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This Profile is organized into the following sections:
This neighbourhood is a section of the west Hamilton mountain. It includes the smaller Hamilton City Planning and Development Department neighbourhoods of Westcliffe East, Gilbert, Mohawk, Buchanan, Rolston, Southham, Bonnington, Yeoville, Centremount, Balfour, Greeningdon and Bruleville. Centremount 9 is defined by census tracts 3.03, 3.04, 4.01, 4.02, 11-14, 18 and 19. The border of this neighbourhood follows Upper Paradise Road south from the escarpment to the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway, east to Upper Wentworth Street, north to Mohawk Road, west to Upper Wellington Street and north back to the escarpment.
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Population In 2001 Centremount 9 had a total population of 30,348 people, which was a decrease of 1.1% since 1996. In 2001 the neighbourhood’s population was composed of 48.0% males and 52.0% females. Centremount 9 had a fairly similar age distribution to Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 1a), except for a higher proportion of individuals aged 60 to 84 years (Figure 1b). A full population pyramid by age and sex for Centremount 9 is shown in Figure 1c. Marital Status and Families In 2001 54.4% of the Centremount 9 population aged 15 years and over were married compared to 51.7% in Hamilton and 53.4% in Ontario (Figure 2a). The percentage of lone parent families in Centremount 9 (17.7%) was slightly higher than in Hamilton (16.6%) and Ontario (15.2%). Fewer seniors aged 65 years and over lived alone in Centremount 9 (21.5%) compared to Hamilton (28.9%) and Ontario (26.8%). Centremount 9 had more households with 2 members (36.2%) than Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 2b). Households and Dwellings There were more owned and fewer rented private dwellings in Centremount 9 than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 3a). Many more dwellings in Centremount 9 (65.0%) were built between 1946 and 1970 compared to Hamilton (39.5%) and Ontario (32.5%). There were more single-detached houses in Centremount 9 than in Hamilton and Ontario and fewer apartment buildings (Figure 3b). Education The level of education in Centremount 9 was similar to Hamilton and Ontario. Less-than-grade-9 was the highest level of education for 11.8% 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 9 who were not attending school was 38.3%, similar to Hamilton (38.1%) and slightly higher than Ontario (35.1%). Employment and Income In Centremount 9 a lower proportion of people aged 15 and over (57.3%) were in the labour force (working or available to work) than in Hamilton (63.7%) and Ontario (67.3%). In 2001 Centremount 9 had a similar unemployment rate (6.3%) to 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 higher in Centremount 9 (20.2%) than in Hamilton (19.8%) and Ontario (14.4%) (Figure 5a). Most areas of Hamilton, including Centremount 9, experienced a decrease in low income since 1996. The average household income in Centremount 9 was $55,400 in 2000, slightly lower than in Hamilton ($57,700) and Ontario ($66,800). In Centremount 9, 68.7% of income came from employment while 15.9% 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, similar proportions of people aged 15 years and over in Centremount 9 provided unpaid childcare (Figure 6a). A slightly greater proportion of people provided care or assistance to seniors than in Hamilton and Ontario. Immigration and Language In Centremount 9, 5.8% of people had a citizenship other than Canadian, compared with 6.0% in Hamilton and 7.6% in Ontario. Immigrants made up 27.7% of residents in Centremount 9 with 19.4% of immigrants born in Italy and 17.2% born in the United Kingdom, the most common places 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. 7.2% of people in Centremount 9 spoke a home language other than English or French, which was similar to Hamilton and slightly lower than Ontario (Figure 7a). Italian (2.1%) was the most common home language other than English in Centremount 9. 1.4% 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 17.1% of people in Centremount 9 reported difficulties hearing, seeing, communicating, walking, climbing stairs, bending, learning or doing similar activities. 19.1% of people reported that a physical condition, mental condition or health problem reduced the amount or kind of activity they could do. The percent reporting one or both of the above disabilities was 21.9%. These rates were higher than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 8a). Hospital Admissions and Emergency Room Visits In 2001 and 2002, Centremount 9 residents were admitted to hospital at a rate of 96.1 per 1,000 population, which was higher than in Hamilton as a whole (93.3) (Table 2). Centremount 9 had substantially higher rates of admissions for osteoarthrosis and allied disorders and rehabilitation than Hamilton but a substantially lower rate of diabetes admissions. Centremount 9 residents had lower rates of emergency room visits and admissions and higher expected acute home care days per 1,000 population than all Hamilton residents. Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) Services In the fiscal year 2003-2004, the number of CCAC clients per 1,000 population in Centremount 9 was 34.8, almost equal to Hamilton as a whole (34.7) (Table 3). When standardized by age and sex to the Hamilton population, the rate for Centremount 9 was lower than Hamilton at 32.1 per 1,000. The use of individual CCAC services per 1,000 population was lower in Centremount 9 than in the entire City of Hamilton, except for Shift Nursing Hours and Speech Visits which were used at a higher rate. Family Physicians Practicing in Centremount 9, 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 9 was very similar with
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