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Edmonton Neighbourhood Profile

Athlone

Athlone is an Edmonton neighbourhood of about 1,128 homes — 88.7% houses and 11.3% condos, most homes built around 1965. The typical (median) house is assessed at $345,500, 23% below the citywide median (233rd of 277 neighbourhoods); condos around $271,500. Across its established houses — largely the same properties over time — the median assessed value changed +18% from 2012 to 2025. 75% of homes are owner-occupied, median household income is $86,000, and 3 public schools are designated for it. Figures throughout are City assessed values — directional and comparative, not exact sale prices ("typical" means the median).

Total homes

1,128

88.7% houses · 11.3% condos

Typical house

$345,500

23% below citywide · 233rd of 277

Typical condo

$271,500

44% above citywide

House $/sq ft

$319

$3,434/m² · 5% above citywide

Condo $/sq ft

$231

$2,486/m² · 22% above citywide

Typical lot

5,576 ft²

518 m² · 4% above citywide

Typical age

1965

median house build year

Where it is

At a glance.Athlone's location and boundary, with schools marked — green areas are parks and open space.

Map of Athlone, Edmonton — neighbourhood boundary, 2 schools, parks and surrounding streets.
Neighbourhood boundary outlined in sand; schools pinned in teal. Schools shown are those inside the boundary, plus designated schools that fall inside this view. Map data © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap.

The homes

What's built here — the housing stock, its age, and the condo & rental supply.

What's here

Mostly houses. 88.7% houses (freehold) · 11.3% condos (condominium-titled).

Houses 88.7% Condos 11.3%
Building types in detail
Detached76%
Semi-detached1%
Row house (townhouse)12%
Apartment in a duplex5%
Apartment (low-rise)6%

Bedrooms — homes here by bedroom count:

Studio (no bedroom)1%
1 bedroom3%
2 bedrooms18%
3 bedrooms48%
4+ bedrooms31%

6% of homes needed major repairs in 2021, as assessed by their own residents.

Building-type, bedroom and condition figures from the 2021 federal census.

When it was built

Most homes here were built before 1960. The median build year is 1965.

Full age breakdown
pre-1960421
1960s90
1970s22
1980s8
1990s272
2000s163
2010s9
2020s1

Condos & multi-family

6 condo developments here — about 128 condo dwellings, plus 7 purpose-built rental / multi-family buildings.

How condos & rentals are counted

6 condo developments, the largest around 76 units — about 128 condo dwellings in total. Separately-titled parking and storage stalls aren't counted as homes.

7 rental / multi-family buildings, typically built around 19581 small (under $1M), 6 mid ($1–10M). Purpose-built rentals (assessed as a single parcel each), separate from the owned homes counted above. Unit counts aren't in the open data.

Living here

The people and the day-to-day — who lives here, and the schools, shops, parks and transit around them.

Who lives here

Mostly homeowners. Median household income $86,000.

Resident snapshot from the 2021 federal census.

Median household income

$86,000

42% earn $100k+

Homeowners

75%

25% rent

Bachelor's degree or higher

17%

of residents 15+

Commute to work

88%

drive · 9% transit · 3% walk/bike

Median age 40; 39% of households have kids at home; 40% lived at a different address five years earlier.

Residents by age

Median age 40.

0–1416%
15–2413%
25–4428%
45–6429%
65+14%
Household income spread
Under $50k21%
$50k–$100k37%
$100k–$150k26%
$150k–$200k10%
$200k+6%

6% of households reported $200k or more; 21% under $50k.

Government transfers made up 21.2% of residents' 2020 income (including 7.8% pandemic supports — 2020 was a COVID income year); 9.2% of residents were below the low-income measure (LIM-AT).

Household total income, 2020, from the 2021 federal census (income shares and low-income prevalence as reported). Statistics Canada rounds and suppresses small counts, so shares may not sum exactly to 100.

Households & families
Couples with kids at home29%
Couples without kids at home17%
One-parent families10%
Living alone27%
Multigenerational1%
Other shared households15%

Average household size 2.6; families with kids at home average 1.8 children.

What residents do for work

Occupation groups (share of the labour force):

Sales & service30%
Trades, transport & equipment operators26%
Business, finance & administration14%
Health10%
Education, law, social & government7%
Manufacturing & utilities5%
Natural & applied sciences4%
Art, culture, recreation & sport2%
Natural resources & agriculture2%
Senior management1%

Industries residents work in (top 10; the rest combined):

Health care & social assistance16%
Retail trade12%
Construction10%
Accommodation & food services10%
Transportation & warehousing9%
Administrative & support services6%
Other services6%
Manufacturing5%
Wholesale trade5%
Professional, scientific & technical5%
All other sectors combined15%

Unemployment rate in the census reference week (May 2021): 10.2% — a pandemic-period snapshot.

How long people stay

13% of residents had moved within the previous year; 40% lived at a different address five years earlier.

Counts every change of address — moves within Athlone, into it, owners and renters alike.

Housing costs & affordability

A household earning the local median income would put about 20% of it toward typical owner shelter costs here — or 19% toward the typical rent.

Typical owner shelter cost

$1,440/mo

64.3% of owners hold a mortgage

Typical rent

$1,380/mo

median tenant shelter cost

Affordability in detail

Households spending 30% or more of their own income on their own shelter — the standard affordability-stress measure: 16.3% of owner households · 32.3% of renter households. (Different from the headline above, which compares the median cost against the median income — a typical-household what-if, not a count of stretched households.)

