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Lac-Beauport, Municipalité (CSD) - Quebec

Data quality

Data quality note(s): Lac-Beauport, Municipalité (CSD) - Quebec

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 3.2%

Median income of households

  • In 2015, the median total income of households in Lac-Beauport was $116,832, a change of 12.2% from $104,118 in 20051.

Figure 1.1 Distribution of households by household total income, Lac-Beauport and higher level geographies, 2015

Figure 1.1 description Long description for Figure 1.1 Distribution of households by household total income, Lac-Beauport and higher level geographies, 2015

Number and median total income of households, Lac-Beauport and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2005 and 2015

Geography Number of households Median total income of households
2006 2016 % change 2005 2015 % change
Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury (Cantons unis (municipalité de)) 2,385 3,255 36.5 67,942 85,946 26.5
Lac-Beauport (Municipalité) 2,200 2,845 29.3 104,118 116,832 12.2
Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval (Ville) 1,495 2,815 88.3 65,947 84,559 28.2
Québec (Ville) 228,095 252,040 10.5 54,137 59,881 10.6

Figure 1.2 Median total income of households by household type, Lac-Beauport, 2005 and 2015

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Median total income of households by household type, Lac-Beauport, 2005 and 2015

Low income

  • In 2015, 285 persons or 3.7% were in low income, while in 2005, 3.7% of the persons in Lac-Beauport lived in low income2.
  • The low-income rate for persons under 18 years of age was 3.1% compared to 3.6% for persons aged 18 to 64 and 7.0% for persons 65 and over in 2015.
  • Persons living in lone-parent families had a higher rate of low income at 14.2%, while those living in couple families without children had a lower rate of 1.7%.

Figure 1.3 Percentage of persons in low income by five-year age groups, Lac-Beauport, 2015

Figure 1.3 description Long description for FigureFigure 1.3 Percentage of persons in low income by five-year age groups, Lac-Beauport, 2015

Figure 1.4 Percentage of persons in low income, Canada, Quebec, Lac-Beauport and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015

Figure 1.4 description Long description for Figure 1.4 Percentage of persons in low income, Canada, Quebec, Lac-Beauport 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

Figure 1.5 description Long description for Figure 1.5 Percentage of persons in low income by census family type, Lac-Beauport and higher level geographies, 2015

Savings

  • In 2015, 82.2% of households in Lac-Beauport 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, Lac-Beauport, 2015

Figure 1.6 description Long description for Figure 1.6 Percentage of households contributing to RRSPs, RPPs or TFSAs, RRSPs, RPPs and TFSAs

Median contribution amount

$ 12,523

$ 5,456

$ 6,124

$ 9,990

Income of couples

  • In 38.9% of couples in Lac-Beauport, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 45.6% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 15.5% 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, Lac-Beauport and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015

Figure 1.7 description Long description for Figure 1.7 Characteristics of couples' total income, Lac-Beauport and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015

  • In 2015, the median total income of couples in Lac-Beauport was $132,486 compared to $87,688 for all couples in Canada.
  • The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $83,115 and the median income of lower-income partners was $45,312.

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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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