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๐Ÿ  Property Overview

173 1620 8 AV NW, Calgary

173 1620 8 AV NW is a low rise apartment condo built in 1968, located in Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill, Calgary. Explore schools, daily accessibility, crime trends, community profile, flood risk, fire protection, 311 service requests, housing history, and neighbourhood insights.

Community
Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill
Calgary neighbourhood context
Property type
Low Rise Apartment Condo
Based on Calgary property records
Year built
1968
Approximate housing age context

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๐Ÿซ School Accessibility

The CBE profile is busy, but nearest-school route access is still practical. Queen Elizabeth High School is listed at 1.7 min by car.

Licensed daycare
3 nearby
149 licensed spacesNearest: KENSINGTON HONEYBEE CHILD CARE LTD.
Current enrolment condition
Busy but below capacity
Highest assigned-school utilization: 88%
Farthest school walk
10.1 min
Hillhurst School
Daycare capacity
149 spaces
Moderate

๐ŸŽ“ School Performance

This address has some variation between grade-band results, while the overall context is Above Average. School rankings should be read as one indicator only, alongside school fit, program availability, transportation, learning supports, and family needs.

Hillhurst School
85.5 โ€ข Excellent
Grade 6, 2025 โ€ข Board rank 10/147 โ€ข Calgary rank 14/241
Overall PAT context
Above Average
Average latest PAT score: 81.5
Queen Elizabeth High School
77.4 โ€ข Above Average
Grade 9, 2025 โ€ข Board rank 13/66 โ€ข Calgary rank 24/116
Top board rank
10/147
Hillhurst School

๐Ÿš— Daily Accessibility

Transit and downtown access are both strong for this address. Lions Park and downtown both compare well against the median benchmarks.

Hospital
6.6 min
Foothills Medical Centre
Downtown
8.9 min
Drive โ€ข Calgary median 19.5 min
High school drive
1.7 min
Calgary median 8.2 min
Nearest LRT station
Lions Park
Drive 3.0 min โ€ข Walk 11.5 min

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Community Profile

The strongest census indicators here are household income and university certificate or degree attainment.

Home ownership
72%
Calgary avg: 69%
University certificate / degree
53%
Calgary avg: 36%
Residential stability
64%
2016-2021 Census mobility โ€ข Calgary avg: 58%
Children age 0-14
13%
Calgary avg: 18%

๐Ÿ˜๏ธ Community Density

Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill has a population density of 2,093 people per kmยฒ and a residential density of 881 residential units per kmยฒ. Compared with the Calgary community median, population density is 19.9% below and residential density is 17.9% below.

๐ŸŒŠ Flood Context & ๐Ÿš’ Fire Protection Access

For this address, flood context is outside mapped floodplain. Fire protection access shows 3.1 min to the nearest station and 111 m to the nearest City-owned hydrant.

Water hydrant
111 m
Typical access to nearest City-owned hydrant
Nearest floodplain distance
949 m
Distance to mapped floodplain boundary

โ˜Ž๏ธ 311 Service Requests

Over the available 12-month window, Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill averaged 2.01 311 requests per 1,000 residents. The 12-month comparison is 127.5% above the Calgary median, while the recent direction is flat.

Monthly variation
High
Last 12 months
Calgary median
0.74 / 1,000
2026-04
Latest issue mix
Bus Stops
Most reported latest-month type
Latest 311 rate
1.60 / 1,000
2026-04

๐Ÿš๏ธ Housing History

This property sits near the local median age, making it representative of the surrounding housing stock.

Local age context
Typical
Compared with Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill
Calgary median age
28 years
City-wide benchmark
Property age
58 years
Reference year: 2026
Age profile
Mature
Based on property age

๐Ÿ’ฐ Property Value & Tax History

The latest assessed value is close to the community median for similar low rise apartment condo properties in Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill. The latest value is $235,500.

Tax since 2005
+81.4%
First available tax to latest tax
Value & tax snapshot
$235,500
Latest tax: $1,566.05
Assessment vs last year
-3.3%
Year-over-year assessed value change
Latest assessment
$235,500
Assessment year: 2026

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