- Skyrattler, Edmonton
Skyrattler is a residential neighbourhood in south west
Edmonton ,Alberta ,Canada . The neighbourhood is named after Chief Skyrattler of the Winterburn band. [Neighbourhood description in the City of Edmonton [http://maps.edmonton.ca Map Utility] .]While a portion of the residences (7.1%) in the neighbourhood were built during the 1960s, according to the 2001 federal census, most residential development occurred after
1970 in Canada . Most residential development occurred during the 1970s and 1980s. Four out of ten (37.9%) of all residences were built during the 1970s. Just over half (52.7%) were built during the 1980s. By 1990, residential development in the neighbourhood was substantially complete. [http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/DD23/FEDERAL%202001/Neighbourhood/SKYRATTLER.pdf]This neighbourhood is bounded on the north by 23 Avenue, on the east by 111 Street, and on the west and south west by Blackmud Creek.
Row house s and low-rise apartments make the majority of housing in Skyrattler. According to the 2005 municipal census, just under half of all residences are rentedapartment s and apartment styple condomuniums in low rise buildings with fewer than five stories. Row houses account for one in four (23%) residences. One in six (16%) are single family dwellings and one in eight (12%) are duplexes. [Duplexes include triplexes and fourplexes.] Approximately half (53%) of all residences are owner occupied and half (47%) are rented. [http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/C05002/MUNICIPAL%202005/Neighbourhood/SKYRATTLER.pdf]The neighbourhood population is fairly mobile. According to the 2005 municipal census, one in five residents (19.7%) had moved within the previous twelve months. Another one in four residents 26.3%). Less than half of all residents (40.4%) had lived at the same address for five years or longer. [http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/C05022B/MUNICIPAL%202005/Neighbourhood/SKYRATTLER.pdf]
The
Taylor University College and Seminary is located in Skyrattler.urrounding Neighbourhoods
Canadian City Geographic Location (8-way)
Northwest = Blue Quill Estates
North = Blue Quill
Northeast = Ermineskin
Centre = Skyrattler
East = Keheewin
Southwest = Twin Brooks
Southeast = Bearspaw
Notes
External links
* [http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/DD34/MultiSource/Neighbourhood/SKYRATTLER.pdf Skyrattler Neighbourhood Profile]
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