In core housing need (unaffordable, unsuitable or inadequate, with no affordable local alternative): 5.5% of owners · 24.2% of renters.

Owners' own estimate of their home's value (2021): $348,000 median — self-reported, so it can differ from the assessed medians above.

Owner costs reflect current owners — including long-time, mortgage-free ones — not the cost to buy in today. The income-share figures compare 2020 median household income with shelter costs reported in 2021.

Schools

3 designated public schools. Edmonton Public catchment for Athlone: Athlone, Rosslyn and Ross Sheppard.

All schools, levels & catchment notes

Designated public schools (Edmonton Public Schools catchment for Athlone):

Catchments are set by the school board and can change — and the City's published catchment data can lag new schools and boundary updates — so confirm the current designated school with Edmonton Public Schools before relying on it.

Schools located in Athlone:

Independent / private schools aren't in the City's open data, so they aren't listed here. School-quality ratings are published separately by the Fraser Institute (not affiliated with this site). Catholic-school catchments aren’t published as open data, so Catholic schools are shown by location rather than catchment.

Shopping & amenities

About 23 businesses in Athlone, employing roughly 354 people.

Business mix & how this is counted

From the City's business census (2025 survey).

The mix of what's here, from currently-licensed businesses:

Food & dining6
Shops & retail7
Personal & health services7
Recreation & fitness2
Professional & office6
Trades, auto & industrial22
Other4
Everyday amenities Other businesses

Counts come from City of Edmonton business licences and the City's business census — a licence means a business is registered at an address here, not a guarantee it's open today , and includes home-based businesses (about 45% of licences here). Landlord rental licences are excluded, and a listing isn't an endorsement.

Parks & green space

10 parks (19 hectares) and 1 playground in Athlone — includes a natural area.

Parks

10

19 hectares total

Playgrounds

1

1 wheelchair-accessible

Green-space types & notes

Types of green space:

  • Pocket park6
  • School & community park3
  • Natural area1

Counts come from the City of Edmonton's parks and playgrounds open data. A park is attributed to the neighbourhood its centre point falls in, so a large park or greenway that spans several areas is counted once — treat boundaries as approximate. Trail corridors appear here as greenways; off-street bike routes aren't included.

Transit & connectivity

No LRT line in Athlone today. The nearest station is Kingsway RAH (Metro Line), about 4.7 km away (straight-line). The neighbourhood is served by 6 bus routes (1 frequent).

Looking ahead, the nearest future stop is Glenora on the Valley Line West, about 4.7 km from the centre — under construction, targeted to open later this decade. Timelines can slip, and a nearby line doesn't imply any change in property values.

Nearest LRT

4.7 km

to Kingsway RAH

Bus routes

6

1 frequent

Future LRT

4.7 km

Glenora · under construction

Bus routes & notes

6 bus routes serve Athlone: 51, 103, 106, 124, 140X and 618. They run from 12 boardable stops inside the neighbourhood.

Frequent (≈ a bus every 15 min or better on a weekday): 106.

Bus routes and frequency come from the City's ETS GTFS schedule — the routes whose trips call at stops inside Athlone, with “frequent” meaning at least 100 weekday trips through the neighbourhood (about a bus every 15 minutes or better, counting both directions). Distances are straight-line (“as the crow flies”) from the neighbourhood centre — the actual walking or driving route is longer. Future stations are under construction; their locations and timelines come from City of Edmonton project pages and can change. Day-to-day commute mode (drive / transit / walk) is shown under “Who lives here.” Source: City of Edmonton LRT & ETS (GTFS) Open Data.

The market

Assessed value over time, and recent building activity.

Assessed value over time

Median assessed value changed +18% from 2012 to 2025.

That tracks Athlone's houses — largely the same homes throughout — so it's a real value change, not a shifting mix.

$294,500 $347,000 2012201620212025

Building activity

Since 2015: 196 building permits, about 132 net new homes, and 21 secondary-suite permits.

Of those new units, roughly 20% are individually-owned (houses + condos), 83% purpose-built rental, and 0% in mixed-use buildings.

Owned Purpose-built rental

Split by building type (a strong proxy, not a guarantee of final tenure).

Permits year by year

Permits count every new home built — including purpose-built rental apartments and mixed-use buildings — so this can run well above the "total homes" figure above, which counts only individually-owned houses and condos.

Source

City of Edmonton Open Data — assessment, property info, building permits; Statistics Canada 2021 Census of Population (City of Edmonton neighbourhood tabulation). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Edmonton.

About these figures. They use the City of Edmonton's annual property assessment — its mass-appraisal estimate of value as of July 1 the prior year, informed by that year's sales but applied across the whole roll at once. That makes it a reliable directional and comparative signal (ideal for "how does this neighbourhood compare"), but not the exact price a specific home would sell for today — for that you need a comparative market analysis. Resident demographics and housing-cost figures (income and its distribution, age, education, commute, tenure, household types, shelter costs, occupations and industries, mobility) and the building-type, bedroom and condition mix are from the 2021 federal census — the most recent neighbourhood-level vintage; the City notes it fell during the pandemic, so treat these figures as directional. Census figures are adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Trevor Tardif is a licensed REALTOR® with REAL Broker AB Ltd, Edmonton, Alberta. Content on this site does not constitute financial or investment advice.

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