Socio-Economic Status

AIMS Interim Municipal Report Card – New Brunswick Socio-Economic Status

The Socio-Economic Status (SES) indicators cover a range of topics: municipalities’ age profiles, labour force measures, educational achievement, and family structure. As data become available we will add measures for youth education and employment.

The dependency ratio provides an indication of a population’s split between those of working age and those who are not. A high value here means that a larger proportion of the population is composed of children and seniors; a low value means that working age people comprise a larger proportion of the population. The province’s larger municipalities generally have figures just under the provincial average of 0.34. Both the high end and the low end of the rankings are composed chiefly of smaller communities. Among these bookends, there are a variety of scenarios, including municipalities whose low dependency ratio is driven primarily by a low proportion of seniors (e.g., New Maryland and Saint-Isidore), municipalities whose high dependency ratio is driven by a high proportion of seniors (e.g., Saint-Louis de Kent, Rogersville, and Riverside-Albert), and municipalities whose low dependency ratio is driven by a low proportion of youth (e.g., Pointe-Verte and Saint-François-de-Madawaska).

The best labour market statistics – high participation rate, high employment rate, low unemployment rate, and high incidence of high- status employment – are often found in the bedroom communities to the province’s major cities, including Oromocto, New Maryland, Rothesay, Quispamsis, Riverview, and Dieppe. Other smaller communities like Meductic and Florenceville also have favourable labour market statistics. Alma, Maisonnette, Port Elgin, Stanley, Kedgwick, and Riverside-Albert are among those having a more difficult time on the labour market front.

The education results overlap the labour market measures to some extent. The municipalities with the highest proportions of people who have graduated from high school and who have acquired post-secondary education include Dieppe, Florenceville, Fredericton, Hampton, New Maryland, Quispamsis, Rothesay, and St. Andrews. At the lower end of the scale are Bas-Caraquet, Grand-Anse, Le Goulet, Rogersville, and Saint-François-de-Madawaska.

The single-parent family ratio features both larger communities and smaller ones at both ends of the ranking.

There is a considerable range in median household incomes across New Brunswick, ranging from New Maryland’s high of approximately $84,000 down to Maisonnette’s low of just over $26,000. Many of the top ten spots for income belong to the suburbs and bedroom communities such as Quispamsis, Rothesay, and Riverview. Florenceville and Tide Head also report relatively high

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median household incomes. The lower end of the rankings is largely composed of smaller communities that are further from the major population centres.

House values and rent levels follow a broadly similar pattern to the median household income statistic. High values tend to be found near, but not necessarily in, the major population centres and lower values tend to be found in smaller, more remote communities. Interesting exceptions to this general rule include Cambridge-Narrows which has the highest average residential property value in the province, and Tide Head which has the ninth-highest median household income but also the fifth-lowest cost of rental accommodations.

