Housing Stock by Need for Repair
Statistics last updated April 29, 2013.
Occupied Private Dwellings in Need of Major Repairs by Tenure, Canada, Nova Scotia, Counties, 2006
Key Points
- At 9.5%, more Nova Scotian homes are in need of major repairs than the Canadian average of 7.5%
- In general, rented dwellings are more likely to be in need of major repairs than owned dwellings. The only exceptions to this are the counties of Annapolis, Guysborough, Richmond, and Cape Breton
| Occupied Private Dwellings in Need of Major Repairs by Tenure, Canada, Nova Scotia, Counties, 2006 | |||
| Total | Owned | Rented | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 7.5% | 6.3% | 9.6% |
| Nova Scotia | 9.5% | 8.9% | 10.6% |
| Shelburne | 10.3% | 9.9% | 12.6% |
| Yarmouth | 10.8% | 10.5% | 11.8% |
| Digby | 11.9% | 11.8% | 12.0% |
| Queens | 14.0% | 13.9% | 14.7% |
| Annapolis | 12.9% | 13.1% | 12.2% |
| Lunenburg | 10.2% | 9.8% | 12.2% |
| Kings | 9.2% | 8.1% | 11.8% |
| Hants | 9.6% | 8.5% | 11.2% |
| Halifax | 6.8% | 5.6% | 9.0% |
| Colchester | 10.5% | 10.0% | 11.6% |
| Cumberland | 13.7% | 13.2% | 15.3% |
| Pictou | 13.1% | 12.0% | 16.6% |
| Guysborough | 15.2% | 15.3% | 13.2% |
| Antigonish | 9.1% | 8.6% | 9.2% |
| Inverness | 11.4% | 10.6% | 12.5% |
| Richmond | 13.5% | 12.7% | 12.3% |
| Cape Breton | 12.1% | 11.9% | 11.4% |
| Victoria | 9.8% | 7.4% | 20.5% |
| Source Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Table 97-554-XCB-2006023.ivt |
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