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Renting in Woodlawn eats 23% of household income, more than in Nova Scotia’s towns and across Canadian towns

Source area for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: the Halifax metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 14% of households, above Nova Scotia’s towns (13%) but below Canadian towns (18%). Owners make up 78% of households.

51% of adults around Woodlawn rate their health very good or excellent

Shared with the rest of the Zone 4 - Central: health survey and life expectancy

Lives here run to 81.4 years on average, about level with Canadian towns (81.5) and above Nova Scotia’s towns (80.0). Smoking is rarer than in the province: just over one in ten adults, against 14% for Nova Scotia. Closer to home, a hospital sits 4.1 km from the average resident of Woodlawn, about the norm of 3.7 km.

Woodlawn has milder winters than Nova Scotia’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −8.3°C

A normal December brings 156 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Frost usually lifts by 30 April and returns around 29 October: 181 days without it. Frosty days number 133 in a normal year, about level with Nova Scotia’s towns (133) and below Canadian towns (159). Woodlawn sees July afternoons of 22.7°C on average.

Household incomes in Woodlawn are higher than in 81% of Canadian towns

Commutes averaged 22 min, lower than both Nova Scotia’s towns (23 min) and Canadian towns (26 min). By car: that was how 85% of commuters travelled at the census.

Woodlawn’s grade for safety: a C+

Property crime in its police area ran at 37.3 per 1,000 residents a year, close to Nova Scotia’s towns (36.2) and above Canadian towns (31.2). Violent incidents in its police area came to 13.8 per 1,000 residents a year, about level with Nova Scotia’s towns (14.5) and above Canadian towns (12). Woodlawn doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Halifax Metropolitan Area service area.

Woodlawn has more protected land around it than 9 in 10 Canadian towns

National parks are all over 100 km off. The closest provincial park is Cole Harbour - Lawrencetown Provincial Park, 2.1 km from the edge of town. Count 27 protected areas within 10 km of town. 0.2 km out lies the largest, Waverley - Salmon River Long Lake Wilderness Area, at 8,621 ha.

Who lives in Woodlawn: a median age of 43.7, 8,470 households

People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, lower than Nova Scotia’s towns (25%) and near Canadian towns (19%). The under-15s are 15% of the population here.

In Woodlawn, November normally means 9°C afternoons and 1°C nights

Normal highs peak at 23°C in August; nights bottom out at −8°C in January. Into December, the normals move to 4°C and −4°C. A typical November adds 19 cm of snow. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 135 mm.

2 MPs share Woodlawn, which straddles Dartmouth—Cole Harbour and Sackville—Bedford—Preston

No provincial riding is named for Woodlawn, as no open boundary file exists for the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that we could find.

Woodlawn has no public library of its own; the nearest is Woodlawn Library, 2.4 km away

The next is Cole Harbour Public Library (Cole Harbour), 3.2 km away.

Woodlawn is on Canada’s flood inventory: 2 listed, led by Halifax Regional Municipality

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Zone 6 health region · Earthquake risk for the city of Halifax

13% of radon tests in the survey area came in above the guideline, about level with Nova Scotia’s towns (13%) and above Canadian towns (6.6%). NRCan expects $0.018 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Woodlawn, near the typical $0.030. The burn rate around Woodlawn is 0.06% a year (2.4% of the land within 25 km since 1986), a moderate band.

In and around Woodlawn, 37 schools: 23 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools and 4 schools for every grade

Schooling here is split between 2 boards, between Nova Scotia’s towns (1) and Canadian towns (3).