% of % of % of All Adults Labour Families Rank Rank Rank Rank Without Rank % of Adults Rank Force in Rank That Are Rank Rank Rank Rank (Out of (Out of (Out of (Out of High (Out of with Post (Out of High (Out of Single (Out of Median (Out of Average (Out of Median Monthly (Out of 102 - 102 - Labour Force 102 - 102 - School 102 - Secondary 102 - Status 102 - Parent 102 - Household 99 - Residential 102 - Cost for Rented 95 - Dependency Low-To- Employment High-To- Participation High-To- Unemployment Low-To- Diploma, Low-To- Education, High-To- Jobs, High-To- Families, Low-To- Income, High-To- Property High-To- Accommodations, High-To- Municipalities Ratio, 2006 High) Rate, 2006 Low) Rate, 2006 Low) Rate, 2006 High) 2006 High) 2006 Low) 2006 Low) 2006 High) 2006 Low) Value, 2006 Low) 2006 Low) Alma 0.30 23 38% 97 60% 54 33% 102 20% 11 40% 53 45% 39 0% 1$ 51,504 15 $ 87,694 67 Aroostook 0.39 88 48% 76 62% 48 22% 95 23% 20 48% 25 45% 41 32% 101$ 38,025 63 $ 88,626 64 $ 458 60 Atholville 0.35 66 59% 27 63% 33 7% 29 43% 82 35% 71 46% 38 19% 62$ 39,625 56 $ 83,661 69 $ 501 32 Baker Brook 0.30 19 59% 25 71% 7 16% 83 29% 42 44% 41 33% 75 21% 76$ 37,983 64 $ 88,253 65 $ 283 94 Balmoral 0.28 9 54% 51 62% 45 13% 62 38% 69 39% 55 43% 49 15% 40$ 44,845 32 $ 70,399 93 $ 421 73 Bas-Caraquet 0.28 11 50% 69 57% 72 13% 66 55% 99 26% 98 16% 101 23% 84$ 37,793 65 $ 72,400 91 $ 501 32 Bath 0.45 102 49% 73 50% 92 0% 1 41% 74 36% 69 21% 98 28% 98$ 33,061 91 $ 79,003 76 $ 600 11 Bathurst 0.34 57 57% 39 52% 90 9% 38 32% 45 45% 36 50% 25 17% 52$ 39,492 58 $ 98,103 49 $ 476 50 Belledune 0.34 52 36% 101 42% 101 15% 75 48% 89 29% 94 37% 64 18% 58$ 32,726 92 $ 73,318 90 $ 351 87 Beresford 0.27 4 57% 37 60% 51 5% 13 33% 51 48% 22 54% 16 14% 30$ 45,838 27 $ 92,631 56 $ 500 38 Bertrand 0.35 64 48% 78 56% 80 14% 74 33% 50 40% 52 53% 17 15% 36$ 33,354 88 $ 66,930 95 $ 440 68 Blacks Harbour 0.36 75 41% 95 58% 67 29% 99 43% 80 28% 96 24% 94 12% 17$ 36,575 72 $ 77,164 81 $ 517 27 Blackville 0.34 59 47% 79 59% 59 20% 90 29% 41 50% 18 30% 87 20% 68$ 35,527 76 $ 79,395 74 $ 362 85 Bouctouche 0.32 43 49% 75 57% 71 16% 80 50% 95 34% 73 34% 73 21% 78$ 38,807 59 $ 115,003 32 $ 451 62 Bristol 0.36 76 60% 19 63% 36 4% 8 27% 34 42% 49 37% 66 10% 12$ 47,999 23 $ 82,782 71 $ 500 38 Cambridge-Narrows 0.39 91 46% 83 52% 86 10% 51 22% 18 63% 2 54% 15 7% 7$ 45,225 29 $ 250,193 1 $ 535 22 Campbellton 0.36 68 51% 66 57% 75 12% 54 34% 55 44% 39 49% 28 27% 97$ 35,168 79 $ 96,136 51 $ 494 44 Canterbury 0.37 80 59% 28 63% 37 6% 17 21% 16 48% 24 31% 81 15% 38$ 41,476 48 $ 66,904 96 Cap-Pelé 0.30 26 54% 49 67% 18 20% 90 44% 85 37% 65 31% 83 15% 34$ 47,695 24 $ 127,119 23 $ 520 26 Caraquet 0.29 13 57% 34 63% 33 9% 40 32% 48 48% 23 50% 26 22% 83$ 43,546 36 $ 98,951 48 $ 491 46 Centreville 0.36 69 61% 18 67% 19 7% 25 26% 33 47% 29 36% 67 17% 48$ 36,577 71 $ 111,645 34 $ 565 14 Charlo 0.30 22 51% 61 54% 82 5% 10 20% 14 60% 4 48% 29 11% 14$ 55,211 11 $ 90,253 60 $ 450 64 Chipman 0.37 82 42% 90 53% 84 20% 94 42% 76 33% 76 32% 80 20% 74$ 35,125 80 $ 83,593 70 $ 358 86 Clair 0.34 55 58% 31 59% 60 3% 4 38% 68 30% 92 38% 60 15% 41$ 37,352 67 $ 89,321 61 $ 485 47 Dalhousie 0.37 84 43% 89 48% 96 12% 54 34% 56 45% 35 50% 23 18% 57$ 38,782 60 $ 67,969 94 $ 426 69 Dieppe 0.29 12 73% 4 76% 3 5% 10 18% 7 60% 5 63% 2 13% 26$ 63,575 7 $ 159,343 9 $ 678 5 Doaktown 0.40 95 38% 99 46% 98 17% 85 34% 54 38% 61 45% 39 20% 63$ 36,104 75 $ 135,100 19 $ 500 38 Dorchester 0.17 1 56% 45 58% 65 7% 21 25% 24 36% 68 33% 75 26% 94$ 46,140 26 $ 140,889 17 $ 476 50 Drummond 0.28 10 67% 6 75% 5 10% 48 36% 62 37% 64 29% 88 16% 45$ 42,988 39 $ 151,826 13 $ 419 74

