Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Abitibi-Ouest, Municipalité régionale de comté (CD) - Quebec
Data qualityMedian income of households
- In 2015, the median total income of households in Abitibi-Ouest was $57,116, a change of 16.0% from $49,232 in 20051.
Figure 1.1 Distribution of households by household total income, Abitibi-Ouest and higher level geographies, 2015
Number and median total income of households, Abitibi-Ouest and its census subdivisions, 2005 and 2015
Geography | Number of households | Median total income of households | ||||
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2006 | 2016 | % change | 2005 | 2015 | % change | |
Abitibi-Ouest | 8,755 | 9,025 | 3.1 | 49,232 | 57,116 | 16.0 |
La Sarre (Ville) | 3,365 | 3,410 | 1.3 | 48,217 | 52,119 | 8.1 |
Poularies (Municipalité) | ... | 270 | ... | ... | 64,128 | ... |
Authier (Municipalité) | ... | 115 | ... | ... | 51,584 | ... |
La Reine (Municipalité) | ... | 155 | ... | ... | 53,120 | ... |
Clermont (Canton (municipalité de)) | ... | 195 | ... | ... | 72,960 | ... |
Normétal (Municipalité) | ... | 375 | ... | ... | 39,424 | ... |
Clerval (Municipalité) | ... | 175 | ... | ... | 57,472 | ... |
Dupuy (Municipalité) | ... | 395 | ... | ... | 67,277 | ... |
Taschereau (Municipalité) | ... | 425 | ... | ... | 50,304 | ... |
Authier-Nord (Municipalité) | ... | 120 | ... | ... | 61,568 | ... |
Rapide-Danseur (Municipalité) | ... | 145 | ... | ... | 69,888 | ... |
Sainte-Hélène-de-Mancebourg (Paroisse (municipalité de)) | ... | 155 | ... | ... | 67,584 | ... |
Roquemaure (Municipalité) | ... | 175 | ... | ... | 51,776 | ... |
Gallichan (Municipalité) | ... | 205 | ... | ... | 59,200 | ... |
Sainte-Germaine-Boulé (Municipalité) | ... | 410 | ... | ... | 67,072 | ... |
Duparquet (Ville) | ... | 325 | ... | ... | 62,464 | ... |
Chazel (Municipalité) | ... | 125 | ... | ... | 65,280 | ... |
Palmarolle (Municipalité) | ... | 575 | ... | ... | 68,992 | ... |
Macamic (Ville) | ... | 1,090 | ... | ... | 62,763 | ... |
Figure 1.2 Median total income of households by household type, Abitibi-Ouest, 2005 and 2015
Low income
- In 2015, 3,045 persons or 15.2% were in low income, while in 2005, 17.5% of the persons in Abitibi-Ouest lived in low income2.
- The low-income rate for persons under 18 years of age was 12.6% compared to 13.0% for persons aged 18 to 64 and 25.7% for persons 65 and over in 2015.
- Persons living in lone-parent families had a higher rate of low income at 33.6%, while those living in couple families without children had a lower rate of 9.8%.
Figure 1.3 Percentage of persons in low income by five-year age groups, Abitibi-Ouest, 2015
Figure 1.4 Percentage of persons in low income, Canada, Quebec, Abitibi-Ouest and its census subdivisions, 2015
Figure 1.5 Percentage of persons in low income by census family type, #qCD.OFFNAME# and higher level geographies, 2015
Savings
- In 2015, 59.7% of households in Abitibi-Ouest contributed to Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Pension Plans (RPPs), or Tax-free Savings Accounts (TFSAs). In Quebec, 63.7% of households contributed to an account while 65.2% of households contributed nationally.
Percentage of households contributing to RRSPs, RPPs or TFSAs, RRSPs, RPPs and TFSAs, Abitibi-Ouest, 2015
Median contribution amount
$ 6,240
$ 3,653
$ 2,715
$ 6,379
Income of couples
- In 27.4% of couples in Abitibi-Ouest, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 62.1% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 10.7% of couples.
- For Canada overall, each partner had fairly equal incomes in 32.0% of couples with men having the higher income in 50.7% of couples and women having higher income in 17.3% of couples.
Figure 1.7 Characteristics of couples' total income, Abitibi-Ouest and its census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2015
- In 2015, the median total income of couples in Abitibi-Ouest was $78,438.
- The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $53,039 and the median income of lower-income partners was $21,323.
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Source:
Statistics Canada. 2017. Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-404-X2016001. Ottawa, Ontario. Data products, 2016 Census.
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