By the numbers

Other key facts from the 2016 census:

Hamilton has a smaller proportion of people aged 15 and older who are married or living common-law (54.9 per cent) than the rest of the province (57.3 per cent) or across Canada (57.6 per cent), and a larger proportion of people who have never married (29.1 per cent) than Ontario (28.3 per cent) and Canada (28.2 per cent).

There are almost 12,000 more women than men in Hamilton. Most of the imbalance between the numbers of women and men occurs in those people aged 65 and older, in part because of the highly disproportionate number of widows compared to widowers.

Glanbrook is the youngest community within the amalgamated city, with an average age of 38.8 years. Dundas is the oldest community, at 46.2 years.

The youngest census tract in Hamilton is the area bounded by Hwy. 403 / Longwood Rd. / Main St. W. / west of Ewen Rd. with a median age of 29.7. That’s likely because of the number of McMaster University students.

The oldest census tract in the city is the neighbourhood bounded by Nash Rd. S. / Queenston Rd. / west of Centennial Parkway / King St. E. with a median age of 59.4.

The proportion of men 85 years and older continues to rise steadily.

In 2006, 31 per cent of people 85 and older were men. By 2016, that rose to nearly 35 per cent. There are 135 centenarians in Hamilton — 110 women and 25 men.

The smallest of Hamilton’s 140 census tracts is the downtown neighbourhood bounded by Queen St. S. / King St. W. / James St. / Hunter St. W. It’s 0.32 square kilometres in size. That’s about the same as Gage Park.

The largest census tract is the area bounded by Hwy. 8 / Flamborough border / Gore Rd. / Middletown Rd. It’s 137.5 sq. km., which is about twice the size of the City of Brantford.

The median household size in Hamilton is 2.4 people.

The smallest average household size is 1.3 people, in the downtown neighbourhood bounded by Queen St. S. / King St. W. / James St. / Hunter St. W.

The largest average household size is 3.3 people, found in the Ancaster neighbourhood bounded by Garner Rd. E. / Springbrook Ave. / Meadowlands Blvd. / Golf Links Rd. / Stone Church Rd. W.

The census tract with the largest population is the Stoney Creek neighbourhood bounded by Glover Rd. / the escarpment / the Stoney Creek border / the lakefront, with 9,719 people. The census tract with the smallest population is the east Hamilton neighbourhood bounded by the Red Hill Creek / waterfront / east of Grays Rd. / Barton St. E. with 115 people.