are becoming retirement villages. Not a good trend.
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) April 28, 2022
Monday, February 14, 2022
Population growth in our downtown was a mere 495 people in the 5 yrs between the 2016 and 2021 census, about 290 households or 58 homes per year. This is shocking.
Population growth in our downtown was a mere 495 people in the 5 yrs between the 2016 and 2021 census, only 100 people a year; using 2021 Census data the number of household this represents was about 290 or 58 homes per year. This is shocking. #ycdDowntown
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) February 14, 2022
Friday, February 11, 2022
2021 Census of Population. Nanaimo (CY)
The pace of growth increased somewhat between 2016 and 2021, totalling 9,359, or about 1,800 people a year: about 4,000 households, as defined by Statistics Canada, an average of 800 households a year. This works out to a household size average of 1.17.
2016 − 2021 growth in all Census Tracts. 2021 Census. Expressed here as percentage... pic.twitter.com/tDtksfCpBm
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) February 11, 2022
We are 100k people on a very large footprint, 90 km², 1100 people / km². Low population density is the elephant in the room on just about every major challenge we face.
— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) February 11, 2022
Where growth has gone last 10yrs: 2k+ increase CT 9380005 in the NW suburban corner. 13.9% increase 2016−2021 pic.twitter.com/U98zgH5ULb