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% of % of % of All Adults Labour Families Rank Rank Rank Rank Without Rank % of Adults Rank Force in Rank That Are Rank Rank Rank Rank (Out of (Out of (Out of (Out of High (Out of with Post (Out of High (Out of Single (Out of Median (Out of Average (Out of Median Monthly (Out of 102 - 102 - Labour Force 102 - 102 - School 102 - Secondary 102 - Status 102 - Parent 102 - Household 99 - Residential 102 - Cost for Rented 95 - Dependency Low-To- Employment High-To- Participation High-To- Unemployment Low-To- Diploma, Low-To- Education, High-To- Jobs, High-To- Families, Low-To- Income, High-To- Property High-To- Accommodations, High-To- Municipalities Ratio, 2006 High) Rate, 2006 Low) Rate, 2006 Low) Rate, 2006 High) 2006 High) 2006 Low) 2006 Low) 2006 High) 2006 Low) Value, 2006 Low) 2006 Low) Edmundston 0.31 27 57% 37 62% 43 8% 35 27% 36 47% 32 47% 36 15% 35$ 42,551 43 $ 106,564 40 $ 476 50 Eel River Crossing 0.30 25 46% 81 50% 91 8% 36 44% 84 37% 66 36% 68 20% 65$ 42,411 44 $ 66,822 97 $ 396 80 Florenceville 0.36 71 67% 7 71% 8 5% 13 19% 9 56% 9 62% 3 0% 1$ 69,739 4 $ 143,823 16 $ 613 9 Fredericton 0.30 20 63% 14 68% 15 7% 23 16% 3 58% 7 61% 4 17% 48$ 48,632 22 $ 169,468 6 $ 709 2 Fredericton Junction 0.36 78 48% 77 59% 58 18% 87 39% 73 34% 74 36% 69 13% 18$ 49,965 18 $ 93,446 54 $ 484 48 Gagetown 0.34 56 63% 15 66% 21 6% 15 21% 15 49% 20 47% 34 15% 33$ 50,413 16 $ 147,734 14 $ 718 1 Grand-Anse 0.32 42 42% 91 49% 94 12% 58 50% 96 26% 99 33% 75 21% 77$ 32,537 93 $ 66,194 98 $ 326 91 Grand Bay-Westfield 0.31 28 60% 23 64% 29 7% 26 20% 13 49% 19 57% 12 13% 24 63,279$ 8 $ 157,968 10 $ 510 29 Grand Falls/Grand Sault 0.31 31 60% 20 65% 27 8% 32 35% 59 38% 63 39% 59 14% 31 38,589$ 62 $ 128,977 22 $ 508 31 Grand Manan 0.35 67 56% 41 66% 25 14% 71 37% 65 32% 82 30% 86 19% 61 40,941$ 50 $ 119,651 26 $ 476 50 Hampton 0.33 49 63% 15 68% 16 7% 31 18% 8 57% 8 58% 8 12% 16$ 63,598 6 $ 153,760 12 $ 509 30 Hartland 0.36 77 64% 10 71% 9 8% 33 25% 25 50% 14 49% 27 20% 68$ 45,604 28 $ 105,454 42 $ 511 28 Harvey 0.37 83 60% 22 60% 55 0% 1 33% 52 39% 59 40% 56 26% 95$ 30,090 96 $ 130,046 20 $ 475 54 Hillsborough 0.34 54 53% 55 62% 43 13% 66 28% 39 40% 53 57% 10 22% 80$ 34,478 83 $ 118,500 28 $ 501 32 Kedgwick 0.33 51 44% 86 66% 22 33% 101 42% 77 38% 62 35% 71 23% 86$ 34,653 82 $ 80,576 73 $ 450 64 Lac-Baker 0.29 18 50% 67 58% 69 13% 68 31% 43 27% 97 40% 56 20% 68 $ 63,735 99 Lamèque 0.32 38 53% 57 61% 50 12% 61 38% 66 45% 38 31% 82 22% 81$ 42,917 40 $ 79,030 75 $ 411 76 Le Goulet 0.28 7 51% 63 58% 64 13% 64 58% 101 24% 102 27% 90 27% 96 49,105$ 21 $ 77,854 78 Maisonnette 0.35 63 38% 98 49% 95 22% 96 53% 98 33% 77 18% 100 32% 102$ 26,112 99 $ 57,801 100 $ 451 62 McAdam 0.39 93 49% 72 58% 69 15% 75 42% 78 26% 100 22% 96 15% 42$ 35,364 77 $ 51,542 101 $ 501 32 Meductic 0.31 32 73% 2 81% 1 0% 1 38% 71 31% 85 29% 89 20% 68 $ 73,495 89 Memramcook 0.29 17 64% 11 68% 14 6% 18 31% 44 47% 28 44% 47 13% 18$ 54,327 12 $ 105,430 43 $ 540 20 Millville 0.39 94 59% 26 65% 26 9% 44 37% 63 39% 58 44% 44 16% 43$ 28,666 97 $ 74,530 88 $ 541 19 Minto 0.37 81 44% 87 54% 83 18% 87 48% 90 29% 93 34% 73 21% 79$ 32,066 94 $ 75,713 83 $ 526 24 Miramichi 0.33 44 52% 59 60% 56 13% 62 25% 23 48% 26 47% 35 18% 59$ 43,872 34 $ 107,992 38 $ 536 21 Moncton 0.30 21 62% 17 67% 19 7% 21 23% 19 50% 17 57% 11 18% 56$ 44,939 31 $ 145,324 15 $ 634 7 Nackawic 0.32 36 50% 67 58% 68 14% 72 25% 27 48% 27 33% 75 16% 44$ 40,864 51 $ 103,903 46 $ 401 77 Neguac 0.31 30 47% 80 56% 78 15% 77 38% 70 41% 51 42% 54 11% 13$ 39,505 57 $ 91,676 57 $ 425 71 New Maryland 0.28 8 73% 2 75% 4 3% 4 17% 5 55% 10 55% 14 8% 8$ 83,856 1 $ 192,005 4 $ 692 4

