Tawa is a residential neighbourhood in the

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. It is a newer neighbourhood, with most of the development occurring in the early 1990s. The Grey Nuns Community Hospital is located in the neighbourhood as is the Edmonton Police Service's South East Division Station. Tawa is bounded on the north by 34 Avenue, on the south by 28 Avenue, on the west by 66 Street, and on the east by 50 Street.

Demographics

In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Tawa had a population of living in dwellings, a 0.6% change from its 2009 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of people/km² in 2012.

Residential development

One out of three (34%) of residences in Tawa are

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s, with the total number of apartments being split equally between walk up structures with fewer than five stories and high rise structures with five or more stories. Another one in three residences (34%) are duplexes. One in five residences (22%) are

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s. A significant number of residences (12%) are part of collective residences. There is a handful of single-family dwellings. Approximately three out of every four residences are owner-occupied, with the remainder being rented. The average household in Tawa has 2.3 people, with two out of three households having either one or two persons.

Demographics

Residential development

Household income

Surrounding neighbourhoods

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