Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, Township (CSD) - Ontario
Data qualityMedian income of households
- In 2015, the median total income of households in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh was $70,496, a change of 18.3% from $59,566 in 20051.
Figure 1.1 Distribution of households by household total income, Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh and higher level geographies, 2015
Number and median total income of households, Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2005 and 2015
Geography | Number of households | Median total income of households | ||||
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2006 | 2016 | % change | 2005 | 2015 | % change | |
Central Huron (Municipality) | 2,965 | 3,130 | 5.6 | 64,222 | 67,093 | 4.5 |
Goderich (Town) | 3,255 | 3,480 | 6.9 | 57,886 | 60,103 | 3.8 |
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh (Township) | 1,960 | 2,105 | 7.4 | 59,566 | 70,496 | 18.3 |
Huron-Kinloss (Township) | 2,465 | 2,780 | 12.8 | 69,233 | 75,456 | 9.0 |
North Huron (Township) | ... | 2,085 | ... | ... | 62,432 | ... |
Figure 1.2 Median total income of households by household type, Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, 2005 and 2015
Low income
- In 2015, 855 persons or 15.8% were in low income, while in 2005, 14.5% of the persons in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh lived in low income2.
- The low-income rate for persons under 18 years of age was 29.6% compared to 13.4% for persons aged 18 to 64 and 9.8% for persons 65 and over in 2015.
- Persons living in lone-parent families had a higher rate of low income at 20.0%, while those living in couple families without children had a lower rate of 6.4%.
Figure 1.3 Percentage of persons in low income by five-year age groups, Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, 2015
Figure 1.4 Percentage of persons in low income, Canada, Ontario, Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015
Figure 1.5 Percentage of persons in low income by census family type, #qCSD.OFFNAME# and higher level geographies, 2015
Savings
- In 2015, 65.1% of households in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh contributed to Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Pension Plans (RPPs), or Tax-free Savings Accounts (TFSAs). In Ontario, 67.2% 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, Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, 2015
Median contribution amount
$ 9,326
$ 3,602
$ 4,768
$ 9,248
Income of couples
- In 32.6% of couples in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 52.2% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 15.3% 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, Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015
- In 2015, the median total income of couples in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh was $78,791 compared to $87,688 for all couples in Canada.
- The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $52,651 and the median income of lower-income partners was $23,040.
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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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