Half the owned homes in Marlborough Park are valued above $348,000
Behind it are the answers of 2,155 owners at the 2021 census. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. No sales are published for towns in Alberta, Marlborough Park included, so owners’ values are the measure.
What Marlborough Park’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $327K
- Owners
- 2,155
- 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). · Assessed values, values by property type and building permits: one figure for all of the city of Calgary
A detached house in Calgary is assessed 88% higher than across Alberta’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 483,605 homes in Calgary: detached houses make 62% of them, condos 18%.
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.
More condos than most: 23% of the homes in Marlborough Park (Alberta’s towns: 15%)
At the 2021 census, 57% of Marlborough Park’s 2,900 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Marlborough Park | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 23% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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.
Permits in Calgary ran at 26.6 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5
Building permits added 77,275 homes in Calgary between 2018 and 2023: some 12,879 a year. 26% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
Most in 2023: 18,187 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Steady: 26,142 new homes in the year to August 2026
Monthly permits for the Calgary metro area
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.
Marlborough Park is cheaper than most of Alberta’s towns: 13% under their $400,000 median
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 Marlborough Park: Abbeydale, Forest Heights and Penbrooke Meadows
The places around Marlborough Park at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlborough Park | $348K | $327K | 75% | |
| Marlborough | $348K | $355K | 65% | 1.5 |
| Pineridge | $348K | $319K | 66% | 1.6 |
| Abbeydale | $300K | $277K | 77% | 1.6 |
| Forest Heights | $298K | $290K | 66% | 2 |
| Penbrooke Meadows | $250K | $247K | 64% | 2 |
| Applewood Park | $352K | $359K | 61% | 2.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Marlborough Park
Is Marlborough Park expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Marlborough Park sits among the cheaper of Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
How many households in Marlborough Park are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 10% of Marlborough Park’s households in core housing need, much as for Alberta’s towns (8%).
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).