Official Name: | Allendale |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Allendale in Edmonton |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Edmonton |
Subdivision Type3: | Quadrant[1] |
Subdivision Name3: | NW |
Subdivision Type4: | Ward |
Subdivision Name4: | papastew |
Subdivision Type5: | Sector[2] |
Subdivision Name5: | Mature area |
Subdivision Type6: | Area[3] |
Subdivision Name6: | Strathcona |
Government Footnotes: | [4] |
Leader Title: | Administrative body |
Leader Name: | Edmonton City Council |
Leader Title1: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [5] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.88 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Footnotes: | [6] |
Population Total: | 2728 |
Population Density Km2: | 3100 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2009–12) |
Population Blank1: | -5.8% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 1530 |
Coordinates: | 53.502°N -113.506°W |
Elevation M: | 674 |
Allendale is a residential neighbourhood located in south west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The neighbourhood is named for the Allen family, who owned a farm there. It was annexed by the City of Strathcona in 1907.[7]
Residential development in Allendale commenced prior to the end of World War II. Approximately one residence in eleven (9%) were constructed at this time according to the 2001 federal census. Approximately half the residences in the neighbourhood (48.1%) were constructed between the end of World War II and 1960. One in three (34.6%) of residences were constructed during the 1960s and 1970s. A small number of residences were constructed after 1980.[8]
Seven out of ten (72%) of residences are single-family dwellings, according to the 2005 municipal census, making them the most common type of home in the neighbourhood. Just under one in seven (15%) are rented apartments in low-rise buildings with fewer than five stories. Another one in eight (12%) are duplexes.[9] Just over half the residences (54%) are rented, with the remaining 46% being owner occupied.[10]
The population of Allendale is comparatively mobile. According to the 2005 municipal census, one in five (21.7%) of residents had moved within the previous 12 months. Another one in four (23.9%) had moved within the previous one to three years. Only four in ten (38.1%) had lived at the same address for five years or longer.[11]
There is one school in the neighbourhood. Allendale Elementary Junior High School is operated by the Edmonton Public School System.
The neighbourhood is bounded on the east by 104 Street and the Canadian Pacific Railway right of way, on the south by 61 Avenue, on the west by 109 Street, and on the north by 70 Avenue.
The residents of the community are represented by the Allendale community league, established in 1955, which maintains a community hall, tennis courts and outdoor rink located behind the Allendale Junior High School.[12] [13]
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Allendale had a population of living in dwellings,[14] a -5.8% change from its 2009 population of .[15] With a land area of 0.88km2,[5] it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[5] [14]
Adjacent communities Northwest = McKernan North = Queen Alexandra Northeast = CRP West, CPR Irvine West = Parkallen East = CRP West, CPR Irvine Southwest = Lendrum Place South = Pleasantview Southeast = Coronet Industrial, Rosedale Industrial