Official Name: | Falconer Heights |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Falconer Heights 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: | pihêsiwin |
Subdivision Type5: | Sector[2] |
Subdivision Name5: | Southwest |
Subdivision Type6: | Area[3] [4] |
Subdivision Name6: | Riverbend |
Government Footnotes: | [5] |
Leader Title: | Administrative body |
Leader Name: | Edmonton City Council |
Leader Title1: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [6] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.65 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 2070 |
Population Density Km2: | 3184.6 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change |
Population Blank1: | 1.7% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 900 |
Coordinates: | 53.468°N -113.588°W |
Elevation M: | 679 |
Falconer Heights is a residential neighbourhood in south west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is bounded on the west by Riverbend Road, on the north by Rabbit Hill Road, and on the east by Terwillegar Drive. The southern boundary is an undeveloped strip of land about 29 Avenue.
According to the 2001 federal census, residential development in the neighbourhood began after 1985, with approximately one residence in eight (12.2%) of all residences being built during the late 1980s. The remaining seven out of every eight residences (87.8%) were built during the 1990s.[7]
The most common type of residence, according to the 2005 municipal census, was the single-family dwelling. These account for three out of every five (61%) residences in the neighbourhood. One in four residences (24%) are a mixture of rented apartments and apartment style condominiums. One in eight (13%) residences are duplexes.[8] Four out of every five (80%) residences are owner-occupied with one out of five (20%) being rented.[9]
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Falconer Heights had a population of living in dwellings,[10] a 1.7% change from its 2009 population of .[11] With a land area of 0.65km2, it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[6] [10]