Westbrook Estates’s average home value sits 48% above the median
A median of $600,000 and a mean of $889,037: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. Sale prices aren’t published in Alberta: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Westbrook Estates.
Westbrook Estates’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Behind assessed values, values by property type and building permits sits data gathered across the city of Edmonton, with Westbrook Estates one part of it.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $889K
- Owners
- 810
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Edmonton’s houses sit 30% above Alberta’s towns
Detached houses account for 61% of the 347,170 properties on Edmonton’s 2024 roll; condos for 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.
Westbrook Estates’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Westbrook Estates had 1,065 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 71% of them single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981. 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
| Westbrook Estates | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 12% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
Building ahead of Alberta’s towns: 26 new homes a year per 1,000 in Edmonton, against 7.5
Over 2018–2023, 61,232 homes were permitted in Edmonton, close to 10,205 each year. About 32% went into single-unit buildings, where Alberta’s towns built 69%.
The busiest year: 2022, with 12,256 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
21,179 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 15% on the year before
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. · Monthly permits: one figure for all of the Edmonton metro area
Westbrook Estates is dearer than most of Alberta’s towns: 50% above 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 Westbrook Estates: Royal Gardens, Greenfield and Sweet Grass
Next to Westbrook Estates: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrook Estates | $600K | $889K | 77% | |
| Royal Gardens | $400K | $343K | 55% | 0.8 |
| Bulyea Heights | $600K | $601K | 99% | 1.4 |
| Greenfield | $448K | $458K | 83% | 1.6 |
| Brookside | $600K | $693K | 71% | 1.6 |
| Sweet Grass | $492K | $405K | 62% | 1.7 |
| Malmo Plains | $460K | $473K | 64% | 1.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Westbrook Estates
Is Westbrook Estates expensive for Alberta?
On census values, Westbrook Estates ranks among the dearer of Alberta’s towns (median $400,000).
How many households in Westbrook Estates are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Alberta’s towns (8%): 5% in Westbrook Estates, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).