Parkdale, Edmonton

Parkdale is a central neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada located a short distance north of the downtown core. Located to the south of the neighbourhood is Commonwealth Stadium and to the north east is Northlands Coliseum. Parkdale is part of the Norwood area of Edmonton.DemographicsIn the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Parkdale had a population of living in dwellings, a -6.9% change from its 2009 population of. With a land area of 0.99km2, it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.The neighbourhood population is highly mobile with only 39.2% of residents having lived at the same address for five years or longer. One in five residents (22.4%) have lived at the same address for under one year, and another one in four (25.3%) have lived at the same address for one to three years.Average household incomes in Parkdale are significantly below the average household income in the City of Edmonton at large.Residential developmentParkdale is an older neighbourhood with roughly four out of ten or residences being constructed by the end of World War II. another third of the residences were constructed between the end of the war and 1960.Two out of three residences in the neighbourhood are single-family dwellings according to the 2005 municipal census. Another 27% are a mixture of apartment style condominiums and rented apartments. Most of the remainder are duplexes with a few row houses and some social housing units as well. Six out of ten of residences are owner-occupied with the remainder being rented.