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๐Ÿ  Property Overview

523 42 AV NW, Calgary

523 42 AV NW is a detached built in 1955, located in Highwood, Calgary. Explore schools, daily accessibility, crime trends, community profile, flood risk, fire protection, 311 service requests, housing history, and neighbourhood insights.

Community
Highwood
Calgary neighbourhood context
Property type
Detached
Based on Calgary property records
Year built
1955
Approximate housing age context

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๐Ÿซ School Accessibility

School capacity is the main accessibility signal for this address. The highest assigned-school utilization is 111%, placing the current CBE condition in the Very crowded range.

Licensed daycare
3 nearby
133 licensed spacesNearest: AMANA EARLY LEARNING CENTRE INC.
Current enrolment condition
Very crowded
Highest assigned-school utilization: 111%
Nearest daycare
AMANA EARLY LEARNING CENTRE INC.
2.5 min
Longest school drive
3.4 min
Cambrian Heights School

๐ŸŽ“ School Performance

Grade 6 and Grade 9 records do not point in the same direction for this address. Individual grade-band results are important here. School rankings should be read as one indicator only, alongside school fit, program availability, transportation, learning supports, and family needs.

Top Calgary rank
12/241
Colonel Irvine School
Strongest matched result
Colonel Irvine School
85.8 โ€ข Excellent โ€ข Grade 6
Lowest matched result
Cambrian Heights School
64.2 โ€ข Average โ€ข Grade 6
Overall PAT context
Average
Average latest PAT score: 74.9

๐Ÿš— Daily Accessibility

Car-based daily access is strong for this address. This address is well positioned for driving to daily services.

Costco
11.6 min
Costco
High school drive
2.3 min
Calgary median 8.2 min
Downtown
11.1 min
Drive โ€ข Calgary median 19.5 min
Mall
12.7 min
Market Mall underground parkade entrance

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Community Profile

The profile is less owner-occupied and more mobile than Calgary overall.

Residential stability
55%
2016-2021 Census mobility โ€ข Calgary avg: 58%
Children age 0-14
19%
Calgary avg: 18%
Home ownership
65%
Calgary avg: 69%
Household income
$90,000
Calgary avg: $98,000

๐Ÿ˜๏ธ Community Density

Highwood has a population density of 2,321 people per kmยฒ and a residential density of 942 residential units per kmยฒ. Compared with the Calgary community median, population density is 11.2% below and residential density is 12.2% below.

๐ŸŒŠ Flood Context & ๐Ÿš’ Fire Protection Access

This address combines outside mapped floodplain with fast fire response context and near hydrant proximity.

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

โ˜Ž๏ธ 311 Service Requests

311 Service Requests for Highwood are much higher than median in the latest available month. The latest rate is 1.81 per 1,000 residents, compared with the Calgary community median of 0.74.

Lowest month
1.36 / 1,000
2025-06
Latest 311 rate
1.81 / 1,000
2026-04
Monthly variation
Moderate
Last 12 months
Compared with Calgary
144.6% above
Latest month

๐Ÿš๏ธ Housing History

This detached was built in 1955 and is 71 years old, which is very close to the Highwood median of 71 years.

Community median age
71 years
Highwood median
City age context
Older
Compared with Calgary
Calgary age gap
153.6% older
Percentage difference
Home snapshot
Built 1955
Older housing stock โ€ข No completed permits found

๐Ÿ’ฐ Property Value & Tax History

The latest assessed value is 38.3% above the median for similar detached properties in Highwood. The latest property-tax record is $6,051.41.

Records available
22
Assessment/tax history rows
Tax since 2005
+180.7%
First available tax to latest tax
Assessment since 2005
+238.9%
First available value to latest value
Community same-type median
$658,000
Highwood Detached

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