Nanaimo has failed to retain and to attract Millennials

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

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City streets create value, build community. Urban highways do exactly the opposite.

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Between the 2016 and 2021 Census the percentage of one-person households increased a little city-wide and decreased a little downtown (Census Tract 9380015). Over 50% of downtown households are one-person households : 55.1% in 2016, 53.1% in 2021.

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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

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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

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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

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