Applewood Park, Calgary

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| official_name = Applewood

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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood

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| pushpin_map = Canada Calgary

| pushpin_mapsize = 220

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Applewood in Calgary

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{AB}}

| subdivision_type2 = City

| subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Calgary}}

| subdivision_type3 = Quadrant

| subdivision_name3 = SE

| subdivision_type4 = Ward

| subdivision_name4 = 9

| government_footnotes = {{Calgary City Council|ref}}

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = {{Calgary City Council|mayor}}

| leader_title1 = Administrative body

| leader_name1 = Calgary City Council

| leader_title2 = Councillor

| leader_name2 = {{Calgary City Council|9}}

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1982

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| area_total_km2 = 1.3

| population_as_of = 2006

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 5628

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| population_blank1_title = Average Income

| population_blank1 = $65724

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| coordinates = {{coord|51|02|41|N|113|55|42|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 1060

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| website = [http://www.calgaryarea.com/se/applewood/applewood.htm Applewood Community Association]

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Applewood Park is a residential neighbourhood in the southeast quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is located at the eastern edge of the city, north of 17 Avenue SE. Elliston Park, the site of GlobalFest fireworks, is located southwest of the community.

Applewood was established in 1982 and is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 9 councillor. The community has an area structure plan in place.{{Cite web|url=http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/planning/pdf/1017_applewood_asp.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181722/http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/planning/pdf/1017_applewood_asp.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-09-30 |title=Applewood Area Redevelopment Plan |author=City of Calgary Planning |year=2005 |access-date=2007-05-11 }}

Demographics

In the City of Calgary's 2012 municipal census, Applewood Park had a population of {{nts|6498}} living in {{nts|2215}} dwellings, a 1.5% increase from its 2011 population of {{nts|6404}}.{{cite web | url=http://www.calgary.ca/CA/city-clerks/Documents/Election-and-information-services/Census2012/Final%202012%20Census%20Results%20book.pdf | title=2012 Civic Census Results | publisher=City of Calgary | year=2012 | access-date=February 4, 2013 | archive-date=June 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601084040/https://www.calgary.ca/CA/city-clerks/Documents/Election-and-information-services/Census2012/Final%202012%20Census%20Results%20book.pdf | url-status=dead }} With a land area of {{convert|1.6|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|6498|1.6|km2|sqmi}} in 2012.{{cite web | url=https://cityonline.calgary.ca/Pages/Product.aspx?category=PDCAdministrativeBoundaries&cat=CITYonlineDefault&id=PDC0-99999-99999-00005-P | title=Community Boundaries | publisher=City of Calgary | format=Esri shapefile | access-date=February 5, 2013 | archive-date=October 23, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055637/https://cityonline.calgary.ca/Pages/Product.aspx?category=PDCAdministrativeBoundaries&cat=CITYonlineDefault&id=PDC0-99999-99999-00005-P | url-status=dead }}

Residents in this community had a median household income of $65,724 in 2000, and there were 14.8% low income residents living in the neighbourhood.{{Cite web|url=http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/ward_10_profile.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809132003/http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/ward_10_profile.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-08-09 |title=Ward 10 Profile |author=City of Calgary |year=2004 |access-date=2007-05-08 }} As of 2000, 38.6% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 1.4% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 11.4% of the housing was used for renting.{{Cite web|url=http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/applewood_park.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210721/http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/applewood_park.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-09-30 |title=Applewood Park Community Statistics |author=City of Calgary |year=2006 |access-date=2007-05-08 }}