Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Oakville

Table B4.23

Oakville
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   9,800 3,200 100% 100% 33%
  Non-elderly women 3,400 1,200 35% 36% 34%
Non-elderly men 3,800 900 38% 29% 25%
Elderly women 2,100 1,000 21% 31% 48%
Elderly men 600 100 6% 4% 22%
 
Economic Families   35,600 2,800 100% 100% 8%
  Couples with no children < 18 16,000 800 45% 27% 5%
Couples with children < 18 15,800 1,200 44% 41% 7%
Lone-parent families < 18 2,100 700 6% 25% 35%
Other families 1,800 200 5% 6% 10%
 
Non-elderly family 30,300 2,400 85% 87% 8%
Elderly family 5,300 400 15% 14% 7%
 
Children 0-17 in families   33,400 3,700 100% 100% 11%
  Aged 0-5 11,300 1,300 34% 37% 12%
Aged 6-17 22,100 2,300 66% 63% 11%
 
All persons   127,400 12,600 100% 100% 10%
  Aged 0-14 28,600 3,100 22% 25% 11%
Aged 15-24 16,100 2,000 13% 16% 13%
Aged 25-34 18,200 1,800 14% 15% 10%
Aged 35-44 23,100 1,800 18% 14% 8%
Aged 45-54 18,200 1,200 14% 9% 6%
Aged 55-64 11,200 900 9% 7% 8%
Aged 65-74 7,900 900 6% 7% 11%
Aged 75+ 4,200 800 3% 7% 20%
 
Females 64,600 7,100 51% 56% 11%
Males 62,800 5,500 49% 44% 9%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   127,400 12,600 100% 100% 10%
  Recent immigrants 4,000 1,200 3% 10% 31%
Visible minorities 13,300 2,200 10% 17% 17%
Aboriginal identity 400 100 0% 1% 17%
With disabilities 9,400 1,900 7% 15% 20%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   86,700 7,800 100% 100% 9%
  Post-secondary certificate 42,300 2,800 49% 36% 7%
Secondary 20,900 2,000 24% 26% 10%
Less than secondary 23,500 3,000 27% 38% 13%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   86,700 7,800 100% 100% 9%
  Full-time, full year employment 42,600 1,600 49% 21% 4%
Part-time, full year employment 5,600 600 6% 7% 10%
Part-time, part year employment 24,200 2,700 28% 35% 11%
No employment in 1995 14,400 2,900 17% 37% 20%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $96,200 $15,400  
Average earnings $84,400 $11,300
Average government transfers $4,600 $6,000
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   1,000  
Average poverty gap $12,800
Average market gap** $15,500
 
* 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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