Wealthy
neighbourhoods getting wealthier
Poorer neighbourhoods are getting poorer
TORONTO DECEMBER
18th, 2014 - In
a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 1001 Toronto
residents, one third say they live in a neighbour hood which is getting
wealthier (32%), while fewer, one fifth, say their neighbourhood is getting
poorer (20%). Close to half say their neighbourhood isn't changing (45%).
Living in a neighbourhood which is getting more wealthy is characteristic of
the very wealthiest ($100K to $250K - 61%), the best educated (post grad - 55%)
and, most importantly, in neighbourhoods whose residents are getting wealthier
still (50%). Saying one's neighbourhood is getting poorer is common to the
least wealthy (less than $20K - 36%, $20K to $40K - 32%, $40K to $60K - 35%),
the former city of York (36%) and, critically, among those who say their
neighbourhood is getting less wealthy (49%).
Twice as many neighbourhoods getting wealthier as getting less
wealthy
More
than 4-in-10 Toronto residents say their neighbourhood is getting more wealthy
(41%), while fewer than half this amount say their neighbourhood is getting
less wealthy (16%). The same patterns as wealthy neighbourhoods apply,
especially as those in more wealthy neighbourhoods are much more likely to say
their neighbourhood is getting wealthier (65%) than those in poorer
neighbourhoods (25%). Those in the Downtown (66%) are especially likely to say
their neighbourhoods are getting wealthier, while those in Scarborough and East
York are most likely to say their neighbourhoods are getting less wealthy (20%
each).
"It is clear the wealth of
this city is diverging from the poverty, and income strata are not evening out
geographically. This is an unsustainable model, where neighbourhoods residents
see as poor are seen to be getting poorer," said Forum Research President, Dr. Lorne
Bozinoff.
Lorne Bozinoff, Ph.D. is the president and founder of Forum
Research. He can be reached at lbozinoff@forumresearch.com or at (416)
960-9603.
