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Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, Township (CSD) - Ontario

Data quality

Data quality note(s): Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, Township (CSD) - Ontario

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 6.8%
  • Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate higher than or equal to 10%, but lower than 20%.

Median 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

Figure 1.1 description Long description for 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
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

Figure 1.2 description Long description for 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 1.3 description Long description for FigureFigure 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 1.4 description Long description for 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

Figure 1.5 description Long description for Figure 1.5 Percentage of persons in low income by census family type, Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh 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

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

$ 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

Figure 1.7 description Long description for 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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