Carter Crest is a triangle-shaped residential neighbourhood in south west
Edmonton
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. It is bounded on the north west by
Terwillegar Drive, on the north east by Rabbit Hill Road, and on the south by a utility corridor located just north of 29 Avenue.
According to the 2001 federal census, all residential development in the neighbourhood occurred after
1990
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The most common type of residence, according to the 2005 municipal census, is the
single-family dwelling. These account for roughly seven out of every ten (71%) of all the residences in the neighbourhood. Another one in six (16%) are
row house
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s and one in eight (13%) are
duplexes
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. Substantially all (97%) residences in the neighbourhood are owner-occupied.
[http://censusdocs.edmonton.ca/C05002/MUNICIPAL%202005/Neighbourhood/CARTER%20CREST.pdf ]
Demographics
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Carter Crest had a population of living in dwellings,
a -4.5% change from its 2009 population of .
With a land area of , it had a population density of people/km
2 in 2012.
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Surrounding neighbourhoods
Rhatigan Ridge is located just off the north point of the neighbourhood while Bulyea Heights and Ogilvie Ridge share a short boundary with the neighbourhood along Rabbit Hill Road.
References
External links
Neighbourhoods in Edmonton
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