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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 Macassa, Hampton Heights, Huntington, Thorner, Lawfield, Berrisfield, Lisgar, Upper King’s Forest, Rushdale, Randall and Quinndale. Valley Park 6 is defined by census tracts 1.06, 1.07, 5.01-5.03, and 6-8. The border of Valley Park 6 follows Fennell Ave. west to Upper Sherman Ave., south to Mohawk Road, west to Upper Wentworth Street, south to Stone Church Road, east to Upper Ottawa Street, north to Limeridge Road, east to the escarpment and north back to Fennell Ave.
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Population In 2001 Valley Park 6 had a total population of 34,295 people, which was virtually unchanged since 1996. In 2001 the neighbourhood’s population was composed of 47.6% males and 52.4% females. Valley Park 6 had a similar age distribution (Figure 1a) to Hamilton and Ontario, except for slightly increased proportions of individuals aged 10 to 19 and 60 to 79 (Figure 1b). A full population pyramid by age and sex for Valley Park 6 is shown in Figure 1c. Marital Status and Families In 2001 the residents, aged 15 years and over, of Valley Park 6 had a similar marital status distribution to Hamilton and Ontario with 53.8% of the population married compared to 51.7% in Hamilton and 53.4% in Ontario (Figure 2a). There was a slightly higher proportion of lone parent families in Valley Park 6 (17.3%) than in Hamilton (16.6%) and Ontario (15.2%). Valley Park 6 had 29.7% of seniors living alone, while in Hamilton and Ontario the percent of seniors living alone was 28.9% and 26.8%, respectively. Valley Park 6 also had a similar distribution of household sizes to Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 2b). Households and Dwellings There were about the same proportion of owned and rented dwellings in Valley Park 6 as in Hamilton and Ontario (Figure 3a). In Valley Park 6, 63.6% of private dwellings were built between 1961 to 1990 compared to 46.9% for Hamilton and 52.5% for Ontario. There were fewer apartment buildings in Valley Park 6 than in Hamilton and Ontario and more row houses (Figure 3b). Education Less-than-grade-9 was the highest level of education for 11.7% of the Valley Park 6 population 20 years and older, compared to 10.3% in Hamilton and 8.7% in Ontario, while 12.9% attained any university level compared to 20.2% for Hamilton and 26.3% for Ontario (Figure 4a). The proportion of people aged 15 to 24 years in Valley Park 6 who were not attending school was 37.9% compared to 38.1% in Hamilton and 35.1% in Ontario. Employment and Income In Valley Park 6 62.0% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force (working or available to work) compared to 63.7% in Hamilton and 67.3% in Ontario. In 2001 Valley Park 6 had a slightly higher unemployment rate (6.8%) than Hamilton (6.4%) and Ontario (6.1%). The top 4 male and female occupations are listed in Table 1. The proportion of people with low income was about the same in Valley Park 6 (20.3%) as in Hamilton (19.8%) and higher than in Ontario (14.4%) (Figure 5a). Most areas of Hamilton, including Valley Park 6, experienced a decrease in low income since 1996. The average household income in Valley Park 6 was $54,900 in 2000, lower than Hamilton ($57,700) and Ontario ($66,800). In Valley Park 6, 75.1% of income came from employment while 14.1% 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, more people aged 15 years and over provided unpaid childcare (Figure 6a). In addition, more people provided care or assistance to seniors compared to Hamilton and Ontario. Immigration and Language In Valley Park 6, 5.3% of people had a citizenship other than Canadian, compared with 6.0% in Hamilton and 7.6% in Ontario. Immigrants made up 26.0% of residents in Valley Park 6 with 16.6% 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 again being the most common place of birth outside Canada. 7.0% of people in Valley Park 6 spoke a home language other than English or French, which was similar to Hamilton and lower than in Ontario (Figure 7a). Italian (1.0%) was the most common home language other than English in Valley Park 6. 1.5% 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 15.0% of people in Valley Park 6 reported difficulties hearing, seeing, communicating, walking, climbing stairs, bending, learning or doing similar activities. 17.4% 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 19.9%. These rates were about the same as in Hamilton, and higher than in Ontario (Figure 8a). Hospital Admissions and Emergency Room Visits In 2001 and 2002, Valley Park 6 residents were admitted to hospital at a rate of 95.7 per 1,000 population, which was slightly higher than in Hamilton as a whole (93.3) (Table 2). Valley Park 6 had higher rates of admissions for malignancies, pneumonia, osteoarthrosis and allied disorders, and circulatory disorders than Hamilton. Valley Park 6 also had higher expected acute home care days. The rates of emergency room visits and admissions were lower than in Hamilton. Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) Services In the fiscal year 2003-2004, the number of CCAC clients per 1,000 population in Valley Park 6 was 37.5, higher than in Hamilton as a whole (34.7) (Table 3). When standardized by age and sex to the Hamilton population, the rate for Valley Park 6 was similar to Hamilton’s rate at 35.1 per 1,000. Nursing Visits, Social Work and Nutrition were the only standardized rates for individual CCAC services that were higher than in Hamilton as a whole. Family Physicians Practicing in Valley Park 6, 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 Valley Park 6 was very similar with
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