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Best places to live 2010

Oakville, ON

Current Rank: 30 | 2010 Rank: 34
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 148,814 Houshold discretionary (%): 29.57
New cars (%): 20.91 Unemployment rate (%): 6.80
Population 2001 : 144,738 Population (% change '01-'06): 14.42
Population 2006 : 165,613    
Provincial income tax: 5 Provincial sales tax: 7
Housing
Average household price ($): 589,684 Time to buy (in years): 3.96
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 4.09 College: Y
University: Y Culture: 11
Transit: 13    
Crime
Crime severity: 32.50 Violent crime rate: 504
Total crime rate: 3189    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 1.94 Health professionals (% of pop.): 4.31
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 117.30 Precipitation (ml/year): 808.70
Days below 0C: 143.10 Ozone (parts per billion): 25
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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