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๐Ÿ  Property Overview

156 1620 8 AV NW, Calgary

156 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

School accessibility here combines a busy utilization signal with a nearby assigned school route. Highest utilization is 88%.

Nearest assigned school
Queen Elizabeth High School
1.7 min drive / 8.1 min walk
Daycare capacity
149 spaces
Moderate
Nearby CCSD options
2 option(s)
St. Francis/St. Mary's - High School Option Area, St. Joseph School
Longest school drive
2.9 min
Hillhurst School

๐ŸŽ“ School Performance

School Performance is partly grade-dependent in the static data. Grade 6 and Grade 9 records differ by 8.1 points. School rankings should be read as one indicator only, alongside school fit, program availability, transportation, learning supports, and family needs.

PAT score spread
8.1 points
77.4 to 85.5
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
Hillhurst School
85.5 โ€ข Excellent
Grade 6, 2025 โ€ข Board rank 10/147 โ€ข Calgary rank 14/241
Matched schools with PAT data
2
Latest available records include 2025

๐Ÿš— Daily Accessibility

Transit and downtown access are both strong for this address. Commute destinations are practical from this property.

Elementary school walk
10.1 min
Calgary median 16.4 min
Children's Hospital
8.6 min
Alberta Children's Hospital
High school drive
1.7 min
Calgary median 8.2 min
Grocery store
2.7 min
FreshCo

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Community Profile

Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill combines higher household income with stronger university certificate or degree attainment.

Home ownership
72%
Calgary avg: 69%
Household income
$111,000
Calgary avg: $98,000
University certificate / degree
53%
Calgary avg: 36%
Residential stability
64%
2016-2021 Census mobility โ€ข Calgary avg: 58%

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

The combined safety profile shows outside mapped floodplain, fast fire-station access, and typical hydrant access.

Flood status
Outside mapped floodplain
Mapped 1-in-100 year floodplain context
Fire station
3.1 min
Briar Hill Fire Station #10 โ€ข 1.6 km drive

โ˜Ž๏ธ 311 Service Requests

This 311 section summarizes community-level municipal service pressure around this address. The current profile is much higher than median, the 12-month profile is much higher than median, and monthly variation is high.

Latest 311 rate
1.60 / 1,000
2026-04
12-month comparison
127.5% above
Compared with Calgary median
Compared with Calgary
116.2% above
Latest month
Monthly variation
High
Last 12 months

๐Ÿš๏ธ Housing History

Compared with Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill, the property age is not an outlier; it is close to the community median.

Community age gap
0.0%
Percentage difference
Compared to community
about the same age
Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill median
Property age
58 years
Reference year: 2026
Permit context
No completed permits found
Building-permit history

๐Ÿ’ฐ Property Value & Tax History

This address has a higher assessed value than the community median for similar homes in the available records.

Assessment and tax change
+74.0% / +44.1%
Assessment change / tax change
Tax vs last year
+3.3%
Year-over-year property tax change
Assessment vs last year
-4.0%
Year-over-year assessed value change
Latest assessment
$264,500
Assessment year: 2026

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