Idylwylde, Edmonton

Idylwylde, Edmonton

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According to the 2001 federal census, just over half (56.1%) of the residences in the neighbourhood were built between the end of World War II and 1960. Another one in four (23.5%) were built between 1961 and 1980. There is some comparatively recent residential construction in the neighbourhood with just over one in ten residences (11.8%) of residences being built in the last half of the 1990s. [http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/DD23/FEDERAL%202001/Neighbourhood/IDYLWYLDE.pdf]

Just over half the residences in the neighbourhood (56%) are single family dwellings. Another four in ten (39%) are apartments and apartment style condominiums. Three out of four apartments are in low rise buildings with fewer than five stories, with the remainder being in buildings with five or more stories. The remaining 4% of residences are duplexes. [Duplexes include triplexes and quadruplexes.] Just over half of residences (56%) are owner occupied, with the remaining residences being rented. [http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/C05002/MUNICIPAL%202005/Neighbourhood/IDYLWYLDE.pdf]

The neighbourhood population is somewhat mobile. According to the 2005 municipal census, just over one in eight residents (15.4%) had moved within the previous year. Another one in five (18.5%) had moved within the preceding one to three years. At the same time, just over half of residents (52.7%) had lived at the same address for at least five years.

There are two schools in the neighbourhood--Idylwylde Elementary School and L'Academie Vimy Ridge Academy.

Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre, Edmonton's first major shopping mall, is located just to the west of Idylwylde in the neighbourhood of Bonnie Doon. The Edmonton Public Library's Idylwylde branch is also located in Bonnie Doon.

The neighbourhood is bounded on the south by Whyte Avenue, on the north by 90 Avenue, on the west by 83 Street and on the east by 75 Street.

urrounding Neighborhoods

Canadian City Geographic Location (8-way)
Northwest = Strathearn
North = Holyrood
Northeast = Ottewell
West = Bonnie Doon
Centre = Idylwylde
East = Kenilworth
Southwest = King Edward Park
South = King Edward Park
Southeast = King Edward Park

References

External links

* [http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/DD34/MultiSource/Neighbourhood/IDYLWYLDE.pdf Idylwylde Neighbourhood Profile]


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