BORN IN THE USA: AMERICAN INVASION
We’re almost twice as likely to have been born in the USA when compared to the GTA average.
ON THE PROWL: 32% PLAYING THE FIELD
The percentage of area residents who are single.
WHO’S THE BOSS? 14.7 PER CENT
The percentage of Richmond Hillers whose primary occupation is management.
PYJAMA PROS: 1.5
We are 50 per cent more likely to work from home than the rest of the GTA.
EAST OF EDEN: 47%
The percentage of us who list Asia and the Middle East as our country of origin.
UNITED WE STAND: Lower Divorce Rate
We are 19 per cent less likely to be divorced than the average GTA resident.
SUN, SAND, SURF: $10.6 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 $13 million on hair grooming? We have no explanation for that.
$11 mil: VAIN!
The amount Thornhill spends on dental services, some $523 per household.
$13 mil: VAINER!
The amount the area spends on hair grooming each year — $662 per household.
Cars: ZOOM ZOOM
Each household spends $3,439 on automobiles annually, 8 per cent more than the GTA average.
3.1 RESOLUTE COMMUTE
The percentage of us who walk or bike to work.
Drugs: $3.5 MILLION
The amount we spend as a community on prescriptions per year, 21 per cent less than
the GTA average.
$1.3 mil: THE PRICE OF PEACE
The amount we spend annually on kids’ camps, more than the GTA average. We also spend $1.5 million on musical instruments.
Karma: SWEET CHARITY
We each give an average of $568 to religious charities and $434 to non-religious charities every year, more than the GTA average.
1985 BREAKING NEW GROUND
Twenty-two per cent of our homes were built between 1981 and 1985. Three per cent were built between 2001 and 2006.
Bank Robbery: FINANCIAL FEES
We pay $3.2 million in bank service charges annually (some $154 per household), 19 per cent more than the GTA norm.
Go Leafs go: $1.8 MILLION
The amount we spend on live sports events.
Life’s a gamble
As a community, we spend $6.2 million on games of chance (casinos, lotteries, bingos) each year, but
win only $2.6 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.
