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This Profile is organized into the following sections:
This neighbourhood covers sections of downtown Hamilton through to the Dundurn North and York Boulevard area. It includes the smaller Hamilton City Planning and Development Department neighbourhoods of Dundurn, Strathcona, Corktown, parts of Durand, Central and Stinson. Dundurn 12 is defined by census tracts 34, 36, 38, 41, 47, 48 and 65. South of King Street, Dundurn 12 extends to Wentworth Street in the east and Bay Street in the west. North of King Street, Dundurn 12 extends to James Street in the east and to the border of the Aldershot area of Burlington in the north-west.
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Population In 2001 Dundurn 12 had a total population of 20,588 people, which was an increase of 3.2% since 1996. In 2001 the neighbourhood’s population was composed of 49.0% males and 51.0% females. Dundurn 12 had a much different age distribution than Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 1a). Compared to Hamilton and Ontario, the proportion of individuals between the ages of 0 and 19 was low and the proportion of individuals between the ages of 20 and 34 was high. The proportion of individuals 70 years of age and over was higher than Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 1b). A full population pyramid by age and sex for Dundurn 12 is shown in Figure 1c. Marital Status and Families In 2001 only 31.9% of the Dundurn 12 population aged 15 years and over were married compared to 51.7% in Hamilton and 53.4% in Ontario (Figure 2a). There were more lone parent families in Dundurn 12 (21.7%) than in Hamilton (16.6%) and Ontario (15.2%). Many more seniors aged 65 years and over lived alone in Dundurn 12 (52.8%) compared to Hamilton (28.9%) and Ontario (26.8%). In addition, Dundurn 12 had more single person households (52.2%) and fewer households with 4 or more members (9.0%) (Figure 2b). Households and Dwellings There were fewer owned private dwellings in Dundurn 12 than in Hamilton and Ontario, and more rented (Figure 3a). In Dundurn 12, 51.3% of dwellings were built between 1961 and 1980 compared to 33.7% in Hamilton and 34.9% in Ontario. There were fewer single-detached houses in Dundurn 12 than in Hamilton and Ontario, and more apartment buildings (Figure 3b). Education The level of education in Dundurn 12 was similar to Hamilton and Ontario. Less-than-grade-9 was the highest level of education for 10.7% 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 Dundurn 12 who were not attending school was 42.7%, higher than in Hamilton (38.1%) and Ontario (35.1%). Employment and Income In Dundurn 12 a lower proportion of people aged 15 and over (56.9%) were in the labour force (working or available to work) than in Hamilton (63.7%) and Ontario (67.3%). In 2001 Dundurn 12 had a higher unemployment rate (10.5%) 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 higher in Dundurn 12 (41.3%) than in Hamilton (19.8%) and Ontario (14.4%) (Figure 5a). Most areas of Hamilton, including Dundurn 12, experienced a decrease in low income since 1996. The average household income in Dundurn 12 was $34,300 in 2000, much lower than in Hamilton ($57,700) and Ontario ($66,800). In Dundurn 12, 72.3% of income came from employment while 17.8% 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 Dundurn 12 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 12, 17.1% of people had a citizenship other than Canadian, compared with 6.0% in Hamilton and 7.6% in Ontario. Immigrants made up 31.8% of residents in Dundurn 12 with 12.0% 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. 15.4% of people in Dundurn 12 spoke a home language other than English or French, which was much higher than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 7a). Chinese (3.4%), Portuguese (1.3%) and Hungarian (1.3%) were the most common home languages other than English in Dundurn 12. 4.0% 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 18.8% of people in Dundurn 12 reported difficulties hearing, seeing, communicating, walking, climbing stairs, bending, learning or doing similar activities. 19.6% of people reported that a physical condition, mental condition or health problem reduced the amount or kind of activity they could do. The percentage of the population reporting one or both of the above disabilities was 23.0%. These rates were higher than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 8a). Hospital Admissions and Emergency Room Visits In 2001 and 2002, Dundurn 12 residents were admitted to hospital at a rate of 121 per 1,000 population, which was higher than in Hamilton as a whole (93.3) (Table 2). Compared to Hamilton, Dundurn 12 had high rates of admission for all disease groupings except osteoarthrosis and allied disorders. The rates of emergency room visits and admissions were higher in Dundurn 12 than in Hamilton. Dundurn 12 residents also 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 12 was 40.9, 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 12 was 37.0 per 1,000. In Dundurn 12, when standardized, the use of Nursing Visits, Social Work, Nutrition and Occupational Therapy Visits was higher than in Hamilton as a whole, while the use of all other services was lower. Family Physicians Practicing in Dundurn 12, 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 12 had
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