Table 3.1
Characteristics of the central neighborhoods of Port Arthur and Fort William, 2001

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  Port Arthur Fort William
Characteristics
Incident count number
Total incidents*** 875 1,613
Violent incidents*** 222 394
Property incidents*** 603 1,119
Crime rate per 1,000 residential and employed population rate
Total incidents*** 43.7 75.7
Violent incidents*** 11.1 18.5
Property incidents*** 30.1 52.5
Density density
Residential population (per km²) 2,558 2,805
Employed population (per km²) 1,532 1,456
  percentage
Zoning
Commercial 15.6 17.5
Residential (single- and multiple-family) 69.5 62.3
Dwellings
Built before 1961 69.0 76.1
Built after 1990 3.3 2.4
Demography
Aged 15 and under 14.9 16.6
Aged 65 and over 20.7 16.9
Single, never married 36.0 37.7
Lone-parent families** 10.1 14.2
Aboriginal population* 6.8 9.4
Economic status
Owner-occupied dwellings** 62.2 59.6
Low-income households** 18.2 21.7
  dollars
Average employment income* $28,898 $25,385
* p<0.1.
** p<0.05.
*** p<0.01.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, geocoded database, 2001 and Census, 2001.