Springbank Hill is a large and generally wealthy suburb near the western city limit of Calgary

Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

, Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

 in the Southwest (SW) quadrant. It is bounded to the north by 17 Avenue SW, to the south by Glenmore Trail, to the east by 69 Street SW and to the west by 101 Street SW.

The area was once the eastern portion of the unincorporated community of Springbank

Springbank, Alberta

Springbank is a rural community in southern Alberta in Rocky View County. It is located immediately west of the City of Calgary, east of Highway 22, south of the Bow River and north of the rural community of Elbow Valley...

 to the west of the city in the Municipal District of Rocky View. Like Springbank Hill, Springbank has developed into a large area community that is now among the wealthiest regions of Greater Calgary

Calgary Region

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. The community was established in 1999, on land annexed to the City of Calgary in 1994. The community association was formed in 2001.

Springbank is home to Calgary's second most important airport, the Calgary/Springbank Airport

Calgary/Springbank Airport

Calgary/Springbank Airport or Springbank Airport, is an airport located in Springbank, Alberta, a large western suburb of Calgary, Alberta, Canada...

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Demographics

According to the City of Calgary Civic Census, the neighbourhood had a population of 7,875 in 2009 (79.0% increase since 2005). Accoding to 2006 Census of Canada, residents in this community had a median household income

Median household income

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 of $

Canadian dollar

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116,470 in 2005, and there were 6.7% low income residents living in the neighborhood. A portion of 42.6% of population aged 15 and over were university educated. In 2006, 87.2% of the buildings were single detached housing, 6.0% were semi-detached, and 6.5% were row houses and apartment

Apartment

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s. 3.4% of the housing was used for renting

Renting

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External links

• Springbank Hill Community Association