Allendale, Edmonton
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|settlement_type = Neighbourhood
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| subdivision_name1 = Alberta
|subdivision_type2 = City
|subdivision_name2 = Edmonton
|subdivision_name3 = NW
|subdivision_name4 = papastew
|subdivision_name5 = Mature area
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|subdivision_name6 = Strathcona
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|leader_name = Edmonton City Council
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|area_total_km2 = 0.88
|population_as_of = 2019
|population_total = 2728
|population_density_km2 = 3100
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|population_blank1 = {{decrease}}-5.8%
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|population_blank2 = 1530
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Allendale is a residential neighbourhood located in south west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The neighbourhood is named for the Allen family, who owned a farm there. It was annexed by the City of Strathcona in 1907.[http://maps.edmonton.ca From the neighbourhood description in the City of Edmonton Map Utility]
Residential development in Allendale commenced prior to the end of World War II. Approximately one residence in eleven (9%) were constructed at this time according to the 2001 federal census. Approximately half the residences in the neighbourhood (48.1%) were constructed between the end of World War II and 1960. One in three (34.6%) of residences were constructed during the 1960s and 1970s. A small number of residences were constructed after 1980.{{cite web |url=http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/DD23/FEDERAL%202001/Neighbourhood/ALLENDALE.pdf |title=Period of Construction - Allendale | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=March 26, 2013}}
Seven out of ten (72%) of residences are single-family dwellings, according to the 2005 municipal census, making them the most common type of home in the neighbourhood. Just under one in seven (15%) are rented apartments in low-rise buildings with fewer than five stories. Another one in eight (12%) are duplexes.Duplexes include both triplexes and fourplexes. Just over half the residences (54%) are rented, with the remaining 46% being owner occupied.{{cite web |url=http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/C05002/MUNICIPAL%202005/Neighbourhood/ALLENDALE.pdf |title=Dwelling Unit by Structure Type and Ownership - Allendale | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=March 26, 2013}}
The population of Allendale is comparatively mobile. According to the 2005 municipal census, one in five (21.7%) of residents had moved within the previous 12 months. Another one in four (23.9%) had moved within the previous one to three years. Only four in ten (38.1%) had lived at the same address for five years or longer.{{cite web |url=http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/C05022B/MUNICIPAL%202005/Neighbourhood/ALLENDALE.pdf |title=Length of Residence - Allendale | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=March 26, 2013}}
There is one school in the neighbourhood. Allendale Elementary Junior High School is operated by the Edmonton Public School System.
The neighbourhood is bounded on the east by 104 Street and the Canadian Pacific Railway right of way, on the south by 61 Avenue, on the west by 109 Street, and on the north by 70 Avenue.
The residents of the community are represented by the Allendale community league, established in 1955, which maintains a community hall, tennis courts and outdoor rink located behind the Allendale Junior High School.{{cite web |url=http://allendalecommunity.ca/ |title=Allendale Community League |publisher=Allendale Community League |access-date=October 7, 2017}}{{cite book|last =Kuban |first =Ron |title =Edmonton's Urban Villages: The Community League Movement |url =https://archive.org/details/edmontonsurbanvi00kuba |url-access =registration |publisher =University of Alberta Press |year =2005 |isbn =9781459303249}}
Demographics
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Allendale had a population of {{nts|2722}} living in {{nts|1538}} dwellings,{{cite web | url=http://edmonton.ca/city_government/facts_figures/municipal-census-results.aspx | title=Municipal Census Results – Edmonton 2012 Census | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=February 22, 2013}} a -5.8% change from its 2009 population of {{nts|2889}}.{{cite web | url=http://edmonton.ca/city_government/facts_figures/2009-municipal-census-results.aspx | title=2009 Municipal Census Results | publisher=City of Edmonton | access-date=February 22, 2013}} With a land area of {{convert|0.88|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{nts|3093.2}} people/km2 in 2012.
Surrounding neighbourhoods
{{Adjacent communities
| Northwest = McKernan
| North = Queen Alexandra
| Northeast = CRP West, CPR Irvine
| West = Parkallen
| Centre = Allendale
| East = CRP West, CPR Irvine
| Southwest = Lendrum Place
| South = Pleasantview
| Southeast = Coronet Industrial, Rosedale Industrial
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/DD34/MultiSource/Neighbourhood/ALLENDALE.pdf Allendale Neighbourhood Profile]
{{Edmonton neighbourhoods}}