Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Hamilton

Table B4.25

Hamilton
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   48,700 24,700 100% 100% 51%
  Non-elderly women 14,600 7,400 30% 30% 51%
Non-elderly men 18,600 8,500 38% 34% 46%
Elderly women 11,600 7,000 24% 28% 60%
Elderly men 3,900 1,900 8% 8% 48%
 
Economic Families   87,500 20,500 100% 100% 23%
  Couples with no children < 18 40,500 5,800 46% 28% 14%
Couples with children < 18 29,300 5,700 33% 28% 20%
Lone-parent families < 18 10,200 7,100 12% 34% 69%
Other families 7,500 2,000 9% 10% 26%
 
Non-elderly family 69,400 17,800 79% 86% 26%
Elderly family 18,000 2,800 21% 14% 15%
 
Children 0-17 in families   71,100 24,200 100% 100% 34%
  Aged 0-5 25,200 9,500 35% 39% 38%
Aged 6-17 45,900 14,600 65% 61% 32%
 
All persons   317,400 87,500 100% 100% 28%
  Aged 0-14 61,500 21,900 19% 25% 36%
Aged 15-24 41,300 13,800 13% 16% 33%
Aged 25-34 53,700 13,700 17% 16% 26%
Aged 35-44 49,400 11,400 16% 13% 23%
Aged 45-54 36,600 6,900 12% 8% 19%
Aged 55-64 28,600 6,500 9% 7% 23%
Aged 65-74 28,500 6,900 9% 8% 24%
Aged 75+ 17,800 6,400 6% 7% 36%
 
Females 163,700 48,900 52% 56% 30%
Males 153,800 38,600 48% 44% 25%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   317,400 87,500 100% 100% 28%
  Recent immigrants 13,100 6,900 4% 8% 53%
Visible minorities 35,400 15,800 11% 18% 45%
Aboriginal identity 4,000 2,100 1% 2% 52%
With disabilities 46,200 18,600 15% 21% 40%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   209,700 52,400 100% 100% 25%
  Post-secondary certificate 64,300 10,600 31% 20% 17%
Secondary 53,200 12,600 25% 24% 24%
Less than secondary 92,200 29,100 44% 56% 32%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   209,700 52,400 100% 100% 25%
  Full-time, full year employment 79,200 5,900 38% 11% 7%
Part-time, full year employment 14,100 2,700 7% 5% 19%
Part-time, part year employment 57,600 14,900 27% 28% 26%
No employment in 1995 58,800 28,900 28% 55% 49%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $52,500 $15,000  
Average earnings $49,200 $10,000
Average government transfers $6,000 $8,500
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   6,300  
Average poverty gap $12,000
Average market gap** $17,900
 
* 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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