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Best places to live 2010

Victoria, BC

Current Rank: 2 | 2010 Rank: 8
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 81,847 Houshold discretionary (%): 28.86
New cars (%): 10.05 Unemployment rate (%): 5.80
Population 2001 : 311,902 Population (% change '01-'06): 5.80
Population 2006 : 330,088    
Provincial income tax: 2 Provincial sales tax: 5
Housing
Average household price ($): 496,814 Time to buy (in years): 6.07
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 16.06 College: Y
University: Y Culture: 7
Transit: 28    
Crime
Crime severity: 82.90 Violent crime rate: 1346
Total crime rate: 8658    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 3.09 Health professionals (% of pop.): 6.69
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 154.20 Precipitation (ml/year): 883.30
Days below 0C: 52.60 Ozone (parts per billion): 19
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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