Core Housing Need
Age Of Primary Household Maintainer

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  1. % of Households in Core Housing Need
  2. Households in Core Housing Need
  3. Households Tested For Core Housing Need

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Nova Scotia — Historical Age of Primary Household Maintainer (Households Tested for Core Housing Need)

  15 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 64 Total 65+ Total
2006 12,190 46,705 70,090 78,945 65,320 87,515 360,760
2011 12,150 45,575 60,085 81,400 74,185 96,365 369,760
2016 12,105 47,005 56,905 73,990 81,720 113,110 384,840
2021 12,845 53,870 59,830 67,495 86,290 132,985 413,315
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.
  • The primary household maintainer is the person or one of the people in the household responsible for major household payments such as the rent or mortgage. In households with more than one maintainer, the primary maintainer is the first person listed as a maintainer.
Source: CMHC (census-based and NHS-based housing indicators and data) (opens in new window)