Revisiting the Role of Neighbourhood Change in Social Exclusion and Inclusion of Older People

Table 2

Basic Sociodemographic data, Montréal Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), Lower NDG, and La Petite-Patrie, 1996 and 2006.

	Montréal CMA		Lower NDG		Petite-Patrie
	1996	2006	1996	2006	1996	2006
Total population	3,326,510	3,635,571	9,553	10,284	15,792	15,423
Variation %		+9.3		+7.7		−2.3
Population 65 and over	400,135	495,690	1,110	1,120	2,025	1,740
% of total population	12.2	13.6	11.6	10.9	12.8	11.3
Population 20 to 44	1,338,110	1,313,615	4680	4995	7735	8225
% of total population	40,2	36,1	49,0	48,6	49,0	53,4
% with university degree	15.4	21.0	21.1	29.8	15.4	31.3
% low income households	27.3	21.1	45.6	41.8	58.6	40.4
Average total personal income ratio (CMA = 1.0)	1.0	1.0	0.75	0.74	0.60	0.72
% of private dwellings owned	48.5	53.4	19.0	20.3	15.5	18.5
Visible minority population	401,420	590,375	2,695	3,605	4,150	3,730
% of total population	12.2	16.5	28.7	35.8	26.5	24.4

Source: Statistics Canada, Censuses of 1996 and 2006, 20% sample data. The data for the case study neighbourhoods were calculated by aggregation of data published at the census tract level of geography.