Established suburb · Airdrie, Calgary

Thorburn and Meadowbrook

Airdrie's large east side, along Nose Creek

Families with kids
Owners on a budget
Long-term owners

Thorburn and Meadowbrook in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: City of Calgary and Statistics Canada.

At a glance

Thorburn and Meadowbrook cover much of eastern Airdrie, with older bungalow streets and newer subdivisions along Nose Creek. Nearly every home is a detached house. About 87% of homes are detached and 5% are apartments, 16% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $386K in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.): $484K^*
Residents: 13,270
Households renting: 16%
Homes that are apartments: 5%

What the numbers mean

Owners valued the median home at $386K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Calgary MLS® Home Price Index (+25% since then), that is about $484K, 11% below the Calgary-area towns median of $543K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
16% of households rent, well below the 34% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
87% of homes are single-family houses, versus 55% city-wide.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 11,158 at the 2021 census.

0-1419%

15-197%

20-245%

25-3413%

35-4415%

45-5413%

55-6416%

65+12%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 11,158 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached87%

Semi-detached5%

Row house3%

Duplex flat1%

Apartment under 5 storeys5%

Apartment 5+ storeys0%

Upfront closing costs¹

Alberta has no land transfer tax; the Land Titles transfer fee is about 0.1% of the price. Government fees at the median home price: This uses the census home value indexed to September 2026 prices, so treat it as an estimate.

Land title transfer fee: $530

How it's changing

These municipalities don't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.

Safety

Neighbourhood-level crime figures aren't available for Airdrie. Policing there is by the RCMP or a municipal police department, and neither publishes open crime counts by neighbourhood. Check Statistics Canada's crime tables for municipality-wide trends, and the local police website for crime maps. Why this is missing.