Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Middlesex County

Table B3.19

Middlesex County
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   55,000 20,700 100% 100% 38%
  Non-elderly women 18,900 7,700 34% 37% 41%
Non-elderly men 21,500 8,600 39% 42% 40%
Elderly women 11,300 3,500 21% 17% 31%
Elderly men 3,300 900 6% 4% 26%
 
Economic Families   106,200 14,300 100% 100% 13%
  Couples with no children < 18 48,700 2,900 46% 20% 6%
Couples with children < 18 39,800 4,300 37% 30% 11%
Lone-parent families < 18 10,800 6,000 10% 42% 55%
Other families 7,000 1,200 7% 8% 17%
 
Non-elderly family 88,500 13,600 83% 95% 15%
Elderly family 17,700 700 17% 5% 4%
 
Children 0-17 in families   94,500 19,700 100% 100% 21%
  Aged 0-5 32,000 7,600 34% 39% 24%
Aged 6-17 62,500 12,100 66% 61% 19%
 
All persons   384,200 65,800 100% 100% 17%
  Aged 0-14 81,000 17,700 21% 27% 22%
Aged 15-24 52,800 13,400 14% 20% 25%
Aged 25-34 62,900 11,800 16% 18% 19%
Aged 35-44 63,300 8,900 16% 13% 14%
Aged 45-54 47,900 5,000 12% 8% 10%
Aged 55-64 31,500 3,800 8% 6% 12%
Aged 65-74 27,100 2,700 7% 4% 10%
Aged 75+ 17,600 2,600 5% 4% 15%
 
Females 197,700 36,000 51% 55% 18%
Males 186,600 29,800 49% 45% 16%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   384,200 65,800 100% 100% 17%
  Recent immigrants 11,600 5,700 3% 9% 49%
Visible minorities 29,400 11,500 8% 18% 39%
Aboriginal identity 3,900 2,100 1% 3% 54%
With disabilities 46,200 12,300 12% 19% 27%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   258,500 42,700 100% 100% 17%
  Post-secondary certificate 100,000 11,200 39% 26% 11%
Secondary 68,500 11,900 26% 28% 17%
Less than secondary 90,000 19,600 35% 46% 22%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   258,500 42,800 100% 100% 17%
  Full-time, full year employment 110,400 5,100 43% 12% 5%
Part-time, full year employment 20,900 2,800 8% 7% 14%
Part-time, part year employment 73,500 15,200 28% 36% 21%
No employment in 1995 53,800 19,600 21% 46% 36%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $60,900 $13,500  
Average earnings $54,100 $8,100
Average government transfers $5,600 $8,200
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   4,400  
Average poverty gap $9,300
Average market gap** $14,900
 
* 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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