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This Profile is organized into the following sections:
This neighbourhood covers a small section of the old City of Dundas, east of the border created by Sydenham Road to Hatt Street to Main Street as far as Spencer Creek and west of East Street. This neighbourhood also includes the north eastern section of the old City of Flamborough east of Highway 6 and the section east of Middletown Road and south of Highway 5, Moxley Road, and Concession Road 4. Some of the smaller villages included are Mountsberg, Carlisle, Waterdown and Greensville. This neighbourhood is defined by census tracts 132, 140.01, 140.02, 141 and 144.
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Population In 2001 Beverly Hills 3 had a total population of 29,232 people, an increase of 14.2% since 1996. In 2001 the neighbourhood’s population was composed of 49.4% males and 50.6% females. Beverly Hills 3 had proportionally more children under 15 years of age and adults ages 30 to 49 with fewer young adults aged 20 to 29 than Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 1a). The proportion of individuals 65 years of age and over was slightly lower than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 1b). A full population pyramid by age and sex for Beverly Hills 3 is shown in Figure 1c. Marital Status and Families In 2001 more people aged 15 years and over were married in Beverly Hills 3 (62.3%) than in Hamilton (51.7%) and Ontario (53.4%) (Figure 2a). There were fewer lone parent families in Beverly Hills 3 (9.3%) than in Hamilton (16.6%) and Ontario (15.2%). Fewer seniors aged 65 years and over lived alone (25.0%) than in Hamilton (28.9%) and Ontario (26.8%). Beverly Hills 3 had bigger households than Hamilton and Ontario with 33.4% having four or more people and only 17.7% having just one person (Figure 2b). Households and Dwellings There were more owned and fewer rented dwellings in Beverly Hills 3 than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 3a). Beverly Hills 3 had dwellings of all ages with 29.7% built prior to 1961 and 15.5% built between 1996 and 2001. There were more single-detached houses and fewer apartments and row houses in Beverly Hills 3 than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 3b). Education The level of education in Beverly Hills 3 was higher than in Hamilton and Ontario. Less-than-grade-9 was the highest level of education for only 3.9% of the population 20 years and older, compared to 10.3% in Hamilton and 8.7% in Ontario (Figure 4a). The proportion of people aged 15 to 24 years in Beverly Hills 3 who were not attending school was 37.1% - slightly lower than in Hamilton (38.1%) and slightly higher than in Ontario (35.1%). Employment and Income In Beverly Hills 3 the proportion of people aged 15 and over who were in the labour force (working or available to work) was higher (73.4%) than in Hamilton (63.7%) and Ontario (67.3%). In 2001 Beverly Hills 3 had a much lower unemployment rate (2.8%) than Hamilton (6.4%) and Ontario (6.1%). The top 4 male and female occupations are listed in Table 1. The proportion of people with low income was much lower in Beverly Hills 3 (6.1%) than in Hamilton (19.8%) and Ontario (14.4%) (Figure 5a). Most areas of Hamilton, including Beverly Hills 3, experienced a decrease in low income since 1996. The average household income in Beverly Hills 3 was $83,300 in 2000, much higher than in Hamilton ($57,700) and Ontario ($66,800). In Beverly Hills 3, 83.2% of income came from employment while 6.4% came from government transfers. The proportions of income from employment and government transfers were 77.1% and 12.1%, respectively, for Hamilton and 78.7% and 9.8%, respectively, for Ontario. Unpaid Work Compared to Hamilton and Ontario, more people aged 15 years and over in Beverly Hills 3 provided unpaid childcare (Figure 6a). A greater proportion of people provided care or assistance to seniors compared to Hamilton and Ontario. Immigration and Language In Beverly Hills 3, 2.4% of people had a citizenship other than Canadian, compared with 6.0% in Hamilton and 7.6% in Ontario. Immigrants made up 15.2% of residents in Beverly Hills 3, with 35.9% of immigrants born in the United Kingdom, the most common place of birth outside Canada. In Hamilton and Ontario 24.7% and 26.8% of residents were immigrants, with the United Kingdom again being the most common place of birth outside Canada. 1.0% of people in Beverly Hills 3 spoke a home language other than English or French, which was much lower than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 7a). French (0.2%) was the most common home language other than English in Beverly Hills 3. Only 0.4% of the residents could not conduct a conversation in an official language (English or French) compared to 1.8% in Hamilton and 2.1% in Ontario. Disability In 2001 9.5% of people in Beverly Hills 3 reported difficulties hearing, seeing, communicating, walking, climbing stairs, bending, learning or doing similar activities. 10.8% of people reported that a physical condition, mental condition or health problem reduced the amount or kind of activity they could do. The percentage reporting one or both of the above disabilities was 12.8%. These rates were lower than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 8a). Hospital Admissions and Emergency Room Visits In 2001 and 2002, Beverly Hills 3 residents were admitted to hospital at a rate of 84.8 per 1,000 population, lower than in Hamilton as a whole (93.3) (Table 2). Beverly Hills 3 had lower rates than Hamilton for most disease groupings, except for a higher rate of admission for osteoarthrosis and allied disorders. The rate of emergency room visits was lower in Beverly Hills 3 than in Hamilton and Beverly Hills 3 residents had a lower rate of expected acute home care days per 1,000 population than residents of Hamilton as a whole. Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) Services In the fiscal year 2003-2004, the number of CCAC clients per 1,000 population in Beverly Hills 3 was 29.8, lower than in Hamilton as a whole (34.7) (Table 3). When standardized by age and sex to the Hamilton population, the rate for Beverly Hills 3 became 34.7, equal to the Hamilton rate. Most services were used at a lower rate in Beverly Hills 3 than in Hamilton, even when standardized, except for Speech and Physiotherapy, which were used at higher rates. Family Physicians Practicing in Beverly Hills 3, September 2004
For a full list of family physicians practicing in Hamilton click here for an Excel file or click here for a PDF file. Compared to Hamilton and Ontario, in 2001 Beverly Hills 3 had
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