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% of % of % of All Adults Labour Families Rank Rank Rank Rank Without Rank % of Adults Rank Force in Rank That Are Rank Rank Rank Rank (Out of (Out of (Out of (Out of High (Out of with Post (Out of High (Out of Single (Out of Median (Out of Average (Out of Median Monthly (Out of 102 - 102 - Labour Force 102 - 102 - School 102 - Secondary 102 - Status 102 - Parent 102 - Household 99 - Residential 102 - Cost for Rented 95 - Dependency Low-To- Employment High-To- Participation High-To- Unemployment Low-To- Diploma, Low-To- Education, High-To- Jobs, High-To- Families, Low-To- Income, High-To- Property High-To- Accommodations, High-To- Municipalities Ratio, 2006 High) Rate, 2006 Low) Rate, 2006 Low) Rate, 2006 High) 2006 High) 2006 Low) 2006 Low) 2006 High) 2006 Low) Value, 2006 Low) 2006 Low) Nigadoo 0.30 24 55% 47 63% 33 14% 73 38% 67 45% 37 48% 30 15% 38$ 43,357 38 $ 78,270 77 $ 400 78 Norton 0.34 53 57% 35 61% 49 7% 23 34% 57 39% 56 39% 58 6% 6$ 42,360 45 $ 96,782 50 $ 242 95 Oromocto 0.29 15 74% 1 77% 2 4% 8 20% 12 43% 44 38% 62 11% 15$ 64,674 5 $ 167,845 7 $ 675 6 Paquetville 0.36 72 53% 58 56% 79 3% 6 51% 97 30% 91 44% 43 18% 54$ 34,040 85 $ 74,900 87 $ 390 82 Perth-Andover 0.39 90 52% 60 57% 74 9% 41 22% 17 44% 42 52% 19 25% 88$ 36,446 73 $ 110,240 35 $ 498 42 Petitcodiac 0.39 89 58% 32 63% 37 7% 29 32% 47 42% 50 42% 53 20% 66$ 43,359 37 $ 104,720 45 $ 500 38 Petit-Rocher 0.31 33 56% 44 62% 40 10% 48 36% 60 43% 43 51% 22 18% 55$ 42,709 41 $ 87,999 66 $ 501 32 Plaster Rock 0.40 96 45% 85 49% 93 8% 33 26% 31 43% 47 34% 72 9% 11$ 37,146 68 $ 74,945 85 $ 416 75 Pointe-Verte 0.27 3 46% 84 52% 89 12% 60 49% 94 35% 72 42% 51 13% 18$ 40,238 53 $ 77,813 79 $ 290 93 Port Elgin 0.43 101 36% 102 47% 97 20% 93 49% 92 33% 77 43% 50 24% 87$ 27,575 98 $ 106,852 39 $ 400 78 Quispamsis 0.29 16 70% 5 74% 6 6% 16 16% 2 59% 6 59% 7 9% 10$ 74,973 2 $ 167,725 8 $ 530 23 Rexton 0.35 