Strathcona Park Calgary - Real Estate, Houses for sale, Homes for sale, Listings, MLS
Are you looking for Strathcona Park Calgary real estate? Find the newest Strathcona Park Calgary houses for sale below. The community of Strathcona Park is known as one of Calgary’s premier destinations for great family neighbourhoods. This community is designed with families in mind. Large parks, open spaces, and spacious homes all typify what can be found here in the homes for sale. Strathcona Park real estate is very well suited to welcome more than families with incredible access to amenities, great established transportation routes, and room to grow for the future. Incredible views at an affordable price, Strathcona Park is still developing. It is a community that isn’t done yet.
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Homes For Sale in Strathcona Park
It feels weird to call Strathcona Park developing when it has existed as a Calgary community since the last 1950s. But the homes here have been redeveloped into newer, more modern and contemporary homes that suit the real estate climate today. People are looking for tasteful homes in a quiet community, and Strathcona Park is here to deliver. The borders of the neighbourhood are Bow Trail, Sarcee Trail, Strathcona Dr, and 69th St SW. This southwest Calgary community sits alongside notable communities like Signal Hill and Coach Hill.
To get sense of the neighbourhood, it is best to examine the facts about the people living here. The community is deceivingly large. It has over 7000 residents living here, making it one of the largest communities in the west. The majority of the people choose to live in single-family homes, large houses to affordable bungalows in that range. There are also townhouses and condos, but these have been later additions to cater to the growing need for first-time buyers in the area. The average wage here is very high, almost double that of Calgary’s standard wages.
The established nature of the community can also be seen in the resident’s ages, several years older than Calgary’s normal resident. 24% of the community identifies themselves as first-generation Canadians. There is a slightly higher educational level here with 68% of the population having some form of a post-secondary degree or certificate.
The Strathcona Park Community Association has been actively making this community better for decades. Their efforts have contributed to making Strathcona Park a desirable place to live and a haven for families to settle down. We see that in the statistics that tell us that 75% of the neighbourhood has lived here for over 5 years, a real testament to the power of a strong community association like this one.
Amenities near Strathcona Park Real Estate
Strathcona Park has a lot to offer, another reason why people move here, stay here, and settle down here. It’s the real reason why Strathcona Park residents love where they live. First off, there is no need to find better shopping anywhere else. Besides the little stores and shops in the community like Sobeys - Strathcona Square, the neighbourhood has great access to Westhills Towne Centre, a major complex with dozens of large stores offering every type of dining, entertainment, professional service, and retail experience. Bow Trail does offer residents immediate access to the downtown region, a large business and commercial area that’s just a few minutes away.
Small and large parks can be found everywhere here. Some of the most famous ones are:
The community has a lot to be thankful for with the bike trails and hiking paths that wander throughout the community. As for other public places, Optimist Athletic Park is very near, a public sporting ground that you can rent for a sports team. It has 8 ball diamonds, several practice spaces, and 3 official fields for soccer, rugby or any other field sports. Edworthy Park is very close along Sarcee Trail. The park has tobogganing and hiking and fire pits for families to use. This is another reason why families choose Strathcona Park.
Schools near Strathcona Park Homes for Sale
Strathcona Park sits in the middle of excellent school districts, There are also great private schools nearby that offer exceptional opportunities to the students here. Olympic Heights Elementary is a school for students in Kindergarten through to Grade 6. They have hundreds of registered students taking part in their exceptional public programs.John Costello Catholic School is a Catholic school providing a faith-based alternative to the public sector schools. Dr Roberta Bondar School and Ernest Manning High School is close to the community. Ernest Manning has the incredible reputation of a public school that outperforms many of the private schools proclaiming better education. Webber Academy is not far from Strathcona Park and it’s the number one school in the province according to the records of the Fraser Institute.
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