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Edmonton Neighbourhood Profile

Holyrood

Holyrood is an Edmonton neighbourhood of about 1,087 homes — 99.6% houses and 0.4% condos, most homes built around 1955. The typical (median) house is assessed at $437,000, 3% below the citywide median (157th of 277 neighbourhoods); condos around $443,750. Across its established houses — largely the same properties over time — the median assessed value changed +24% from 2012 to 2025. 61% of homes are owner-occupied, median household income is $92,000, 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

1,087

99.6% houses · 0.4% condos

Typical house

$437,000

3% below citywide · 157th of 277

Typical condo

$443,750

136% above citywide

House $/sq ft

$369

$3,972/m² · 22% above citywide

Typical lot

6,749 ft²

627 m² · 26% above citywide

Typical age

1955

median house build year

Where it is

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

Map of Holyrood, Edmonton — neighbourhood boundary, 1 school, 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. 99.6% houses (freehold) · 0.4% condos (condominium-titled).

Houses 99.6% Condos 0.4%
Building types in detail
Detached68%
Semi-detached2%
Row house (townhouse)6%
Apartment in a duplex7%
Apartment (low-rise)10%
Apartment (high-rise)7%

Bedrooms — homes here by bedroom count:

Studio (no bedroom)0%
1 bedroom13%
2 bedrooms20%
3 bedrooms32%
4+ bedrooms36%

7% 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 1955.

Full age breakdown
pre-1960799
1960s81
1970s26
1980s23
1990s16
2000s9
2010s57
2020s46

Condos & multi-family

1 condo development here — about 4 condo dwellings, plus 21 purpose-built rental / multi-family buildings.

How condos & rentals are counted

1 condo development — about 4 condo dwellings in total. Separately-titled parking and storage stalls aren't counted as homes.

21 rental / multi-family buildings, typically built around 197810 small (under $1M), 7 mid ($1–10M), 4 large (over $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 $92,000.

Resident snapshot from the 2021 federal census.

Median household income

$92,000

45% earn $100k+

Homeowners

61%

39% rent

Bachelor's degree or higher

32%

of residents 15+

Commute to work

85%

drive · 7% transit · 6% walk/bike

Median age 40.8; 41% lived at a different address five years earlier.

Residents by age

Median age 40.8.

0–1416%
15–2411%
25–4430%
45–6426%
65+18%
Household income spread
Under $50k20%
$50k–$100k34%
$100k–$150k17%
$150k–$200k15%
$200k+12%

12% of households reported $200k or more; 20% under $50k.

Government transfers made up 15.4% of residents' 2020 income (including 5.1% pandemic supports — 2020 was a COVID income year); 8% 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 home20%
Couples without kids at home26%
One-parent families8%
Living alone31%
Multigenerational3%
Other shared households12%

Average household size 2.3; families with kids at home average 1.6 children.

What residents do for work

Occupation groups (share of the labour force):

Sales & service22%
Trades, transport & equipment operators21%
Education, law, social & government18%
Business, finance & administration13%
Natural & applied sciences10%
Health7%
Art, culture, recreation & sport3%
Natural resources & agriculture3%
Senior management2%
Manufacturing & utilities2%

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

Educational services12%
Construction10%
Professional, scientific & technical10%
Public administration10%
Health care & social assistance9%
Manufacturing8%
Retail trade7%
Administrative & support services7%
Accommodation & food services5%
Other services5%
All other sectors combined16%

Unemployment rate in the census reference week (May 2021): 13.9% — a pandemic-period snapshot.

How long people stay

14% of residents had moved within the previous year; 41% lived at a different address five years earlier.

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

Housing costs & affordability

A household earning the local median income would put about 14% of it toward typical owner shelter costs here — or 16% toward the typical rent.

Typical owner shelter cost

$1,050/mo

50.3% of owners hold a mortgage

Typical rent

$1,260/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: 9.9% of owner households · 42% 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): 3% of owners · 25.2% of renters.

Owners' own estimate of their home's value (2021): $448,000 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 Holyrood: Holyrood, Kenilworth and McNally.

All schools, levels & catchment notes

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

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 Holyrood:

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).

Shopping & amenities

About 20 businesses in Holyrood, employing roughly 172 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 & dining4
Shops & retail4
Personal & health services6
Recreation & fitness1
Professional & office15
Trades, auto & industrial15
Other3
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

1 park (7.9 hectares) and 1 playground in Holyrood.

Parks

1

7.9 hectares total

Playgrounds

1

1 wheelchair-accessible

Green-space types & notes

Types of green space:

  • School & community park1

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 Holyrood today. The nearest station is Holyrood (Valley Line Southeast), about 600 m away (straight-line). The neighbourhood is served by 6 bus routes.

Looking ahead, the nearest future stop is MacEwan Arts / 112 Street on the Valley Line West, about 4.5 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

600 m

to Holyrood

Bus routes

6

serving the area

Future LRT

4.5 km

MacEwan Arts / 112 Street · under construction

Bus routes & notes

6 bus routes serve Holyrood: 411, 501, 522, 524, 634 and 636. They run from 26 boardable stops inside the neighbourhood.

No route here meets the frequent-service bar (≈ 15-minute weekday headway).

Bus routes and frequency come from the City's ETS GTFS schedule — the routes whose trips call at stops inside Holyrood, 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 +24% from 2012 to 2025.

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

$353,000 $438,500 2012201620212025

Building activity

Since 2015: 664 building permits, about 596 net new homes, and 77 secondary-suite permits.

Of those new units, roughly 18% 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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