| Vancouver | ||||||
| Total | Poor | Distribution of total | Distribution of poor | Poverty rate | ||
| Unattached Individuals | 132,600 | 62,300 | 100% | 100% | 47% | |
| Non-elderly women | 48,500 | 21,400 | 37% | 34% | 44% | |
| Non-elderly men | 61,800 | 28,600 | 47% | 46% | 46% | |
| Elderly women | 15,400 | 8,700 | 12% | 14% | 56% | |
| Elderly men | 6,900 | 3,600 | 5% | 6% | 53% | |
| Economic Families | 117,100 | 28,800 | 100% | 100% | 25% | |
| Couples with no children < 18 | 56,300 | 9,200 | 48% | 32% | 16% | |
| Couples with children < 18 | 38,300 | 10,100 | 33% | 35% | 26% | |
| Lone-parent families < 18 | 10,600 | 6,400 | 9% | 22% | 60% | |
| Other families | 11,900 | 3,100 | 10% | 11% | 26% | |
| Non-elderly family | 93,900 | 24,400 | 80% | 85% | 26% | |
| Elderly family | 23,100 | 4,400 | 20% | 15% | 19% | |
| Children 0-17 in families | 84,600 | 29,800 | 100% | 100% | 35% | |
| Aged 0-5 | 28,100 | 9,800 | 33% | 33% | 35% | |
| Aged 6-17 | 56,500 | 20,000 | 67% | 67% | 35% | |
| All persons | 506,200 | 156,800 | 100% | 100% | 31% | |
| Aged 0-14 | 70,800 | 25,500 | 14% | 16% | 36% | |
| Aged 15-24 | 68,100 | 27,800 | 13% | 18% | 41% | |
| Aged 25-34 | 109,000 | 31,000 | 22% | 20% | 28% | |
| Aged 35-44 | 88,200 | 25,500 | 17% | 16% | 29% | |
| Aged 45-54 | 65,500 | 16,500 | 13% | 11% | 25% | |
| Aged 55-64 | 42,900 | 10,800 | 8% | 7% | 25% | |
| Aged 65-74 | 35,100 | 10,300 | 7% | 7% | 29% | |
| Aged 75+ | 26,500 | 9,400 | 5% | 6% | 35% | |
| Females | 256,700 | 80,300 | 51% | 51% | 31% | |
| Males | 249,500 | 76,500 | 49% | 49% | 31% | |
| Population groups (all persons)* | 506,200 | 156,800 | 100% | 100% | 31% | |
| Recent immigrants | 67,900 | 35,700 | 13% | 23% | 53% | |
| Visible minorities | 227,000 | 79,200 | 45% | 51% | 35% | |
| Aboriginal identity | 10,300 | 6,800 | 2% | 4% | 66% | |
| With disabilities | 52,600 | 24,100 | 10% | 15% | 46% | |
| Education level (aged 15-64) | 373,700 | 111,600 | 100% | 100% | 30% | |
| Post-secondary certificate | 168,200 | 37,400 | 45% | 34% | 22% | |
| Secondary | 87,200 | 28,500 | 23% | 25% | 33% | |
| Less than secondary | 118,300 | 45,700 | 32% | 41% | 39% | |
| Employment activity (aged 15-64) | 373,700 | 111,600 | 100% | 100% | 30% | |
| Full-time, full year employment | 133,600 | 13,400 | 36% | 12% | 10% | |
| Part-time, full year employment | 17,700 | 4,700 | 5% | 4% | 27% | |
| Part-time, part year employment | 128,900 | 41,300 | 35% | 37% | 32% | |
| No employment in 1995 | 93,500 | 52,300 | 25% | 47% | 56% | |
| Sources of income (non-elderly economic families) | ||||||
| Average total income | $61,900 | $14,600 | ||||
| Average earnings | $54,100 | $11,200 | ||||
| Average government transfers | $4,900 | $5,900 | ||||
| Income deficiency (non-elderly economic families) | ||||||
| Number with incomes < .5 of LICO | 10,100 | |||||
| Average poverty gap | $13,100 | |||||
| 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. | ||||||