Suburban · Dartmouth, Halifax
Woodlawn
Dartmouth's central suburb of mid-century houses and apartments
- Families with kids
- Owners on a budget
- Commuters
At a glance
Woodlawn is a central Dartmouth suburb of mid-century detached houses, townhouses and apartment buildings around Woodlawn Mall and Penhorn Lake. A bit more than half of homes are detached, and about one in three households rent. About 55% of homes are detached and 25% are apartments, 33% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $315K in the 2021 census.
- Median home value (est.)
- $383K* * est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $423K
- Residents
- 21,980 scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 18,706 at the 2021 census
- Households renting
- 33% city 43%
- Homes that are apartments
- 25% city 36%
What the numbers mean
- Owners valued the median home at $315K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Halifax-Dartmouth MLS® Home Price Index (+22% since then), that is about $383K, close to the Halifax median of $423K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
- 33% of households rent, below the 43% city-wide.
- 55% of homes are single-detached houses, versus 48% city-wide.
Who lives here
Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 18,706 at the 2021 census.
Homes
Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 18,706 at the 2021 census.
Estimated property tax1
What owning here costs each year in property tax at the median assessed value. Renters don’t pay it directly, but landlords pass it on.
- Median home
- $4,290 a year about $360 a month on a $383K assessment
Upfront closing costs2
Nova Scotia has no provincial land transfer tax; the Halifax Regional Municipality charges a deed transfer tax of 1.5% 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.
- HRM deed transfer tax
- $5,750 on $383K
Getting to work by transit3
- Downtown49 min
- Dalhousie University59 min
- Burnside Business Park59 min
- Airport1 h 35 min
Average weekday morning trip by bus, train or both, including walking and waiting. Driving and cycling times aren't included for Halifax.
Everyday walkability4
How Woodlawn compares with other blocks in the nine cities, by what is nearby (higher means closer):
Schools5
- Schools here
- 8 public
- Elementary
- 7
- High school
- 1
- Within 2 km
- 28 of its edge
- Admiral Westphal Elementary SchoolElementary
- Alderney Elementary SchoolElementary
- Brookhouse Elementary SchoolElementary
- Caledonia Junior High SchoolElementary
- Ellenvale Junior High SchoolElementary
- Ian Forsyth Elementary SchoolElementary
- Michael Wallace Elementary SchoolElementary
- Prince Andrew High SchoolHigh school
1 private school is also mapped here.
The school nearest the house may not be the school your child is assigned to. School boards assign a designated school by street address, and a neighbourhood can be split across several or have none inside its boundary. Use your school board’s school locator with the exact address before you rely on a school.
We don’t rate schools: test results are not comparable across provinces, so a school’s quality is something to ask about on a visit.
Halifax doesn't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.
Neighbourhood-level crime figures aren't available for Halifax. Halifax Regional Police and the RCMP don't publish open crime counts by neighbourhood that we can compare across areas. Check Statistics Canada's crime tables for municipality-wide trends. Why this is missing.