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Woodlands County, Municipal district (CSD) - Alberta

Data quality

Data quality note(s): Woodlands County, Municipal district (CSD) - Alberta

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 7.2%
  • 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 Canada was $70,336.

Number and median total income of households, Woodlands County and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2005 and 2015

Geography Number of households Median total income of households
2006 2016 % change 2005 2015 % change
Greenview No. 16 (Municipal district) 1,930 2,065 7.0 75,971 88,613 16.6
Lac Ste. Anne County (Municipal district) 3,840 4,345 13.2 65,850 83,735 27.2
Barrhead County No. 11 (Municipal district) 2,090 2,295 9.8 62,018 80,768 30.2
Westlock County (Municipal district) 2,405 2,670 11.0 60,831 79,206 30.2
Whitecourt (Town) 3,285 3,745 14.0 92,852 105,452 13.6
Yellowhead County (Municipal district) 3,800 4,310 13.4 75,910 92,544 21.9
Big Lakes County (Municipal district) 2,065 2,100 1.7 60,330 69,935 15.9
Woodlands County (Municipal district) ... 1,810 ... ... 107,418 ...
Lesser Slave River No.124 (Municipal district) ... 1,090 ... ... 91,989 ...

Low income

  • In 2015, 410 persons or 8.6% of the persons in Woodlands County lived in low income2.

Savings

  • In 2015, 62.4% of households in Woodlands County contributed to Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Pension Plans (RPPs), or Tax-free Savings Accounts (TFSAs). In Alberta, 68.4% 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, Woodlands County, 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

$ 8,124

$ 5,056

$ 3,904

$ 5,481

Income of couples

  • In 30.3% of couples in Woodlands County, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 57.2% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 12.2% 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, Woodlands County and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015

Figure 1.7 description Long description for Figure 1.7 Characteristics of couples' total income, Woodlands County and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015

  • In 2015, the median total income of couples in Woodlands County was $116,480 compared to $87,688 for all couples in Canada.
  • The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $82,656 and the median income of lower-income partners was $29,280.

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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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