The Town of Amherstburg doesn’t have Wards, so I divided the community into 3 areas of close to equal population based on Census Dissemination geographies. The following table “Wards” show the Amherstburg total plus the socio-economic breakdown of the 3 areas.

	Town Total	Rural Amherstburg/ South Shore	Downtown Amherstburg	River Canard
Total Population 2016	21,936	7,271	8,603	6,062
Total Population 2011	21,325	7,115	8,660	5,550
Average Population Density (Per Square KM)	1037.18	285.66	1878.1	576.55
% Pop under 19	22.58%	22.64%	20.60%	26.40%
% Pop over 65	18.65%	16.40%	22.33%	14.70%
Total Single Parent Families	14.70%	10.80%	20.70%	9.10%
% of Female Led Single Parent Families	71.40%	64.80%	78.11%	69.20%

Income
After Tax Median Income	$35,311	$37,269	$31,068	$40,861
After Tax Average Income	$41,394	$46,304	$35,118	$46,581
Low Income Rate (LIM)	8.81%	6.03%	13.44%	3.75%
% of population in the bottom income decile	5.30%	3.40%	7.80%	2.90%
% of population in the top income decile	10.20%	12.60%	5.40%	16.30%

% of Public Transit Users to reach Employment

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Total – Occupied private dwellings by number of bedrooms	10,690	3,420	3,305	1,605	2,540
No bedrooms	–	–	–	–	–
1 bedroom	205	65	75	10	55
2 bedrooms	1,430	365	475	270	320
3 bedrooms	4,865	1,565	1,320	755	1,225
4 or more bedrooms	4,130	1,225	1,390	585	930

Household Wealth
Number of Households with and income greater than $150,000	450	160	65	225

Employment for Amherstburg
31-33 Manufacturing	22%
62 Health care and social assistance	13%
44-45 Retail trade	12%
61 Educational services	8%
72 Accommodation and food services	6%