Official Name: | Oxford |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Edmonton |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Oxford 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: | Anirniq |
Subdivision Type5: | Sector[2] |
Subdivision Name5: | North |
Subdivision Type6: | Area[3] [4] |
Subdivision Name6: | The Palisades |
Government Footnotes: | [5] |
Leader Title: | Administrative body |
Leader Name: | Edmonton City Council |
Leader Title1: | Councillor |
Area Total Km2: | 1.18 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Total: | 3399 |
Population Density Km2: | 2880.5 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2009–12) |
Population Blank1: | 1.5% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 1176 |
Coordinates: | 53.622°N -113.549°W |
Elevation M: | 685 |
Oxford is a residential neighbourhood in the Palisades area of north west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
According to the 2001 federal census, residential development of the neighbourhood began in the second half of the 1980s and continued through the 1990s. Nine out of ten (90%) of residences in the neighbourhood, according to the 2005 municipal census, are single-family dwellings. The remaining one out of ten (10%) are duplexes.[6] Almost nine in ten (88%) residences are owner-occupied while the remaining one in ten (12%) are rented.[7]
The neighbourhood is bounded on the south by 153 Avenue, on the north by 167 Avenue, and on the east by 127 Street. The western boundary is half a block west of 132 Street.
The community is represented by the Cumberland-Oxford Community League, established in 2002.[8]
In the City of Edmonton's 2019 municipal census, Oxford had a population of living in dwellings,[9] a 1.5% change from its 2009 population of .[10] With a land area of 1.18km2,[11] it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.[9] [11]