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๐Ÿ  Property Overview

272 1620 8 AV NW, Calgary

272 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.

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

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.

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
Overall PAT context
Above Average
Average latest PAT score: 81.5
PAT score spread
8.1 points
77.4 to 85.5

๐Ÿš— Daily Accessibility

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

Costco
16.3 min
Costco
Hospital
6.6 min
Foothills Medical Centre
Children's Hospital
8.6 min
Alberta Children's Hospital
Elementary school drive
2.9 min
Calgary median 3.3 min

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Community Profile

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

Children age 0-14
13%
Calgary avg: 18%
University certificate / degree
53%
Calgary avg: 36%
Household income
$111,000
Calgary avg: $98,000
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

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.

Nearest floodplain distance
949 m
Distance to mapped floodplain boundary
Fire station
3.1 min
Briar Hill Fire Station #10 โ€ข 1.6 km drive

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.

Latest 311 rate
1.60 / 1,000
2026-04
Lowest month
0.40 / 1,000
2025-06
Compared with Calgary
116.2% above
Latest month
12-month comparison
127.5% above
Compared with Calgary median

๐Ÿš๏ธ Housing History

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

Age profile
Mature
Based on property age
Home snapshot
Built 1968
Mature โ€ข No completed permits found
City age context
Older
Compared with Calgary
Community age gap
0.0%
Percentage difference

๐Ÿ’ฐ Property Value & Tax History

Assessment context is higher than the local same-type median: $248,000 versus $229,500 for Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill Low Rise Apartment Condo.

Value & tax snapshot
$248,000
Latest tax: $1,649.18
City assessment position
Below median
Compared with Calgary median
Records available
22
Assessment/tax history rows
Assessment vs last year
-3.3%
Year-over-year assessed value change

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