Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Surrey

Table B4.39

Surrey
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   29,400 12,300 100% 100% 42%
  Non-elderly women 8,600 3,900 29% 31% 45%
Non-elderly men 13,900 5,200 47% 42% 37%
Elderly women 5,100 2,600 17% 21% 50%
Elderly men 1,800 700 6% 6% 39%
 
Economic Families   80,400 15,100 100% 100% 19%
  Couples with no children < 18 33,700 3,400 42% 23% 10%
Couples with children < 18 34,700 5,900 43% 39% 17%
Lone-parent families < 18 7,600 4,700 9% 31% 62%
Other families 4,400 1,000 6% 7% 23%
 
Non-elderly family 67,400 13,400 84% 89% 20%
Elderly family 12,900 1,700 16% 11% 13%
 
Children 0-17 in families   80,400 20,600 100% 100% 26%
  Aged 0-5 28,800 8,600 36% 42% 30%
Aged 6-17 51,600 12,000 64% 58% 23%
 
All persons   301,700 64,500 100% 100% 21%
  Aged 0-14 69,300 18,800 23% 29% 27%
Aged 15-24 40,700 9,800 13% 15% 24%
Aged 25-34 49,700 11,100 16% 17% 22%
Aged 35-44 51,100 9,300 17% 14% 18%
Aged 45-54 37,600 5,300 12% 8% 14%
Aged 55-64 23,500 4,100 8% 6% 18%
Aged 65-74 18,700 3,400 6% 5% 18%
Aged 75+ 11,200 2,700 4% 4% 24%
 
Females 151,200 34,400 50% 53% 23%
Males 150,500 30,000 50% 47% 20%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   301,700 64,500 100% 100% 21%
  Recent immigrants 24,200 10,300 8% 16% 43%
Visible minorities 87,000 25,800 29% 40% 30%
Aboriginal identity 4,900 2,300 2% 4% 48%
With disabilities 29,800 9,400 10% 15% 31%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   202,500 39,700 100% 100% 20%
  Post-secondary certificate 65,100 9,100 32% 23% 14%
Secondary 52,700 9,000 26% 23% 17%
Less than secondary 84,700 21,600 42% 54% 25%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   202,500 39,700 100% 100% 20%
  Full-time, full year employment 77,700 5,100 38% 13% 7%
Part-time, full year employment 11,800 1,400 6% 4% 12%
Part-time, part year employment 66,100 14,000 33% 35% 21%
No employment in 1995 46,900 19,200 23% 48% 41%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $61,400 $15,800  
Average earnings $56,600 $11,300
Average government transfers $5,600 $7,600
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   4,700  
Average poverty gap $12,200
Average market gap** $16,700
 
* 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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