Skip to content

Poll result: Majority of Richmond News readers given up hope of owning a home

More than 66 per cent of Richmond News readers polled said they can't see a day where they could afford a home locally
0902 housing market file CC
More than 66 per cent of Richmond News readers polled said they can't see a day where they could afford a home locally

Richmond News polled 467 Richmond News readers and asked the question: Will you ever be able to buy a home in Richmond?

The poll ran from 4/21/2022 to 4/28/2022. Of the 467 votes, we can determine that 121 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:

Yes, I am in the process of looking at properties right now 14.05 % local, 12.63 % total    
Possibly, I am trying to save up the deposit 4.13 % local, 5.14 % total    
Would love to, but I don't see how I could ever afford it 73.55 % local, 66.81 % total    
Not interested, I prefer to rent 8.26 % local, 15.42 % total    
  Local   Total

Results are based on an online study of adult Richmond News readers that are located in Vancouver. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 4.53%, 19 times out of 20.

Richmond News uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.