Photo: Rschuurman · Public domain17% of households in Barrhead County No. 11 are in core housing need, against 8% for Alberta’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $348,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $358,400. For Barrhead County No. 11 there is no published sale price, as for every town in Alberta. Assessors valued the median residential property at $237,000 for 2024.
What Barrhead County No. 11’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $358K
- Owners
- 1,500
- Alberta’s towns
- $400K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Alberta’s towns
- $297K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
A detached house in Barrhead County No. 11 is assessed 14% lower than across Alberta’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 2,730 homes in Barrhead County No. 11, detached houses 78% of them.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Alberta’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
A town of houses: 91% of the homes in Barrhead County No. 11 stand alone (Alberta’s towns: 64%)
People lived in 2,200 homes in Barrhead County No. 11 at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Barrhead County No. 11 | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 17% | 8% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
Barrhead County No. 11 permitted 6.2 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Barrhead County No. 11 created 84 homes, about 14 a year. 94% were single-unit buildings, beside 69% for Alberta’s towns.
The busiest year: 2021, with 19 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Barrhead County No. 11 is 13% below the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
The census values of Alberta’s towns, 478 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Cheaper next to Barrhead County No. 11: Barrhead, Westlock County and Westlock
The places around Barrhead County No. 11 at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Barrhead County No. 11 with figures are 9–46 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrhead County No. 11 | $348K | $358K | 88% | |
| Barrhead | $250K | $277K | 65% | 8.5 |
| Westlock County | $324K | $343K | 87% | 38.3 |
| Lac Ste. Anne County | $348K | $375K | 92% | 40.5 |
| Westlock | $250K | $247K | 69% | 44.4 |
| Mayerthorpe | $190K | $197K | 81% | 45.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Barrhead County No. 11
Is Barrhead County No. 11 expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Barrhead County No. 11 sits among the cheaper of Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).