| Kitchener CMA | ||||||
| Total | Poor | Distribution of total | Distribution of poor | Poverty rate | ||
| Unattached Individuals | 43,800 | 15,100 | 100% | 100% | 34% | |
| Non-elderly women | 14,300 | 5,500 | 33% | 37% | 39% | |
| Non-elderly men | 18,300 | 5,900 | 42% | 39% | 32% | |
| Elderly women | 8,800 | 3,100 | 20% | 20% | 35% | |
| Elderly men | 2,400 | 500 | 5% | 4% | 22% | |
| Economic Families | 105,300 | 12,800 | 100% | 100% | 12% | |
| Couples with no children < 18 | 46,400 | 2,900 | 44% | 22% | 6% | |
| Couples with children < 18 | 43,000 | 4,100 | 41% | 32% | 10% | |
| Lone-parent families < 18 | 9,500 | 4,900 | 9% | 38% | 51% | |
| Other families | 6,400 | 900 | 6% | 7% | 15% | |
| Non-elderly family | 89,400 | 12,000 | 85% | 94% | 13% | |
| Elderly family | 15,800 | 700 | 15% | 6% | 5% | |
| Children 0-17 in families | 97,200 | 17,000 | 100% | 100% | 18% | |
| Aged 0-5 | 33,400 | 6,500 | 34% | 38% | 19% | |
| Aged 6-17 | 63,800 | 10,500 | 66% | 62% | 17% | |
| All persons | 378,400 | 55,300 | 100% | 100% | 15% | |
| Aged 0-14 | 82,800 | 15,200 | 22% | 27% | 18% | |
| Aged 15-24 | 53,500 | 10,900 | 14% | 20% | 20% | |
| Aged 25-34 | 64,700 | 9,500 | 17% | 17% | 15% | |
| Aged 35-44 | 62,600 | 7,300 | 17% | 13% | 12% | |
| Aged 45-54 | 46,600 | 4,200 | 12% | 8% | 9% | |
| Aged 55-64 | 29,500 | 3,500 | 8% | 6% | 12% | |
| Aged 65-74 | 24,300 | 2,300 | 6% | 4% | 9% | |
| Aged 75+ | 14,400 | 2,300 | 4% | 4% | 16% | |
| Females | 192,000 | 30,800 | 51% | 56% | 16% | |
| Males | 186,300 | 24,400 | 49% | 44% | 13% | |
| Population groups (all persons)* | 378,400 | 55,300 | 100% | 100% | 15% | |
| Recent immigrants | 12,500 | 5,100 | 3% | 9% | 41% | |
| Visible minorities | 33,700 | 9,800 | 9% | 18% | 29% | |
| Aboriginal identity | 2,100 | 700 | 1% | 1% | 31% | |
| With disabilities | 38,400 | 9,200 | 10% | 17% | 24% | |
| Education level (aged 15-64) | 256,900 | 35,500 | 100% | 100% | 14% | |
| Post-secondary certificate | 87,400 | 8,000 | 34% | 23% | 9% | |
| Secondary | 64,600 | 9,000 | 25% | 25% | 14% | |
| Less than secondary | 104,900 | 18,400 | 41% | 52% | 18% | |
| Employment activity (aged 15-64) | 256,900 | 35,500 | 100% | 100% | 14% | |
| Full-time, full year employment | 116,700 | 4,900 | 45% | 14% | 4% | |
| Part-time, full year employment | 19,000 | 2,100 | 7% | 6% | 11% | |
| Part-time, part year employment | 72,800 | 12,200 | 28% | 34% | 17% | |
| No employment in 1995 | 48,500 | 16,300 | 19% | 46% | 34% | |
| Sources of income (non-elderly economic families) | ||||||
| Average total income | $62,700 | $13,200 | ||||
| Average earnings | $56,500 | $7,900 | ||||
| Average government transfers | $5,100 | $7,700 | ||||
| Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families) | ||||||
| Number with incomes < .5 of LICO | 4,100 | |||||
| Average poverty gap | $9,900 | |||||
| Average market gap** | $14,700 | |||||
| * Population groups not mutually exclusive. **Market gap based on income of market-poor families. Notes: see Glossary for definitions of terms. A margin of error may be present due to rounding of figures. Percentages based on unrounded figures. | ||||||