Brander Gardens is a residential neighbourhood located in south west

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overlooking the

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valley. In the river valley, immediately below the neighbourhood, is

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. The neighbourhood is bounded on the east by

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and to the south by 51 Avenue. To the north and west the neighbourhood overlooks the river valley.

Demographics

In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Brander Gardens had a population of living in dwellings, a 0.1% change from its 2009 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of people/km² in 2012.

Residential development

According to the 2001 federal census, substantially all residential development in the neighbourhood occurred during the 1970s when three out of every four (74.4%) of all residences were built. Another one in eight (13%) were built during the 1960s while one in twelve (8.4%) were built during the 1980s. The neighbourhood, according to the 2005 municipal census, contains a wide variety of housing types in large numbers. The most common type of residence, accounting for approximately one in three (36%) of all residences are a mixture of

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s and apartment style

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s in low-rise buildings with fewer than five stories. Almost as numerous, accounting for three out of every ten (30%) af all residences, are single-family dwellings.

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s account for another one in four (24%) residences while

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account for one in ten (10%) of all residences. Three out of every five (60%) residences are owner-occupied while two out of every five (40%) are rented.

Population mobility

The population in Brander Gardens is somewhat mobile. According to the 2005 municipal census, one in seven (14.7%) had moved within the previous twelve months. Another one in five (21.4%) had moved within the previous one to three years. Just under half (49.7%) had lived at the same address for at least five years.http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/C05022B/MUNICIPAL%202005/Neighbourhood/BRANDER%20GARDENS.pdf

Schools

There are four schools in the neighbourhood. Riverbend Junior High School and Brander Gardens Elementary School are both operated by the Edmonton Public School System. St. Monica Catholic Junior High School is operated by the Edmonton Catholic School System. The fourth school is Tempo School.

Surrounding neighbourhoods

References

External links

Brander Gardens Neighbourhood Profile
{{Edmonton neighbourhoods Neighbourhoods in Edmonton