Official Name: | Riverbend |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Calgary |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 225 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Riverbend in Calgary |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Type3: | Quadrant |
Subdivision Name3: | SE |
Subdivision Type4: | Ward |
Subdivision Name4: | 11 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Title1: | Administrative body |
Leader Name1: | Calgary City Council |
Leader Title2: | Councillor |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1982 |
Area Total Km2: | 3.0 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 10319 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Average Income |
Population Blank1: | $78574 |
Coordinates: | 50.9728°N -114.0156°W |
Elevation M: | 1020 |
Website: | Riverbend Community Association |
Riverbend is a residential neighbourhood in the southeast quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is bounded to the north by Glenmore Trail, to the east by 24 Street E and to the west by Deerfoot Trail. It is developed in the Bow River floodplain, on its escarpment and the upland plain.
Riverbend was established as a neighbourhood in 1982. It is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 9 councillor.
In the City of Calgary's 2013 municipal census, Riverbend had a population of living in dwellings, nearly identical to its 2012 population of .[1] With a land area of 4.1km2, it had a population density of in 2013.[2] [3]
Residents in this community had a median household income of $78,574 in 2000, and there were 6.1% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.[4] As of 2000, 17.3% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 2.5% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 3.5% of the housing was used for renting.[5]
This neighbourhood has one public elementary school: Riverbend Elementary School (K-6), and one Catholic school: Holy Angels Elementary School. (K-6)