2024 Budget Survey - What We Heard - Demographics

Participants were asked a series of voluntary questions about their knowledge of the budget process, how they found out about the budget consultation, how they prefer to get information about the budget, and demographic information to help inform how the City engages with the community about the budget.

Do you have a home or business in the City of Peterborough	Responses	Percentage of overall responses
Home	262	64.5%
Both	75	18.5%
Neither	50	12.3%
Business	19	4.7%

Do you own or rent your current place of residence?	Responses	Percentage of overall responses
Own	286	70.1%
Rent	111	27.2%
Other (e.g. live with parents, staying at a place but neither rent nor own)	11	2.7%

In which area of the City is your home address located? (You don't need to consider any official boundaries - just choose how you identify the area where your home is located)	Responses	Percentage of overall responses
Downtown	112	27.8%
West end	92	22.8%
East City	70	17.4%
North end	68	16.9%
South end	61	15.1%

In which age category do you fall?	Responses	Percentage of overall responses
80 years or older	8	2%
70-79 years	45	11.1%
60-69 years	66	16.3%
50-59 years	65	16%
40-49 years	66	16.3%
30-39 years	105	25.9%
20-29 years	48	11.8%
15-19 years	3	0.7%
Under 15 years	0	0%

Do you identify as...?	Responses	Percentage of overall responses
Female	230	56.4%
Male	131	32.1%
Prefer not to say	33	8.1%
I don't identify as either male or female. I identify as... (Use the box below to specify)	14	3.4%