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 |