Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

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Highlands, District municipality (CSD) - British Columbia

Data quality

Data quality note(s): Highlands, District municipality (CSD) - British Columbia

  • Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 7.1%
  • 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, Highlands and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2005 and 2015

Geography Number of households Median total income of households
2006 2016 % change 2005 2015 % change
Saanich (District municipality) 44,575 46,655 4.7 70,631 77,282 9.4
Langford (City) 8,680 14,180 63.4 76,007 80,331 5.7
View Royal (Town) 3,340 4,155 24.4 79,534 83,994 5.6
Highlands (District municipality) ... 830 ... ... 103,509 ...
Juan de Fuca (Part 1) (Regional district electoral area) ... 1,995 ... ... 76,288 ...

Low income

  • In 2015, 125 persons or 5.6% of the persons in Highlands lived in low income2.

Savings

  • In 2015, 73.5% of households in Highlands contributed to Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Pension Plans (RPPs), or Tax-free Savings Accounts (TFSAs). In British Columbia, 64.2% 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, Highlands, 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

$ 10,288

$ 4,824

$ 5,264

$ 9,991

Income of couples

  • In 31.3% of couples in Highlands, each partner had fairly equal incomes3 in 2015 while men had higher income in 48.4% of couples and women had higher income in the remaining 20.3% 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, Highlands and its neighbouring census subdivisions, 2015

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

  • In 2015, the median total income of couples in Highlands was $107,264 compared to $87,688 for all couples in Canada.
  • The median income of higher-income partners in 2015 was $74,854 and the median income of lower-income partners was $34,176.

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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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