How do I read the comparative indicator (horizontal bar) charts?
These charts allow you to compare data on several levels. First of all, you will see how your community compares to other communities across Nova Scotia. The chart identifies the communities with the lowest and highest values, as well as whether your community fits within the bottom 25% (red section of the bar), middle 50% (orange section), or top 25% (yellow section) range. For example (please see image below): • 20.0% of the population in Sackville South is Aged 20-34 (see blue triangle on chart). • This places Sackville South within the top 25% of all communities in Nova Scotia (within the yellow section of bar), but not significantly higher than the middle range (the orange section of the bar). • You can see the community with the smallest percentage of population aged 20-34 is Little Narrows, with 9.9% and that community with the largest percentage is Halifax Citadel, with 40.3%. • The width of each of the three sections on the bar represents the range of values for the selected i
