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This Profile is organized into the following sections:
This neighbourhood covers areas in west Hamilton through to downtown and also includes an area on the west Hamilton mountain around Chedoke Hospital. It includes the smaller Hamilton City Planning and Development Department neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood North, Cootes Paradise, Westdale, Kirkendall, Durand, Chedoke Park and Westcliffe West. Dundurn 11 is defined by census tracts 15-17, 37, 39, 40, 42, 45 and 46. The border of this neighbourhood follows a complex path along the border between the old Town of Dundas and the old City of Hamilton from Cootes Paradise to Main Street West, east to Longwood Road, south to Highway 403, west to the escarpment, east along Scenic Drive to San Pedro Drive, over to Rice Avenue, south to Mohawk Road, east to Upper Paradise, north to the escarpment, east to the James Mountain Road access, to Aberdeen Avenue, west to Bay Street north to the CN railway, to King Street West, west to Highway 403 and back to Cootes Paradise.
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Population In 2001 Dundurn 11 had a total population of 24,750 people, which was an increase of 3.3% since 1996. In 2001 the neighbourhood’s population was composed of 48.8% males and 51.2% females. Dundurn 11 had a much different age distribution than Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 1a) with a particularly low proportion of children less than 19 years of age and a high proportion of individuals between the ages of 20 and 34. The proportion of individuals 75 years of age and over was also higher than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 1b). A full population pyramid by age and sex for Dundurn 11 is shown in Figure 1c. Marital Status and Families In 2001 only 39.9% of the Dundurn 11 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 Dundurn 11 (16.5%) was similar to Hamilton (16.6%) and slightly higher than Ontario (15.2%). More seniors aged 65 years and over lived alone in Dundurn 11 (40.3%) compared to Hamilton (28.9%) and Ontario (26.8%). Dundurn 11 had more single person households (46.8%) and fewer households with 4 or more members (13.0%) than Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 2b). Households and Dwellings There were fewer owned private dwellings in Dundurn 11 than in Hamilton and Ontario, and more rented (Figure 3a). Dundurn 11 is an older neighbourhood with 82.9% of private dwellings built prior to 1971 compared to 60.2% in Hamilton and 49.2% in Ontario. There were more apartment buildings in Dundurn 11 than in Hamilton and Ontario and fewer single-detached houses (Figure 3b). Education The level of education in Dundurn 11 was higher than in Hamilton and Ontario. Less-than-grade-9 was the highest level of education for only 5.2% of the population 20 years and older, compared to 10.3% in Hamilton and 8.7% in Ontario (Figure 4a). A large proportion (44.4%) of the Dundurn 11 population had at least some university education. The proportion of people aged 15 to 24 years in Dundurn 11 who were not attending school was 27.2%, lower than in Hamilton (38.1%) and Ontario (35.1%). Employment and Income In Dundurn 11 the proportion of people aged 15 and over (63.7%) who were in the labour force (working or available to work) was the same as in Hamilton (63.7%) and lower than in Ontario (67.3%). In 2001 Dundurn 11 had a similar unemployment rate (6.2%) 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 Dundurn 11 (21.9%) than in Hamilton (19.8%) and Ontario (14.4%) (Figure 5a). Most areas of Hamilton, including Dundurn 11, experienced a decrease in low income since 1996. The average household income in Dundurn 11 was $54,900 in 2000, slightly lower than Hamilton ($57,700) and considerably lower than Ontario ($66,800). In Dundurn 11, 75.1% of household income came from employment while 10.3% 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 Dundurn 11 provided unpaid childcare (Figure 6a). In addition, a smaller proportion of people provided care or assistance to seniors compared to Hamilton and Ontario. Immigration and Language In Dundurn 11, 9.4% of people had a citizenship other than Canadian, compared with 6.0% in Hamilton and 7.6% in Ontario. Immigrants made up 24.0% of residents in Dundurn 11 with 18.2% 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. 6.0% of people in Dundurn 11 spoke a home language other than English or French, which was lower than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 7a). Chinese (1.8%) was the most common home language other than English in Dundurn 11. 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 14.6% of people in Dundurn 11 reported difficulties hearing, seeing, communicating, walking, climbing stairs, bending, learning or doing similar activities. 17.1% 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 19.3%. These rates were about the same as in Hamilton, and slightly higher than in Ontario (Figure 8a). Hospital Admissions and Emergency Room Visits In 2001 and 2002, Dundurn 11 residents were admitted to hospital at a rate of 99.0 per 1,000 population, which was higher than in Hamilton as a whole (93.3) (Table 2). Compared to Hamilton as a whole Dundurn 11 had higher rates of admissions for all disease groupings except coronary heart disease and stroke. The rates of emergency room visits and admissions were lower in Dundurn 11 than in Hamilton. Dundurn 11 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 Dundurn 11 was 39.4, higher than in Hamilton as a whole (34.7) (Table 3). When standardized by age and sex to the Hamilton population, the rate for Dundurn 11 decreased to 35.9 per 1,000. The use of individual CCAC services per 1,000 population, when standardized, was higher in Dundurn 11 than in the entire City of Hamilton, except for Social Work Visits which were used at a lower rate than in Hamilton. Family Physicians Practicing in Dundurn 11, 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 Dundurn 11 had
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