Core Housing Need

Households with Seniors

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Newfoundland and Labrador — Households with Seniors (Households Tested for Core Housing Need)

	Household Has at Least One Senior (65 or Older)	Other Household Type	Total
Newfoundland and Labrador	79,760	139,745	219,510
Corner Brook	4,810	8,245	13,055
Gander	1,720	3,955	5,675
Grand Falls-Windsor	2,240	3,820	6,070
St. John's	25,775	62,520	88,300

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.