Kitsilano Neighbourhood Vancouver: What the Data Shows

Live data dashboards for Kitsilano: Overview · Safety · Property Value · Accessibility · Census · Climate

You already know Kitsilano has the beaches and the yoga studios. What you probably don't know is how it actually scores when you stack the data against every other Vancouver neighbourhood — on safety, walkability, property values, and demographics. That's the part that matters when you're making a decision worth $1M or more.

Where Kitsilano Sits in Vancouver's Data

Kitsilano occupies Vancouver's west side, bounded by Burrard Street to the east, Alma Street to the west, West 16th Avenue to the south, and English Bay to the north. It's roughly 3 km from downtown by bike and sits directly across False Creek from the West End.

The neighbourhood's Walk Score of 89 means most daily errands — groceries, pharmacy, restaurants — are reachable on foot. Its transit score of 73 reflects solid bus service along Broadway and 4th Avenue, with the new Broadway SkyTrain extension (Millennium Line) bringing rapid transit to the neighbourhood's southern edge at Arbutus Station.

Property Values: What the Assessment Data Shows

Kitsilano's median assessed property value runs above Vancouver's city-wide median. Detached homes in Kits typically carry assessments between $1.8M and $2.5M depending on lot size and proximity to the waterfront. Condos and townhomes range from $550K to $950K — still above the Metro Vancouver average, but closer to reach for first-time buyers than the detached market.

PickYourPlace's Value lens maps these assessments at the block level using BC Assessment data aggregated into H3 hexagons. The gradient is visible: values climb as you move north toward the waterfront and west toward Point Grey. A condo at 1st and Vine will carry a meaningfully different assessed value than one at 12th and Burrard, even though both addresses are "Kitsilano."

If you're comparing purchase options across neighbourhoods, PickYourPlace's Compare tool lets you put two or three addresses side by side and see exactly where the differences land — value, safety, accessibility, and demographics in one view.

Safety: How Kits Measures Against the City

Vancouver Police Department data, mapped through PickYourPlace's Safety lens, places Kitsilano in the upper quartile for safety relative to Vancouver overall. The neighbourhood sees lower rates of property crime and violent incidents compared to the city median, though — like any urban area — it's not zero.

The data breaks down by category: theft, break-and-enter, mischief, and assault each mapped separately. Kits tends to score well on violent crime metrics while showing moderate property crime rates, concentrated along the commercial strips on West 4th and West Broadway.

Street lighting density and proximity to fire and emergency services also factor into the Safety lens. Kitsilano's grid layout and established infrastructure score well on both.

Walkability and the 15-Minute Test

Here's where Kitsilano genuinely stands out. A 15-minute walk from most addresses in the neighbourhood reaches:

• 4 grocery stores (Safeway on West Broadway, Whole Foods on West 4th, IGA, and the Kitsilano farmers' market in season)
• 6 parks including Kitsilano Beach Park, Vanier Park, and Hadden Park
• 2 community centres (Kitsilano Community Centre and Jericho)
• Multiple schools — both public (Henry Hudson, General Gordon) and private options

PickYourPlace's Accessibility lens uses isochrone mapping to calculate what's actually reachable from a specific address within a set walking, cycling, or transit time. The difference between "Kitsilano is walkable" and "this specific address has 3 grocery stores within 800 m" is the difference between a reputation and a data point. You can test any address through the Explore map — no account needed.

Demographics: Who Lives in Kitsilano

Census data for Kitsilano's dissemination areas shows a neighbourhood that skews younger than Vancouver's average, with a high concentration of 25-to-39-year-olds. Household incomes trend above the city median. Rental tenure is common — roughly half of Kitsilano households rent, reflecting the neighbourhood's large stock of purpose-built rental apartments alongside its detached homes.

Population density is moderate-to-high for Vancouver, particularly in the condo corridors along Broadway and West 4th. The Census lens on PickYourPlace breaks this down to the dissemination area level, so you can see how demographics shift even within the neighbourhood.

Who Kitsilano Works For — and Where It Doesn't

If you prioritize walkability, beach access, and a central west-side location, Kitsilano's data supports that choice. The accessibility and safety numbers are strong relative to the city.

If you prioritize affordability or rapid transit access, the data tells a different story. Property assessments are well above Vancouver's median, and until the Broadway SkyTrain extension opens, transit to destinations east of Commercial Drive involves a transfer. For buyers weighing Kits against more affordable Vancouver neighbourhoods, a side-by-side comparison on actual metrics — not reputation — is the clearer way to decide.

Ontario-to-Vancouver relocators often land on Kitsilano as a first shortlist neighbourhood because of its name recognition. If you're considering the reverse — moving from Kits to Calgary — our Vancouver-to-Calgary neighbourhood matching guide maps Kitsilano's data profile to its closest Calgary equivalent. The data largely supports the reputation, but the specific block you buy on matters. A condo near Broadway and Macdonald will have a different safety profile, noise level, and walkability score than a house near 3rd and Trafalgar. That's the kind of granularity a PickYourPlace neighbourhood report is built to surface.

Explore Kitsilano's Data Yourself

Every claim on this page comes from the same data layers available on PickYourPlace. Open the Explore map for Vancouver, zoom into Kitsilano, and toggle between Value, Safety, Accessibility, and Census to see the neighbourhood through each lens. If you want the full picture for a specific address, generate a neighbourhood report — it takes about 30 seconds and covers all four lenses plus an AI-written analysis comparing your address to the city average.