Citizens receiving any type of home care services who reported that they live alone

Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
41.1
40.3 - 41.9
39.2
38.2 - 40.1
39.0
38.0 - 40.0
35.9
34.9 - 36.9
33.1
31.9 - 34.3
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
37.8
36.1 - 39.4
36.6
34.7 - 38.6
36.7
34.6 - 38.7
33.2
31.1 - 35.3
33.5
31.0 - 36.0
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
43.2
41.4 - 44.9
42.0
40.0 - 44.0
43.5
41.3 - 45.6
37.2
35.0 - 39.4
32.0
29.5 - 34.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
40.3
38.4 - 42.1
36.4
34.4 - 38.3
38.1
36.0 - 40.2
36.9
34.7 - 39.1
35.8
33.1 - 38.5
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
42.8
40.0 - 45.6
47.7
44.3 - 51.0
40.7
37.4 - 44.0
39.9
36.6 - 43.3
35.8
32.0 - 39.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
48.0
44.3 - 51.7
44.4
40.3 - 48.5
42.2
37.6 - 46.8
34.4
30.3 - 38.4
34.2
29.2 - 39.2
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
40.6
38.3 - 42.9
35.2
32.5 - 38.0
32.5
29.8 - 35.2
34.4
31.4 - 37.5
27.8
24.3 - 31.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
42.6
39.2 - 45.9
38.8
35.1 - 42.5
41.8
38.1 - 45.5
35.7
32.2 - 39.2
31.1
26.8 - 35.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
48.5
44.9 - 52.1
40.3
35.9 - 44.7
40.9
36.2 - 45.6
41.9
36.9 - 46.9
30.3
24.8 - 35.9
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
34.6
30.9 - 38.3
36.1
31.3 - 40.8
36.3
30.8 - 41.9
31.4
25.9 - 36.8
30.1
23.8 - 36.4
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
43.1
37.7 - 48.6
50.2
44.1 - 56.3
41.8
35.4 - 48.3
35.3
29.3 - 41.4
37.2
30.0 - 44.4
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
39.3
34.6 - 44.0
33.9
27.6 - 40.1
30.3
24.0 - 36.6
31.7
25.2 - 38.2
23.7
16.1 - 31.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
52.3
47.3 - 57.2
39.4
33.9 - 44.9
42.6
36.0 - 49.1
33.5
28.0 - 39.0
31.1
24.0 - 38.1
Dieppe and Memramcook
33.8
29.5 - 38.2
32.1
25.9 - 38.3
27.1
21.2 - 33.1
27.2
20.5 - 33.9
29.4
20.5 - 38.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
43.1
36.6 - 49.5
37.6
30.6 - 44.5
43.9
36.7 - 51.0
35.8
28.3 - 43.4
40.1
31.0 - 49.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
42.4
38.7 - 46.1
46.6
42.1 - 51.0
41.5
37.1 - 46.0
43.1
38.5 - 47.7
38.2
33.0 - 43.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
37.7
33.8 - 41.5
32.0
28.0 - 36.0
33.9
29.6 - 38.2
32.2
27.9 - 36.5
32.5
27.4 - 37.7
Fredericton
47.1
43.5 - 50.7
41.0
37.3 - 44.8
46.8
42.5 - 51.1
43.8
39.1 - 48.5
47.0
40.7 - 53.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
32.8
23.2 - 42.5
23.5
15.0 - 32.0
30.3
20.4 - 40.1
25.9
15.1 - 36.8
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
43.2
38.1 - 48.3
50.6
45.0 - 56.2
43.6
37.7 - 49.5
38.3
32.9 - 43.7
32.8
26.4 - 39.2
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
29.8
18.0 - 41.7
31.1
19.5 - 42.6
37.8
27.0 - 48.5
38.9
26.2 - 51.5
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
43.3
35.7 - 51.0
42.8
31.4 - 54.2
28.5
19.4 - 37.5
28.4
18.1 - 38.8
32.5
19.8 - 45.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
42.4
36.0 - 48.7
42.0
34.4 - 49.5
41.8
34.3 - 49.4
38.5
30.5 - 46.5
31.3
22.3 - 40.2
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
45.2
41.5 - 48.9
42.5
38.4 - 46.7
43.5
39.5 - 47.6
38.7
34.6 - 42.8
32.2
27.2 - 37.1
Moncton
43.2
40.2 - 46.3
40.8
37.4 - 44.2
42.5
38.9 - 46.0
37.7
34.1 - 41.3
34.8
30.6 - 39.0
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
42.0
35.6 - 48.3
34.8
27.4 - 42.3
28.6
21.3 - 35.9
30.9
23.5 - 38.2
30.8
21.7 - 39.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
25.6
18.7 - 32.6
21.2
14.0 - 28.4
32.6
23.2 - 41.9
