Nipissing District Housing Needs, Supply & Affordability ... - dnssab

KEY FINDINGS
In 2001 (the last period for which data is available), there were 3,640 households in
core housing need in the North Bay CA (15.5% of total households): approximately
71% (2,590) of these households were renters and 29% (1,050) were owners. III
On average, North Bay CA’s owners have twice the income of renters ($66,500 vs.
33,435). Of the owners in core housing need, their average income is $16,442 which
is less than a quarter of the average income of the owners not in core housing need.
Of the renters in core housing need, their average income is $14,865 which is less
than half the average of the renters not in core housing need.
Approximately 78% of the renters in core housing need are lone-parents and singles,
with the remaining 22% being couples. When these household types are crosstabulated
with age, it turns out that approximately 25% of the renters in core housing
need are young adults (ages 15-29) and 25% are seniors. Cross-tabulating also
reveals that approximately 8% of the total households in core housing need are
Aboriginal.
Young adults (ages 15-29) comprise just 11% of North Bay CA’s total households
but they represent 24% of the rental market. Approximately one-third of these young
households who rented in 2001, were in core housing need.
Since 1991, the types of housing that Nipissing’s families and households have been
living in, has remained fairly consistent. Detached houses (singles and semis) have
housed the majority of Nipissing’s households, followed by apartments and row
housing:
Structural type of housing between
1991 - 2006
% of households
living in housing
Net change
since 1991
Single-detached house 60.5% - 64.5% 11.5%
Semi-detached house 7.0% – 8.5% -6.5%
Apartments (in apt. buildings & duplexes) 19.5% - 26.0% 29.5%
Row house 5.5% - 6.0% 12.0%
Other housing 1.0 – 1.5% -37.0%
In 2006, approximately 82% of the District’s owners lived in single-detached houses
while another 7% lived in semis. It’s interesting to note that 8.5% lived in apartment
buildings or duplexes with apartments (which are actually semi-detached houses
with accessory apartments, and have been classified as duplexes with apartments
for the 2006 census). This provides insight into the District’s secondary housing
market.
In 2006, just 52.5% of the District’s renters lived in purpose-built rental housing (i.e.,
apartment buildings). The remaining renters lived in non-conventional rental housing
such as accessory apartments (in single-detached houses), rented condominiums,
townhouses, etc. It appears that secondary housing plays a significant role in
Nipissing District’s housing market.
III. The 2001 North Bay CA includes: North Bay, East Ferris, Bonfield, Nipissing First Nation and North
Himsworth (which is not in Nipissing District).
Nipissing District Housing Needs, Supply & Affordability Study, May 2008.
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