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Best places to live 2010

Nanaimo, BC

Current Rank: 36 | 2010 Rank: 67
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 68,959 Houshold discretionary (%): 26.57
New cars (%): 12.58 Unemployment rate (%): 6.10
Population 2001 : 85,664 Population (% change '01-'06): 7.80
Population 2006 : 92,361    
Provincial income tax: 2 Provincial sales tax: 5
Housing
Average household price ($): 343,623 Time to buy (in years): 4.98
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 8.33 College: Y
University: Y Culture: 40
Transit: 69    
Crime
Crime severity: 114.00 Violent crime rate: 1853
Total crime rate: 14075    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 2.85 Health professionals (% of pop.): 6.51
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 173.40 Precipitation (ml/year): 1.00
Days below 0C: 80.20 Ozone (parts per billion): 19
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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