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This Profile is organized into the following sections:
This neighbourhood covers much of the old City of Dundas, west of the border created by Sydenham Road to Hatt Street to Main Street as far as Spencer Creek and east of East Street. This neighbourhood also includes the western section of the old City of Flamborough west of Highway 6. Some of the smaller villages included are Freelton, Strabane, Millgrove, Valens, Kirkwall, Westover, Sheffield, Rockton, Troy, Lynden, Copetown and Jerseyville (north of Jerseyville Road). This neighbourhood is defined by census tracts 121, 122.01, 122.02, 130.02, 130.03, 131, 133, 142.01, 142.02 and 143.
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Population In 2001 Beverly Hills 4 had a total population of 43,991 people, an increase of 7.0% since 1996. In 2001 the neighbourhood’s population was composed of 49.2% males and 50.8% females. Beverly Hills 4 had proportionally more children aged 5 to 19 years and adults aged 40 to 64 years with fewer adults aged 20 to 39 than Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 1a). The proportion of individuals 65 years of age and over was similar to Hamilton and Ontario, with a slightly higher proportion of individuals 85 years of age and over (Figure 1b). A full population pyramid by age and sex for Beverly Hills 4 is shown in Figure 1c. Marital Status and Families In 2001 more people aged 15 and over were married in Beverly Hills 4 (59.9%) than in Hamilton (51.7%) and Ontario (53.4%) (Figure 2a). There were fewer lone parent families in Beverly Hills 4 (10.8%) than in Hamilton (16.6%) and Ontario (15.2%). Fewer seniors aged 65 years and over lived alone (20.6%) than in Hamilton (28.9%) and Ontario (26.8%). Beverly Hills 4 had bigger households than Hamilton and Ontario with 32.9% having four or more people and only 16.6% having just one person (Figure 2b). Households and Dwellings There were more owned and fewer rented dwellings in Beverly Hills 4 than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 3a). Beverly Hills 4 has dwellings of all ages with 35.6% built before 1961 and 19.9% built between 1981 and 1990. There were more single detached dwellings and fewer apartment buildings in Beverly Hills 4 than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 3b). Education The level of education in Beverly Hills 4 was higher than in Hamilton and Ontario. Less-than-grade-9 was the highest level of education for only 4.0% of the population 20 years and older compared to 10.3% in Hamilton and 8.7% in Ontario (Figure 4a). In addition, 33.5% had a least some university education which was much higher than in Hamilton and Ontario. The proportion of people aged 15 to 24 years in Beverly Hills 4 who were not attending school was 28.8% - lower than in Hamilton (38.1%) and Ontario (35.1%). Employment and Income In Beverly Hills 4 a higher proportion of people aged 15 and over (69.5%) were in the labour force (working or available to work) than in Hamilton (63.7%) and Ontario (67.3%). In 2001 Beverly Hills 4 had a lower unemployment rate (4.0%) than Hamilton (6.4%) and Ontario (6.1%). The top 4 male and female occupations are listed in Table 1. The prevalence of low income for all persons in private households was much lower in Beverly Hills 4 (6.8%) than in Hamilton (19.8%) and Ontario (14.4%) (Figure 5a). Most areas of Hamilton, including Beverly Hills 4, experienced a decrease in low income since 1996. The average household income in Beverly Hills 4 was $82,900 in 2000, much higher than Hamilton ($57,700) and Ontario ($66,800). In Beverly Hills 4, 79.9% of income came from employment while 7.2% 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 4 provided unpaid childcare (Figure 6a). A higher proportion of people provided care or assistance to seniors compared to Hamilton and Ontario. Immigration and Language In Beverly Hills 4, 3.1% of people had a citizenship other than Canadian, compared with 6.0% in Hamilton and 7.6% in Ontario. Immigrants made up 17.1% of residents in Beverly Hills 4 with 30.2% of immigrants born in the United Kingdom, the most common place of birth outside of Canada. In Hamilton and Ontario, 26.3% and 26.9% of residents were immigrants with the United Kingdom being the most common place of birth. 1.1% of people in Beverly Hills 4 spoke a home language other than English or French, which was much lower than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 7a). French (0.3%) was the most common home language other than English in Beverly Hills 4. 0.3% 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 11.2% of people in Beverly Hills 4 reported difficulties hearing, seeing, communicating, walking, climbing stairs, bending, learning or doing similar activities. 12.6% 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 14.7%. These rates were lower than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 8a). Hospital Admissions and Emergency Room Visits In 2001 and 2002, Beverly Hills 4 residents were admitted to hospital at a rate of 76.6 per 1,000 population, lower than in Hamilton as a whole (93.3) (Table 2). Beverly Hills 4 had lower rates than Hamilton for all disease groupings except for an equal rate of pneumonia and a higher rate of osteoarthosis and allied disorders. The rates of emergency room visits and admissions were lower in Beverly Hills 4 than in Hamilton and Ontario. Beverly Hills 4 had a lower rate of expected acute home care days per 1,000 population. Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) Services In the fiscal year 2003-2004, the number of CCAC clients per 1,000 residents in Beverly Hills 4 was 32.1, similar to Hamilton as a whole (34.7) (Table 3). When standardized by age and sex to the Hamilton population, the rate for Beverly Hills 4 dropped to 30.8 per 1,000. Even with slightly fewer clients per 1,000 residents, there were higher rates of Nutrition, Speech, and Physiotherapy visits in Beverly Hills 4 than in Hamilton as a whole. Family Physicians Practicing in Beverly Hills 4, 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 4 had
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