Core Housing Need

Activity limitations

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St. Catharines - Niagara — Activity limitations (Households Tested for Core Housing Need)

	Household Has at Least One Person With Activity Limitations	Other Household Type	Total
St. Catharines - Niagara	107,150	67,540	174,690
St. Catharines (Core)	12,465	7,555	20,015
St. Catharines (Remainder North)	17,150	10,440	27,590
St. Catharines (Remainder South)	5,930	3,920	9,850
Niagara Falls (Core)	6,620	3,845	10,465
Niagara Falls (Remainder)	15,495	10,985	26,480
Welland	15,395	7,830	23,225
Remainder of CMA	25,720	17,530	43,250
Fort Erie	8,375	5,435	13,810

Notes:

Data include all non-farm, non-band, non-reserve private households reporting positive incomes and shelter cost-to-income ratios less than 100 per cent.
A household is in core housing need if its housing does not meet one or more standards for housing adequacy (repair), suitability (crowding), or affordability and if it would have to spend 30 per cent or more of its before-tax income to pay the median rent (including utilities) of appropriately sized alternative local market housing. Adequate housing does not require any major repairs, according to residents. Suitable housing has enough bedrooms for the size and make-up of resident households. Affordable housing costs less than 30 per cent of before-tax household income.
Activity limitations refer to difficulties that people have in carrying out daily activities such as hearing, seeing, communicating, or walking. Difficulties could arise from physical or mental conditions or health problems.