2006 Census and the local Federal Ridings

There is a very interesting dataset on Pundits Guide which allows you to look at the 308 Canadian ridings through the lens of the data from the 2006 census.   I am going to highlight some interest factoids about the three local ridings

Victoria

• 5th lowest number of people under the age of 15 with only 10.1%
• 26th highest median age at 45.3 
• Tied for fourth smallest family size at 2.6 people
• 7th highest number of people with no religion at 40.5% (the top 27 are all in BC, we seem to be much, much less religious than the rest of the country)
• 6th highest commuters by walking of biking 29.44%
• 9th lowest number of people with unpaid hours looking after children 27.97%
• 13th highest average value of dwelling at $507,716

Saanich Gulf Islands

• 19th lowest in under 15 years olds with 12.7%
• Has the highest median age in Canada at 48.3
• tied for 7th smallest family size at 2.7 people
• 21st highest number of people with no religion at 35.2%
• 4th highest rate of working in a different municipality than where they live 60.99%
• 9th lowest number of Catholics at 14.62%
• 11th highest value of dwelling $531,843

Esquimalt Juan de Fuca

• 141st in under 15 year olds with 16.4%
• 126th oldest median age at 41.4
• Tied for 38th smallest family size 2.8 people
• 8th highest number of people with no religion at 39.2%