Petty Harbour-Maddox CoveNewfoundland and Labrador

Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove is graded an A for hazard risk

In Health Canada’s survey, just 4% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Department of Environment and Climate Change. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.012 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Little of the land around Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove has burned: 0.8% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.02% a year. Nobody publishes radon tests for Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove alone, so this card uses the figure for the Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority.

Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove has 0.1 jobs for every resident in work, so most leave town for work

Getting to work takes 22 min on average.

Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove is graded a C for safety

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove

The index for the force that serves it came to 90, above Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (81) and Canadian towns (67) alike. The force’s area logs 13.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove has milder winters than Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −7.2°C

Counting rain and snow alike, 1,381 mm falls in a year, above both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (1,305 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). A July afternoon in Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove typically reaches 21.3°C. A normal January brings 95 cm of snow, the most of any month. Rain and snow peak in December, at 161 mm.

In Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove, November normally means 7°C afternoons and 1°C nights

Then December: 3°C by day, −4°C at night. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 138 mm. Snow is normal by November, about 22 cm over the month. Normal highs peak at 21°C in July; nights bottom out at −8°C in February.

Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove’s MP is Tom Osborne (Liberal Party of Canada), for Cape Spear

The House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador’s riding map is published without a licence, so this page doesn’t place Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove in a riding.

Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove has no public library of its own; the nearest is Michael Donovan Public Library, 7.6 km away

After it comes Mount Pearl Public Library (Mount Pearl), 9.4 km away.

Most households in Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove own their home: 88%, more than in Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns or across Canadian towns

Measured across the St. John's metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Rent took 19% of household income, higher than Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (17%) yet lower than Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 16% of households, higher than Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (15%) yet lower than Canadian towns (18%).

54% of adults around Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove rate their health very good or excellent

The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 80.2, with women at 82.1 and men at 78.2. At 13%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 15% for Newfoundland and Labrador. On average nearly a fifth of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, below Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (22%) but above Canadian towns (17%). Closer to home, a hospital is 7.1 km from the average resident of Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove, further than the usual 3.7 km. Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Eastern Urban Zone.

385 households and a median age of 47.2: who lives in Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove

1.1% of residents belong to a visible minority, close to Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (1.2%) and below Canadian towns (15%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 19% of residents. One measure of family life: 13% of residents are under 15.

Protected land is scarce around Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove: 0.3% within 10 km

National parks are all over 100 km off. Butter Pot Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 23 km. OpenStreetMap shows one walking route nearby, the East Coast Trail.

Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove’s past, on the record: 1 historic place

Before 1961 is when 27% of the homes went up, above Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.