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๐Ÿ  Property Overview

259 1620 8 AV NW, Calgary

259 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%
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

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.

Latest PAT year
2025
Latest matched records in this static page
Matched schools with PAT data
2
Latest available records include 2025
Overall PAT context
Above Average
Average latest PAT score: 81.5
Top Calgary rank
14/241
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.

Elementary school drive
2.9 min
Calgary median 3.3 min
High school walk
8.1 min
Calgary median 50.2 min
Nearest LRT station
Lions Park
Drive 3.0 min โ€ข Walk 11.5 min
Costco
16.3 min
Costco

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Community Profile

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

Residential stability
64%
2016-2021 Census mobility โ€ข Calgary avg: 58%
Household income
$111,000
Calgary avg: $98,000
Immigrant population
22%
Calgary avg: 33%
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.

Flood zone / overlap
0%
outside mapped flood zone
Water hydrant
111 m
Typical access to nearest City-owned hydrant

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.

Lowest month
0.40 / 1,000
2025-06
Calgary median
0.74 / 1,000
2026-04
Compared with Calgary
116.2% above
Latest month
12-month average
2.01 / 1,000
Community average

๐Ÿš๏ธ Housing History

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

Permit context
No completed permits found
Building-permit history
Compared to Calgary
30 years older
Against Calgary median
Age profile
Mature
Based on property age
Compared to community
about the same age
Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill median

๐Ÿ’ฐ Property Value & Tax History

The latest assessed value is 24.0% below the median for similar low rise apartment condo properties in Hounsfield Heights/Briar Hill. The latest property-tax record is $1,160.41.

Assessment vs last year
-4.6%
Year-over-year assessed value change
Compared with community
24.0% below
Same property type median
Assessment since 2005
+98.3%
First available value to latest value
City assessment position
Below median
Compared with Calgary median

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