65 50% 70 56% 77 12% 54 32% 46 46% 34 44% 45 22% 82$ 34,301 84 $ 180,496 5 $ 470 56 Richibucto 0.36 70 43% 88 52% 87 16% 82 49% 93 32% 81 27% 91 28% 99$ 34,809 81 $ 89,084 62 $ 492 45 Riverside-Albert 0.42 100 42% 92 62% 41 32% 100 39% 72 30% 87 50% 23 17% 48$ 39,678 55 $ 95,871 52 Riverview 0.33 45 65% 8 69% 13 5% 12 18% 6 52% 12 60% 5 14% 29$ 59,231 10 $ 137,488 18 $ 701 3 Rivière-Verte 0.31 35 54% 52 60% 52 11% 53 45% 87 32% 80 22% 97 16% 45$ 31,767 95 $ 74,911 86 $ 386 83 Rogersville 0.41 98 42% 94 52% 87 20% 92 55% 100 25% 101 31% 84 9% 9$ 33,645 86 $ 75,495 84 $ 446 66 Rothesay 0.33 48 64% 12 69% 12 7% 26 15% 1 61% 3 65% 1 13% 21$ 71,186 3 $ 202,744 3 $ 565 14 Sackville 0.35 61 60% 23 66% 24 9% 44 23% 21 54% 11 58% 9 15% 37$ 50,013 17 $ 129,520 21 $ 561 16 Saint John 0.32 37 56% 41 62% 47 9% 38 26% 29 44% 40 52% 18 25% 90$ 41,459 49 $ 125,434 24 $ 550 18 Saint Léonard 0.33 47 49% 74 56% 81 13% 69 45% 86 31% 84 37% 65 21% 75$ 33,285 89 $ 89,028 63 $ 465 57 Saint-Antoine 0.33 46 58% 30 68% 16 13% 64 42% 79 39% 57 37% 63 14% 28$ 49,790 19 $ 118,217 29 $ 465 57 Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska 0.29 14 51% 63 60% 56 16% 80 43% 81 30% 90 35% 70 20% 64$ 36,646 70 $ 81,612 72 $ 455 61 Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël 0.26 2 65% 9 70% 10 6% 19 36% 61 31% 86 18% 99 14% 27$ 38,668 61 $ 77,496 80 $ 334 89 Saint-François-de-Madawaska 0.28 6 56% 43 62% 45 9% 43 60% 102 28% 95 14% 102 25% 92$ 42,685 42 $ 72,136 92 $ 391 81 Saint-Hilaire 0.39 92 55% 48 64% 31 19% 89 33% 52 36% 67 47% 33 0% 1 $ 84,418 68 $ 386 83 Saint-Isidore 0.27 5 55% 46 60% 52 10% 48 27% 37 47% 33 44% 45 13% 22$ 49,260 20 $ 76,707 82 $ 426 69 Saint-Léolin 0.32 41 39% 96 45% 99 15% 77 49% 91 31% 83 33% 79 20% 68$ 33,453 87 $ 50,365 102 $ 347 88 Saint-Louis de Kent 0.42 99 42% 93 58% 65 27% 98 44% 83 30% 89 25% 93 25% 93 33,214$ 90 $ 105,976 41 $ 423 72

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