Urban Poverty in Canada

Statistical Profile: Richmond

Table B4.40

Richmond
    Total Poor Distribution of total Distribution of poor Poverty rate
Unattached Individuals   14,700 5,500 100% 100% 37%
  Non-elderly women 5,200 1,800 35% 33% 35%
Non-elderly men 5,500 1,600 38% 29% 29%
Elderly women 3,000 1,700 20% 31% 57%
Elderly men 900 300 6% 6% 36%
 
Economic Families   39,600 9,100 100% 100% 23%
  Couples with no children < 18 17,300 2,700 44% 30% 16%
Couples with children < 18 16,900 4,400 43% 48% 26%
Lone-parent families < 18 2,600 1,200 7% 13% 46%
Other families 2,800 700 7% 8% 26%
 
Non-elderly family 32,900 7,700 83% 86% 24%
Elderly family 6,700 1,300 17% 14% 20%
 
Children 0-17 in families   34,000 10,200 100% 100% 30%
  Aged 0-5 9,900 3,100 29% 30% 31%
Aged 6-17 24,100 7,200 71% 70% 30%
 
All persons   148,000 38,400 100% 100% 26%
  Aged 0-14 27,800 8,500 19% 22% 31%
Aged 15-24 21,300 6,400 14% 17% 30%
Aged 25-34 22,000 5,400 15% 14% 24%
Aged 35-44 26,600 6,900 18% 18% 26%
Aged 45-54 22,200 4,300 15% 11% 19%
Aged 55-64 12,400 2,700 8% 7% 22%
Aged 65-74 9,500 2,500 6% 6% 26%
Aged 75+ 6,200 1,800 4% 5% 29%
 
Females 75,900 20,500 51% 53% 27%
Males 72,100 17,900 49% 47% 25%
 
Population groups (all persons)*   148,000 38,400 100% 100% 26%
  Recent immigrants 30,600 18,000 21% 47% 59%
Visible minorities 73,000 27,500 49% 71% 38%
Aboriginal identity 1,100 400 1% 1% 33%
With disabilities 11,100 3,500 7% 9% 31%
 
Education level (aged 15-64)   104,400 25,600 100% 100% 25%
  Post-secondary certificate 42,400 8,200 41% 32% 19%
Secondary 27,300 7,300 26% 29% 27%
Less than secondary 34,700 10,100 33% 39% 29%
 
Employment activity (aged 15-64)   104,400 25,600 100% 100% 25%
  Full-time, full year employment 39,200 3,000 38% 12% 8%
Part-time, full year employment 5,600 700 5% 3% 13%
Part-time, part year employment 32,200 8,200 31% 32% 26%
No employment in 1995 27,400 13,600 26% 53% 50%
 
Sources of income (non-elderly economic families)            
  Average total income $60,600 $14,900  
Average earnings $55,600 $12,000
Average government transfers $4,000 $4,400
 
Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families)            
  Number with incomes < .5 of LICO   3,500  
Average poverty gap $14,600
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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