Brookside, Edmonton

Brookside is a residential neighbourhood in south west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada overlooking the North Saskatchewan River valley and Whitemud Creek ravine.It is bounded to the west and south by Whitemud Drive. The boundary on the north is the North Saskatchewan River valley, while the boundary on the east is Whitemud Creek.DemographicsIn the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Brookside had a population of living in dwellings, a -1.8% change from its 2009 population of. With a land area of 1.19km2, it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.Residential developmentAccording to the 2001 federal census, substantially all residences in the neighbourhood were built during the 1960s and 1970s. Just over half (50.4%) of all residences were built during the 1960s while two out of five (40.4%) were built during the 1970s. Most of the remaining residences were built during the early 1980s.Most of the residences in the neighbourhood, according to the 2005 municipal census, are single-family dwellings. These account for more than four out of every five (83%) of all residences in the neighbourhood. One in ten (10%) residences is a row house while a small percentage (6%) are rented apartments in low-rise buildings with fewer than five stories. Four residences out of five (83%) are owner-occupied while one in five (17%) are rented.SchoolsThere is a single school in the neighbourhood, Brookside Elementary School, operated by the Edmonton Public School System.