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This Profile is organized into the following sections:
This neighbourhood is a section of the east Hamilton mountain. It includes the smaller Hamilton City Planning and Development Department neighbourhoods of Inch Park, Hill Park, Eastmount, Burkholme, Raleigh, Sunninghill and Sherwood. Centremount 10 is defined by census tracts 9, 10 and 20-24. The border of this neighbourhood follows Upper Wellington Street south from the escarpment to Mohawk Road, east to Upper Sherman Avenue, north to Fennell Avenue and east back to the escarpment.
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Population In 2001 Centremount 10 had a total population of 25,733 people, which was an increase of 0.9% since 1996. In 2001 the neighbourhood’s population was composed of 47.7% males and 52.3% females. Centremount 10 had a fairly similar age distribution to Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 1a), except for a higher proportion of individuals aged 65 to 84 years (Figure 1b). A full population pyramid by age and sex for Centremount 10 is shown in Figure 1c. Marital Status and Families In 2001 Centremount 10 had a similar marital status distribution to Hamilton and Ontario; 51.2% of the Centremount 10 population aged 15 years and over were married (Figure 2a). The percentage of lone parent families in Centremount 10 (16.0%) was similar to Hamilton (16.6%) and Ontario (15.2%). Slightly more seniors aged 65 years and over lived alone in Centremount 10 (30.4%) than in Hamilton (29.2%) and Ontario (28.9%). Centremount 10 had more households with 1 (30.2%) or 2 (33.9%) members and fewer households with 4 or more members (21.2%) than Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 2b). Households and Dwellings There were more owned and fewer rented private dwellings in Centremount 10 than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 3a). More dwellings in Centremount 10 (55.0%) were built between 1946 and 1960 compared to Hamilton (21.9%) and Ontario (16.4%). There were more single-detached houses in Centremount 10 than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 3b). Education The level of education in Centremount 10 was slightly lower than in Hamilton and Ontario. Less-than-grade-9 was the highest level of education for 11.5% 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 Centremount 10 who were not attending school was 46.6%, much higher than in Hamilton (38.1%) and Ontario (35.1%). Employment and Income In Centremount 10 a lower proportion of people aged 15 and over (59.7%) were in the labour force (working or available to work) than in Hamilton (63.7%) and Ontario (67.3%). In 2001 Centremount 10 had a slightly higher unemployment rate (6.6%) 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 lower in Centremount 10 (16.9%) than in Hamilton (19.8%) but higher than in Ontario (14.4%) (Figure 5a). Most areas of Hamilton, including Centremount 10, experienced a decrease in low income since 1996. The average household income in Centremount 10 was $50,600 in 2000, lower than Hamilton ($57,700) and Ontario ($66,800). In Centremount 10, 71.5% of income came from employment while 15.8% 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, fewer people aged 15 years and over in Centremount 10 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 Centremount 10, 4.0% of people had a citizenship other than Canadian, compared with 6.0% in Hamilton and 7.6% in Ontario. Immigrants made up 19.8% of residents in Centremount 10 with 23.5% 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 being the most common place of birth outside Canada. 4.0% of people in Centremount 10 spoke a home language other than English or French, which was lower than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 7a). Italian (0.7%) was the most common home language other than English in Centremount 10. 1.1% of 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 19.1% of people in Centremount 10 reported difficulties hearing, seeing, communicating, walking, climbing stairs, bending, learning or doing similar activities. 20.4% 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 23.8%. These rates were higher than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 8a). Hospital Admissions and Emergency Room Visits In 2001 and 2002, Centremount 10 residents were admitted to hospital at a rate of 104 per 1,000 population, which was higher than in Hamilton as a whole (93.3) (Table 2). Compared to Hamilton as a whole, Centremount 10 had higher rates of admissions for all disease groupings except mental disorders, with an especially high rate of circulatory disorders admissions. The rates of emergency room visits and admissions were lower in Centremount 10 than in Hamilton. Centremount 10 residents had a higher 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 Centremount 10 was 37.3, higher than in Hamilton as a whole (34.7) (Table 3). When standardized by age and sex to the Hamilton population, the rate for Centremount 10 fell to 32.8 per 1,000, lower than the Hamilton rate. The use of individual CCAC services per 1,000 population, when standardized, was lower in Centremount 10 than in the entire City of Hamilton, except for Nursing Visits, Shift Nursing Hours and Social Work Visits which were used at higher rates. Family Physicians Practicing in Centremount 10, 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 Centremount 10 had
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