Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census
Saint-Philippe, Municipalité (CSD) - Quebec
Data qualityMedian income of households
- In 2015, the median total income of households in Saint-Philippe was $79,842, a change of 12.8% from $70,791 in 20051.
Figure 1.1 Distribution of households by household total income, Saint-Philippe and higher level geographies, 2015
Number and median total income of households, Saint-Philippe 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 | |
Saint-Philippe (Municipalité) | 1,925 | 2,490 | 29.4 | 70,791 | 79,842 | 12.8 |
La Prairie (Ville) | 8,560 | 9,695 | 13.3 | 76,634 | 79,881 | 4.2 |
Candiac (Ville) | 5,965 | 7,830 | 31.3 | 94,013 | 101,205 | 7.7 |
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Ville) | 36,720 | 40,840 | 11.2 | 57,518 | 61,904 | 7.6 |
Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur (Municipalité) | ... | 640 | ... | ... | 64,960 | ... |
Saint-Édouard (Municipalité) | ... | 510 | ... | ... | 70,315 | ... |
Saint-Mathieu (Municipalité) | ... | 860 | ... | ... | 70,144 | ... |
Figure 1.2 Median total income of households by household type, Saint-Philippe, 2005 and 2015
Low income
- In 2015, 395 persons or 6.3% were in low income, while in 2005, 6.2% of the persons in Saint-Philippe lived in low income2.
- The low-income rate for persons under 18 years of age was 5.5% compared to 5.0% for persons aged 18 to 64 and 14.6% for persons 65 and over in 2015.
- Persons living in lone-parent families had a higher rate of low income at 15.4%, while those living in couple families without children had a lower rate of 3.9%.
Figure 1.3 Percentage of persons in low income by five-year age groups, Saint-Philippe, 2015
Figure 1.4 Percentage of persons in low income, Canada, Quebec, Saint-Philippe 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, 75.5% of households in Saint-Philippe 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, Saint-Philippe, 2015
Median contribution amount
$ 6,544
$ 3,253
$ 3,326
$ 5,192
Income of couples
- In 38.4% of couples in Saint-Philippe, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 48.0% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 13.2% 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, Saint-Philippe and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015
- In 2015, the median total income of couples in Saint-Philippe was $90,514 compared to $87,688 for all couples in Canada.
- The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $58,080 and the median income of lower-income partners was $31,637.
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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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