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This Profile is organized into the following sections:
This neighbourhood is a section of central Hamilton. It includes the smaller Hamilton City Planning and Development Department neighbourhoods of North End, Central, Beasley, Stinson and St. Clair. Gibson 15 is defined by census tracts 33, 35, 49, 50, 63, 64 and 66. The border of this neighbourhood follows Queen Street south from the Hamilton Harbour area to Cannon Street, east to James Street, south to King Street, east to Wellington Street, south to the escarpment, east to Sherman Avenue, north to Main Street, west to Wentworth Street, north to Cannon Street, west to Wellington Street and north back to the Hamilton Harbour.
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Population In 2001 Gibson 15 had a total population of 25,281 people, which was an increase of 1.7% since 1996. In 2001 the neighbourhood’s population was composed of 49.9% males and 50.1% females. Gibson 15 had a different age distribution than Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 1a). The proportions of individuals aged 5 to 19 and 40 to 69 were lower, while the proportions of individuals aged 20 to 34 and 80 and over were higher than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 1b). A full population pyramid by age and sex for Gibson 15 is shown in Figure 1c. Marital Status and Families In 2001 only 35.1% of the Gibson 15 population aged 15 years and over were married compared to 51.7% in Hamilton and 53.4% in Ontario (Figure 2a). There were many more lone parent families in Gibson 15 (26.9%) than in Hamilton (16.6%) and Ontario (15.2%). Many more seniors aged 65 years and over lived alone in Gibson 15 (45.5%) than in Hamilton (28.9%) and Ontario (26.8%). Gibson 15 had substantially more single person households (41.8%) than Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 2b). Households and Dwellings There were fewer owned private dwellings in Gibson 15 than in Hamilton and Ontario, and more rented (Figure 3a). Gibson 15 is an older neighbourhood with 48.4% of dwellings built prior to 1946 compared to 20.7% for Hamilton and 16.7% for Ontario. There were fewer single-detached houses in Gibson 15 than in Hamilton and Ontario and more apartment buildings (Figure 3b). Education The level of education in Gibson 15 was lower than in Hamilton and Ontario. Less-than-grade-9 was the highest level of education for 20.7% 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 Gibson 15 who were not attending school was 54.0%, much higher than in Hamilton (38.1%) and Ontario (35.1%). Employment and Income In Gibson 15 the proportion of people aged 15 and over (54.5%) who were in the labour force (working or available to work) was lower than in Hamilton (63.7%) and Ontario (67.3%). In 2001 Gibson 15 had a much higher unemployment rate (10.6%) 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 much higher in Gibson 15 (42.9%) than in Hamilton (19.8%) and Ontario (14.4%) (Figure 5a). Most areas of Hamilton, including Gibson 15, experienced a decrease in low income since 1996. The average household income in Gibson 15 was $34,000 in 2000, lower than in Hamilton ($57,700) and Ontario ($66,800). In Gibson 15, 72.6% of income came from employment while 21.4% 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 Gibson 15 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 Gibson 15 10.0% 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 Gibson 15 with 19.0% of immigrants born in Portugal, 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. 17.6% of people in Gibson 15 spoke a home language other than English or French, which was much higher than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 7a). Portuguese (3.4%) and Vietnamese (2.8%) were the two most common home languages other than English in Gibson 15. 5.1% 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 19.2% of people in Gibson 15 reported difficulties hearing, seeing, communicating, walking, climbing stairs, bending, learning or doing similar activities. 21.2% 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 23.7%. These rates were higher than in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 8a). Hospital Admissions and Emergency Room Visits In 2001 and 2002, Gibson 15 residents were admitted to hospital at a rate of 117 per 1,000 population, which was higher than in Hamilton as a whole (93.3) (Table 2). Except for osteoarthrosis and allied disorders and coronary heart disease, Gibson 15 had higher rates of admissions than Hamilton. Gibson 15 had especially high rates of admissions for mental disorders and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The rates of emergency room visits and admissions were also higher in Gibson 15 than in Hamilton. Gibson 15 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 Gibson 15 was 44.1, higher than in Hamilton as a whole (34.7) (Table 3). When standardized by age and sex to the Hamilton population, the rate for Gibson 15 remained high at 42.9 per 1,000. Except for Personal Support and Homemaking Hours, the standardized rates for individual CCAC services were higher in Gibson 15 than in the entire City of Hamilton. Family Physicians Practicing in Gibson 15, 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 Gibson 15 had
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