Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Saint John County

Table B3.3

Saint John County
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   11,700 5,300 100% 100% 46%
  Non-elderly women 3,800 1,900 32% 36% 51%
Non-elderly men 3,900 1,700 33% 32% 44%
Elderly women 3,100 1,400 26% 26% 45%
Elderly men 1,000 300 8% 5% 28%
 
Economic Families   21,900 5,000 100% 100% 23%
  Couples with no children < 18 9,500 1,000 44% 21% 11%
Couples with children < 18 7,200 1,200 33% 25% 17%
Lone-parent families < 18 2,900 2,100 13% 42% 72%
Other families 2,300 600 10% 13% 27%
 
Non-elderly family 17,900 4,500 82% 91% 25%
Elderly family 4,000 400 18% 9% 11%
 
Children 0-17 in families   17,500 5,700 100% 100% 33%
  Aged 0-5 5,700 2,300 33% 40% 40%
Aged 6-17 11,800 3,400 67% 60% 29%
 
All persons   77,600 20,000 100% 100% 26%
  Aged 0-14 14,900 5,100 19% 25% 34%
Aged 15-24 11,100 3,600 14% 18% 33%
Aged 25-34 12,500 3,100 16% 15% 24%
Aged 35-44 12,200 2,800 16% 14% 23%
Aged 45-54 9,400 1,700 12% 9% 18%
Aged 55-64 6,600 1,500 9% 7% 22%
Aged 65-74 6,100 1,100 8% 5% 18%
Aged 75+ 4,900 1,200 6% 6% 25%
 
Females 40,900 11,600 53% 58% 28%
Males 36,800 8,500 47% 42% 23%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   77,600 20,000 100% 100% 26%
  Recent immigrants 100 0 0% 0% 25%
Visible minorities 2,100 800 3% 4% 40%
Aboriginal identity 500 200 1% 1% 42%
With disabilities 11,800 4,600 15% 23% 39%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   51,800 12,600 100% 100% 24%
  Post-secondary certificate 15,100 2,200 29% 17% 14%
Secondary 13,900 2,900 27% 23% 21%
Less than secondary 22,800 7,500 44% 60% 33%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   51,800 12,600 100% 100% 24%
  Full-time, full year employment 18,300 1,300 35% 11% 7%
Part-time, full year employment 3,000 600 6% 5% 21%
Part-time, part year employment 15,600 3,800 30% 30% 24%
No employment in 1995 14,900 6,900 29% 54% 46%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $44,900 $11,800  
Average earnings $40,800 $7,400
Average government transfers $6,100 $7,200
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   1,800  
Average poverty gap $10,200
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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