Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Durham Regional Municipality

Table B3.10

Durham Regional Municipality
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   35,200 11,000 100% 100% 31%
  Non-elderly women 11,000 3,600 31% 33% 33%
Non-elderly men 14,300 3,800 40% 34% 27%
Elderly women 7,600 3,100 21% 28% 40%
Elderly men 2,400 600 7% 5% 24%
 
Economic Families   126,900 12,300 100% 100% 10%
  Couples with no children < 18 51,500 2,600 41% 21% 5%
Couples with children < 18 57,600 4,100 45% 34% 7%
Lone-parent families < 18 10,700 4,600 8% 38% 43%
Other families 7,100 900 6% 7% 13%
 
Non-elderly family 110,700 11,300 87% 92% 10%
Elderly family 16,200 900 13% 8% 6%
 
Children 0-17 in families   127,600 16,700 100% 100% 13%
  Aged 0-5 44,500 6,400 35% 38% 14%
Aged 6-17 83,100 10,300 65% 62% 12%
 
All persons   454,000 50,500 100% 100% 11%
  Aged 0-14 110,800 15,100 24% 30% 14%
Aged 15-24 56,900 7,800 13% 15% 14%
Aged 25-34 73,500 7,900 16% 16% 11%
Aged 35-44 83,400 7,100 18% 14% 9%
Aged 45-54 57,500 4,100 13% 8% 7%
Aged 55-64 33,400 3,400 7% 7% 10%
Aged 65-74 25,200 2,900 6% 6% 12%
Aged 75+ 13,400 2,100 3% 4% 16%
 
Females 229,500 28,400 51% 56% 12%
Males 224,400 22,100 49% 44% 10%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   454,000 50,500 100% 100% 11%
  Recent immigrants 8,100 2,000 2% 4% 25%
Visible minorities 44,800 7,100 10% 14% 16%
Aboriginal identity 2,900 500 1% 1% 18%
With disabilities 41,700 8,300 9% 16% 20%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   304,600 30,400 100% 100% 10%
  Post-secondary certificate 107,500 6,300 35% 21% 6%
Secondary 83,700 7,700 27% 25% 9%
Less than secondary 113,500 16,400 37% 54% 14%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   304,600 30,400 100% 100% 10%
  Full-time, full year employment 142,000 5,000 47% 17% 4%
Part-time, full year employment 20,200 1,700 7% 6% 8%
Part-time, part year employment 80,700 8,900 26% 29% 11%
No employment in 1995 61,700 14,700 20% 48% 24%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $69,800 $13,700  
Average earnings $64,300 $9,100
Average government transfers $5,200 $7,500
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   4,200  
Average poverty gap $10,400
Average market gap** $15,000
 
* 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.

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