2016 Census By the numbers

Other key facts from the 2016 census:

The median household income in Hamilton was $69,024 in the 2016 census, up 25 per cent from $55, 312 in 2006. In Burlington, the 2016 median household income was $93,588, also a 25 per cent increase from $74,969 in 2006. More than half of the people in the neighbourhood bounded by Queen St. S. / King St. W. / James St. / Hunter St. W. live below the poverty line. The median household income in that neighbourhood was $20,552. The highest median household income was in the Flamborough census tract bounded by Milburough Line / Flamborough border / Hwy. 6 / Concession 8 E. at $133,803.

More than 10 per cent of all earners in the Ancaster neighbourhood bounded by Sulphur Creek / east of Scenic Dr. / Mohawk Rd. / Wilson St. / Sulphur Springs Rd. make more than $150,000 per year.

There are seven census tracts in Hamilton where not a single earner makes more than $150,000 a year and all seven are in the lower inner city.

There are almost 70,000 wage earners in the lower inner city stretching from Queen Street to Kenilworth Avenue. Of those 70,000 wage earners, 380 make $150,000 per year or more. Meanwhile, in the Ancaster neighbourhood bounded by Wilson St. W. / Shaver Rd. / Sulphur Springs Rd. / Martin Rd., there are almost 5,400 wage earners. Of those, 515 make at least $150,000 per year. Two out of three children ages 5 and younger live in poverty in the neighbourhood bounded by Ottawa St. N. / the harbourfront / Parkdale Ave. N. / the rail line north of Barton St. Two out of three seniors ages 65 and older live in poverty in the neighbourhood bounded by James St. N. / Cannon St. E. / Wellington St. N. / King St. E.