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๐Ÿ  Property Overview

254 1620 8 AV NW, Calgary

254 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.

Nearest daycare
KENSINGTON HONEYBEE CHILD CARE LTD.
1.6 min
Daycare capacity
149 spaces
Moderate
Licensed daycare
3 nearby
149 licensed spacesNearest: KENSINGTON HONEYBEE CHILD CARE LTD.
Longest school drive
2.9 min
Hillhurst School

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.

Strongest matched result
Hillhurst School
85.5 โ€ข Excellent โ€ข Grade 6
Lowest matched result
Queen Elizabeth High School
77.4 โ€ข Above Average โ€ข Grade 9
Top Calgary rank
14/241
Hillhurst School
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

๐Ÿš— Daily Accessibility

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

Children's Hospital
8.6 min
Alberta Children's Hospital
Costco
16.3 min
Costco
High school drive
1.7 min
Calgary median 8.2 min
Downtown
8.9 min
Drive โ€ข Calgary median 19.5 min

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Community Profile

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

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%
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
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.

Recent trend
Flat
Last available months
Latest 311 rate
1.60 / 1,000
2026-04
12-month average
2.01 / 1,000
Community average
Latest issue mix
Bus Stops
Most reported latest-month type

๐Ÿš๏ธ Housing History

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

Calgary age gap
107.1% older
Percentage difference
Property age
58 years
Reference year: 2026
Calgary median age
28 years
City-wide benchmark
Age profile
Mature
Based on property age

๐Ÿ’ฐ Property Value & Tax History

Assessment context is higher than the local same-type median: $270,500 versus $229,500 for Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill Low Rise Apartment Condo.

Assessment and tax change
+71.2% / +41.8%
Assessment change / tax change
Compared with community
17.9% above
Same property type median
Total tax shown
$34,640.79
Sum of available annual tax records
Tax since 2005
+41.8%
First available tax to latest tax

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