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Best places to live 2010

Oshawa, ON

Current Rank: 45 | 2010 Rank: 49
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 80,476 Houshold discretionary (%): 28.01
New cars (%): 18.40 Unemployment rate (%): 10.60
Population 2001 : 139,051 Population (% change '01-'06): 1.83
Population 2006 : 141,590    
Provincial income tax: 5 Provincial sales tax: 7
Housing
Average household price ($): 226,635 Time to buy (in years): 2.82
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 5.07 College: Y
University: Y Culture: 60
Transit: 33    
Crime
Crime severity: 66.50 Violent crime rate: 828
Total crime rate: 4586    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 1.14 Health professionals (% of pop.): 4.74
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 142.10 Precipitation (ml/year): 877.90
Days below 0C: 153.40 Ozone (parts per billion): 23
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
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