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Edmonton Neighbourhood Profile

Wellington

Wellington is an Edmonton neighbourhood of about 980 homes — 97% houses and 3% condos, most homes built around 1959. The typical (median) house is assessed at $319,500, 29% below the citywide median (254th of 277 neighbourhoods); condos around $80,000. Across its established houses — largely the same properties over time — the median assessed value changed +16% from 2012 to 2025. 65% 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

980

97% houses · 3% condos

Typical house

$319,500

29% below citywide · 254th of 277

Typical condo

$80,000

57% below citywide

House $/sq ft

$307

$3,305/m² · 1% above citywide

Typical lot

6,092 ft²

566 m² · 14% above citywide

Typical age

1959

median house build year

Where it is

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

Map of Wellington, 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. 97% houses (freehold) · 3% condos (condominium-titled).

Houses 97% Condos 3%
Building types in detail
Detached73%
Semi-detached1%
Row house (townhouse)17%
Apartment in a duplex5%
Apartment (low-rise)5%

Bedrooms — homes here by bedroom count:

Studio (no bedroom)0%
1 bedroom4%
2 bedrooms11%
3 bedrooms45%
4+ bedrooms40%

9% 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 1959.

Full age breakdown
pre-1960716
1960s195
1970s11
1980s3
2000s4
2010s5

Condos & multi-family

2 condo developments here — about 29 condo dwellings, plus 6 purpose-built rental / multi-family buildings.

How condos & rentals are counted

2 condo developments, the largest around 15 units — about 29 condo dwellings in total. Separately-titled parking and storage stalls aren't counted as homes.

6 rental / multi-family buildings, typically built around 19751 small (under $1M), 3 mid ($1–10M), 2 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 $86,000.

Resident snapshot from the 2021 federal census.

Median household income

$86,000

40% earn $100k+

Homeowners

65%

35% rent

Bachelor's degree or higher

13%

of residents 15+

Commute to work

86%

drive · 8% transit · 2% walk/bike

Median age 36.4; 38% of households have kids at home; 44% lived at a different address five years earlier.

Residents by age

Median age 36.4.

0–1420%
15–2413%
25–4427%
45–6425%
65+14%
Household income spread
Under $50k23%
$50k–$100k36%
$100k–$150k27%
$150k–$200k8%
$200k+5%

5% of households reported $200k or more; 23% under $50k.

Government transfers made up 24.2% of residents' 2020 income (including 7.7% pandemic supports — 2020 was a COVID income year); 10.4% 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 home25%
Couples without kids at home23%
One-parent families13%
Living alone21%
Multigenerational2%
Other shared households15%

Average household size 2.7; families with kids at home average 2 children.

What residents do for work

Occupation groups (share of the labour force):

Sales & service29%
Trades, transport & equipment operators28%
Business, finance & administration15%
Education, law, social & government11%
Health5%
Natural & applied sciences4%
Manufacturing & utilities4%
Art, culture, recreation & sport2%
Natural resources & agriculture1%

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

Construction15%
Retail trade15%
Health care & social assistance13%
Manufacturing6%
Transportation & warehousing6%
Educational services6%
Accommodation & food services6%
Public administration6%
Wholesale trade5%
Other services5%
All other sectors combined18%

Unemployment rate in the census reference week (May 2021): 14.4% — a pandemic-period snapshot.

How long people stay

15% of residents had moved within the previous year; 44% lived at a different address five years earlier.

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

Housing costs & affordability

A household earning the local median income would put about 17% of it toward typical owner shelter costs here — or 21% toward the typical rent.

Typical owner shelter cost

$1,230/mo

55.6% of owners hold a mortgage

Typical rent

$1,490/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: 13.8% of owner households · 37.2% 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): 6.3% of owners · 24.1% of renters.

Owners' own estimate of their home's value (2021): $320,000 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 Wellington: McArthur, Rosslyn and Ross Sheppard.

All schools, levels & catchment notes

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

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 Wellington:

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 17 businesses in Wellington, employing roughly 141 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 & retail8
Personal & health services6
Professional & office5
Trades, auto & industrial20
Other2
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 44% of licences here). Landlord rental licences are excluded, and a listing isn't an endorsement.

Parks & green space

5 parks (11 hectares) and 3 playgrounds in Wellington.

Parks

5

11 hectares total

Playgrounds

3

2 wheelchair-accessible

Green-space types & notes

Types of green space:

  • Pocket park3
  • School & community park1
  • Urban village 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 Wellington today. The nearest station is Kingsway RAH (Metro Line), about 5.4 km away (straight-line). The neighbourhood is served by 13 bus routes (1 frequent).

Looking ahead, the nearest future stop is Glenora on the Valley Line West, about 5.5 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

5.4 km

to Kingsway RAH

Bus routes

13

1 frequent

Future LRT

5.5 km

Glenora · under construction

Bus routes & notes

13 bus routes serve Wellington: 51, 52, 54, 103, 106, 124, 127, 140X, 618, 625, 683, 684 and 905. They run from 17 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 Wellington, 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 +16% from 2012 to 2025.

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

$275,000 $320,000 2012201620212025

Building activity

Since 2015: 213 building permits, about 33 net new homes, and 56 secondary-suite permits.

Of those new units, roughly 100% are individually-owned (houses + condos), 0% purpose-built rental, and 0% in mixed-use buildings.

Owned

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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