26.4
19.8 - 33.1
27.8
19.1 - 36.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
23.5
18.4 - 28.7
23.7
17.7 - 29.6
23.3
16.8 - 29.7
19.4
13.0 - 25.9
22.5
13.7 - 31.2
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
31.6
26.1 - 37.0
25.1
18.7 - 31.6
28.1
20.9 - 35.3
29.4
20.2 - 38.7
26.5
16.9 - 36.0
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
42.2
34.7 - 49.7
48.0
41.5 - 54.5
43.3
36.9 - 49.8
53.4
46.9 - 60.0
40.8
32.9 - 48.6
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
32.1
28.2 - 35.9
30.1
25.4 - 34.8
26.1
21.0 - 31.2
25.4
19.7 - 31.1
24.0
17.6 - 30.4
Riverview and Coverdale
34.8
29.9 - 39.8
29.6
24.4 - 34.8
38.5
31.9 - 45.1
29.3
22.8 - 35.9
31.7
24.2 - 39.2
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
36.5
31.1 - 42.0
32.4
25.5 - 39.3
30.0
22.2 - 37.8
30.7
23.0 - 38.3
43.1
32.9 - 53.3
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
49.7
46.7 - 52.6
49.6
46.4 - 52.7
49.7
46.3 - 53.2
43.4
40.0 - 46.9
35.4
31.3 - 39.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
33.8
24.1 - 43.5
39.4
28.6 - 50.3
37.5
27.5 - 47.4
42.9
30.5 - 55.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
37.9
33.0 - 42.9
40.2
34.4 - 46.0
31.5
27.1 - 36.0
30.0
25.2 - 34.8
28.0
21.6 - 34.4
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
36.4
30.3 - 42.5
32.8
26.0 - 39.6
25.6
19.3 - 32.0
27.5
21.3 - 33.8
27.8
19.5 - 36.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
31.4
26.1 - 36.6
31.8
26.2 - 37.5
48.3
41.5 - 55.0
35.0
28.6 - 41.5
31.3
24.6 - 38.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
43.1
38.4 - 47.7
41.9
36.7 - 47.1
46.2
40.6 - 51.8
36.6
30.7 - 42.5
37.7
30.6 - 44.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
46.9
42.7 - 51.2
40.2
35.0 - 45.4
42.5
37.0 - 48.1
34.4
29.3 - 39.5
27.6
21.8 - 33.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
31.0
26.4 - 35.6
28.8
23.0 - 34.6
27.0
22.1 - 31.8
29.4
22.5 - 36.4
26.3
18.4 - 34.2
Age
18-64
35.5
33.4 - 37.5
34.1
32.0 - 36.2
34.6
32.6 - 36.6
31.9
29.9 - 33.8
28.4
26.4 - 30.4
65 and over
42.3
41.4 - 43.2
40.9
39.9 - 42.0
41.0
39.9 - 42.1
39.1
37.9 - 40.2
36.7
35.2 - 38.2
Gender
Female
48.3
47.2 - 49.4
47.3
46.1 - 48.5
46.7
45.4 - 48.0
42.2
40.9 - 43.5
39.2
37.6 - 40.7
Male
30.3
29.0 - 31.6
27.6
26.2 - 28.9
27.7
26.2 - 29.1
26.6
25.1 - 28.1
22.2
20.5 - 24.0
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
41.9
40.9 - 42.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
39.6
38.0 - 41.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
39.6
36.7 - 42.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
45.9
39.7 - 52.1
38.2
29.9 - 46.5
37.7
30.0 - 45.5
37.9
30.4 - 45.4
45.6
38.3 - 52.8
Immigrant
Immigrants
44.5
38.5 - 50.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
42.7
41.6 - 43.7
40.6
39.4 - 41.8
39.5
38.3 - 40.7
37.6
36.4 - 38.8
34.2
32.7 - 35.6
Postsecondary
37.7
36.3 - 39.2
36.3
34.6 - 38.0
36.8
34.9 - 38.7
32.5
30.4 - 34.6
33.8
31.3 - 36.3
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
42.2
40.2 - 44.3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
56.7
55.6 - 57.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
24.0
22.3 - 25.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
11.0
9.1 - 12.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
42.9
36.6 - 49.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of citizens receiving any type of home care services who reported that they live alone.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Home Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: Do you live alone?

Unit

%

NBHC code

HC_HOU01_1

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