Richmond Hill Revealed

BORN IN THE USA: AMERICAN INVASION

We’re 37 per cent more likely to have been born in the USA when compared to the GTA average.

ON THE PROWL: 30% PLAYING THE FIELD

The percentage of area residents who are single.

WHO’S THE BOSS? 15 PER CENT

The percentage of Richmond Hillers whose primary occupation is management.

PYJAMA PROS: 24

We are 24 per cent as likely to work from home than the rest of the GTA

EAST OF EDEN: 54%

The percentage of us who list Asia and the Middle East as our country of origin.

UNITED WE STAND: Lower Divorce Rate

We are 7 per cent less likely to be divorced than the average GTA resident.

SUN, SAND, SURF: $11.5 Million

The amount we as an area spend on vacation homes

WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE?

Our purchasing habits tell us a lot about who we are. We buy stuff we need (houses), stuff we want (cars)
and stuff we love (Leafs tickets). But $15 million on hair grooming? We have no explanation for that.

$12 mil: VAIN!

The amount Richmond Hill spends on dental services, some $440 per household.

$15 mil: VAINER!

The amount the area spends on hair grooming each year — $565 per household.

Cars: ZOOM ZOOM

Each household spends $3,400 on automobiles annually, 7 per cent more than the GTA average.

3.0 RESOLUTE COMMUTE

The percentage of us who walk or bike to work.

Drugs: $4.5 MILLION

The amount we spend as a community on prescriptions per year, 19 per cent less than the GTA average.

$1.5 mil: THE PRICE OF PEACE

The amount we spend annually on kids’ camps. We also spend $1.7 million on musical instruments.

Karma: SWEET CHARITY

We each give an average of $456 to religious charities and $363 to non-religious charities every year, more than the GTA average.

71% BRICK BY BRICK

Seventy-one per cent of houses in Richmond Hill are single detached homes.

Bank Robbery: FINANCIAL FEES

We pay $3.5 million in bank service charges annually (some $131 per household), slightly higher than the GTA norm.

Go Leafs go: $1.9 MILLION

The amount we spend on live sports events.

Life’s a gamble

As a community, we spend $6.9 million on games of chance (casinos, lotteries, bingos) each year, but
win only $2.8 million.

DISCLAIMER: The data used in this article is derived from Manifold Data Mining Inc. data product “SuperDemographics 2010” based on Census 2006 licensed from Statistics Canada and analyzed by Ipsos- Reid. No confidential information about an individual, household, organization or business has been obtained from Statistics Canada. In order to obtain data that reflect typical readers of Post City Magazines, data was filtered to include only owned homes within Post City Magazine areas. For accuracy of comparison, data for Toronto as a whole was likewise filtered to include owned homes.

 

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