Official Name: | Grandview Heights |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Grandview 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: | papastew |
Subdivision Type5: | Sector[2] |
Subdivision Name5: | Mature area |
Government Footnotes: | [3] |
Leader Title: | Administrative body |
Leader Name: | Edmonton City Council |
Leader Title1: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [4] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.56 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 1090 |
Population Density Km2: | 1946.4 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change |
Population Blank1: | -4.1% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 366 |
Coordinates: | 53.5°N -113.548°W |
Elevation M: | 674 |
Grandview Heights is a residential neighbourhood in south west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is built on land that had been owned in the 1880s by a family named McCauley.[5] [6]
The neighbourhood is bounded on the north by the North Saskatchewan River valley, on the west by the Whitemud Creek Ravine and on the south and east by the University of Alberta farm. Road access to the neighbourhood is by 122 Street from the south and by Belgravia Road (after it turns into 122 Street) from the north. Despite a comparatively central location, Grandview Heights has no adjacent neighbourhoods, though it is geographically close to Lansdowne, Belgravia and Brookside.
According to the 2001 federal census, approximately 17 out of 20 residences in the neighbourhood were built during the 1960s. Substantially all of the residences (95%) are single family residences with almost all the remainder being rented apartments in a low rise building with fewer than five stories. Substantially all residences in the neighbourhood are owner occupied.[7] [8]
The community is represented by the Grandview Heights Community League, established in 1961, which maintains a community hall and tennis courts located at 126 Street and 63 Avenue.[9] [10]
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Grandview Heights had a population of living in dwellings,[11] a -4.1% change from its 2009 population of .[12] With a land area of 0.56km2, it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[4] [11]
Average household income in Grandview Heights is significantly higher than the average household income in the City of Edmonton at large.
+ Income By Household - 2001 Census[13] [14] | |||
Income Range ($) | Grandview Heights[15] | Edmonton[16] | |
---|---|---|---|
(% of Households) | (% of Households) | ||
Under $10,000 | 2.9% | 6.3% | |
$10,000-$19,999 | 4.3% | 12.4% | |
$20,000-$29,999 | 5.8% | 11.9% | |
$30,000-$39,999 | 7.2% | 11.8% | |
$40,000-$49,999 | 4.3% | 10.9% | |
$50,000-$59,999 | 4.3% | 9.5% | |
$60,000-$69,999 | 2.9% | 8.3% | |
$70,000-$79,999 | 4.5% | 6.7% | |
$80,000-$89,999 | 11.6% | 5.4% | |
$90,000-$99,999 | 0.0% | 4.2% | |
$100,000 and over | 52.2% | 12.6% | |
Average household income | $134,233 | $57,360 |
There is a single school in the neighbourhood, operated by the Edmonton Public School System, Grandview Heights Elementary Junior High School.