Living in Murrayville: A Hospital, an Old Crossroads and Most of Your Errands

Murrayville has two centres, and which one you live near changes your daily life more than anything else about the place. The old village sits at Five Corners, where 216 Street, 48 Avenue and Old Yale Road meet. About a kilometre east, around 222 Street and 48 Avenue, is where the hospital, the library, the pool and the grocery store cluster together.

It is a good fit for people who want a lot of services close to home and don’t mind that the local bus is slow and that aircraft noise depends on the street. It is a harder fit for anyone counting on frequent transit at the front door or on a guaranteed quiet sky.

Where is Murrayville?

Murrayville is in the Township of Langley, directly east of Langley City. The Township describes it as its traditional civic core, and the mapped community isn’t a tidy rectangle. Its main residential area runs roughly from 216 to 224 Street and 44 to 52 Avenue, with a long arm north toward 56 Avenue and a strip along Fraser Highway east of 224 Street. Rural Township land wraps around much of the south and east.

If you aren’t sure whether an address is in the City or the Township, our City vs Township guide explains what changes (taxes, garbage, bylaws, who answers the phone).

How many people live here?

The Township’s community profile counted 9,610 residents in the 2016 Census, in about 3,700 households. About 15% of residents were under 15 and about 26% were 65 or older. Roughly 29% of households were one person and 36% were two people. That profile is a decade old by now, so read it as a shape, not a headcount.

Newer Township documents give figures of about 11,850 (the community plan, for 2024) and about 11,700 (the fire department’s 2025 annual report). They don’t line up exactly, which is why we give a range. The 2016 profile is the last one we found that is clear about its boundary.

What kinds of homes are here?

A mix, and it changes block by block:

• Detached homes on established streets around the old village and south of the civic core.
• Heritage buildings around Five Corners, some converted to housing. The former Murrayville school at 21812 48 Avenue became six heritage-building homes plus 48 townhouses.
• Townhouses and small infill. Ten detached homes were built at 44 Avenue and 215B Street, and the Township’s live application list currently shows more small-lot infill proposals.
• Rental apartments near the hospital, including Lexington Court and Solaro (98 homes, completed).
• Semi-rural edges along 44 Avenue, the east side and the north, where lots can be bigger and may touch farmland.

Our housing page covers what to check before you buy and what the two rental buildings charge.

The neighbourhoods inside Murrayville

Murrayville is an official community-plan name. The smaller names you’ll hear are everyday ones, with no official boundaries:

• Five Corners / Lower Murrayville: the old village and its heritage area. See Five Corners.
• The hospital area: Fraser Highway, 48 to 52 Avenue, 220 to 224 Street. See the hospital area.
• Upper Murrayville, Macklin Corners and Southridge: residential streets south and west of the village, named in local usage. James Hill describes the streets around the school and park.

What’s close by

• Schools. James Hill Elementary, then H.D. Stafford Middle (in Langley City) and Langley Secondary. Details and catchment checks are on the schools page.
• Parks and recreation. More than ten parks and parkettes, a wave pool at W.C. Blair and a full track at McLeod. See parks.
• Shopping and health. IGA, a pharmacy, a library, a farm market and the hospital. See shops and services.
• Getting around. Routes 503, 560 and 556, plus the Highway 1 interchange at 216 Street. See getting around.

Two things people ask about

The hospital. Langley Memorial Hospital is at 22051 Fraser Highway, with an emergency department that never closes. Living near it is handy; it also means some streets nearby have two-hour parking limits and visitors compete for spots. See our hospital page.

The airport. Langley Regional Airport is on 216 Street at the northern edge. The Township says it is certified for day and night visual flying. Noise varies by where you are relative to the runway and flight paths, so visit a property at different times of day. Questions go to the airport office at 604-534-7330 or [email protected]. More in our airport page.

Who Murrayville suits

It works well for people who work at or often visit the hospital, families who want an elementary school, pool and playing fields close together, anyone drawn to heritage buildings and a village crossroads, and renters who want errands near the building. It is a harder fit if you need frequent transit at your door, are very sensitive to aircraft noise, want a semi-rural property without time for zoning and farmland checks, or are chasing the lowest possible housing cost. “Murrayville” in an address doesn’t mean a discount.

Good to know before you move

• The local bus (560) runs about once an hour. The 503 on Fraser Highway is better, but check the stop you’d use.
• SkyTrain is coming to Langley City Centre, not to Murrayville.
• Some heritage-area properties have extra rules for changes to the building.
• Edge properties can have farmland (ALR), well or septic questions that central lots don’t.
• New infill and small multi-unit housing is being proposed on a few streets. An application isn’t an approval.

The full picture, with who is affected and where to raise each issue, is on the pros and cons page.

Start here

• Housing: buying and renting
• Schools and childcare
• Getting around, parking and commuting
• Parks and recreation
• Shops and services
• Pros and cons
• Old Murrayville: Murrayville Cemetery, the Murrayville neighbourhood guide and the wider Langley moving guide