2019 Community Profile- Housing Needs Assessment District of Cochrane Informing the Update to the 10 Year- Housing Plan Prepared by Housing Services Corporation December, 2019 1 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................ 6 1.1 Background ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6 1.2 Cochrane District Social Services Administration Board ........................................................................................... 6 1.3 Area Context ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.4 Geography ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8 1.5 Source of Information and Data Limitations ................................................................................................................ 8 1.6 Housing Continuum ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 1.7 Key Findings- Needs Assessment ................................................................................................................................... 3 1.7.1 Housing Need in the District .................................................................................................................................... 3 1.7.2 Housing Availability in the District ......................................................................................................................... 4 1.7.3 Housing Affordability in the District .................................................................................................................. 5 2.0 Housing Demand Analysis ............................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Population Trends ............................................................................................................................................................. 6 2.1.1 Population Growth.................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1.2 Age of Population..................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.1.3 Indigenous Population ........................................................................................................................................... 10 2.1.4 Other Population’s ................................................................................................................................................. 12 2.2 Household Trends and Characteristics ....................................................................................................................... 12 2.2.1 Household Growth ................................................................................................................................................. 12 2.2.2 Age of Primary Household Maintainer ............................................................................................................. 13 2.2.3 Household Size ....................................................................................................................................................... 15 2.2.4 Household Type ...................................................................................................................................................... 16 2.2.5 Household Tenure................................................................................................................................................... 17 2.2.6 Household Mobility ................................................................................................................................................ 20 2.3 Economic Context ........................................................................................................................................................... 20 2.3.1 Labour Force Participation and Unemployment .............................................................................................. 21 2.3.2 Industry and Occupations of the Employed Labour Force ............................................................................ 24 2.3.3 Household Income .................................................................................................................................................. 26 3.0 Housing Supply Analysis ............................................................................................................................................... 29 3.1 Overall Housing Supply................................................................................................................................................ 29 3.1.1 Trends in the Number and Types of Dwellings ................................................................................................ 29 3.1.2 Age of Dwellings.................................................................................................................................................... 30 3.1.2 Condition of Dwellings .......................................................................................................................................... 32 3.1.3 Housing Starts and Completions ......................................................................................................................... 32 2 3.2 Market Housing Supply ................................................................................................................................................ 34 3.2.2 Market Rental Housing ......................................................................................................................................... 35 3.3 Non-Market Housing Supply ....................................................................................................................................... 37 3.3.1 Emergency and Transitional Housing ................................................................................................................. 38 3.3.2 Affordable Housing ............................................................................................................................................... 39 3.3.3 Supportive Housing................................................................................................................................................ 41 3.4 Homelessness ................................................................................................................................................................... 41 4.0 Housing Affordability Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 44 4.1 Proportion of Income Spent on Shelter ...................................................................................................................... 44 4.1 Spending on Shelter by Household Tenure .............................................................................................................. 45 4.2 Core Housing Need ....................................................................................................................................................... 46 4.3 Ownership and Rental Housing Affordability .......................................................................................................... 47 4.3.1 Rental Housing Affordability ................................................................................................................................... 48 4.3.2 Ownership Housing Affordability ........................................................................................................................... 49 5.0 Assessment- Community Engagement ....................................................................................................................... 50 5.1 We Heard- Common Themes ...................................................................................................................................... 50 5.2 Key Learnings ................................................................................................................................................................. 51 6.0 Housing Gaps Along the Continuum .......................................................................................................................... 54 6.1 Summary of the Housing Gaps in the District ........................................................................................................... 54 7.0 Housing Targets ................................................................................................................................................................. 56 7.1 Housing Targets 2020- 2024 .............................................................................................................................. 57 3 FIGURES AND TABLES LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Population Trends and