Prosperous People

This section presents information primarily concerned with incomes and employment. Although related to self-reliance, it is more a measure of the quality of life (in a limited economic sense) in an area as opposed to its self-sufficiency.

As the graph below indicates, the Burgeo area has incomes across the board comparable to those in the Economic Zone, but lower, particularly in the realm of husband-wife families, when compared to the province. This is probably linked to the lower employment rates noted in the charts below.

Average Annual Household Income

Labour Force Having Employment Annually

Source: Compiled by the Community Accounts Unit based on custom tabulations from the Census of Population 1996, Statistics Canada.

Unemployment Rate