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Residental Properties and Housing

Dwelling Sales (2006)
 # of SalesAverage PriceRange
All Types261$158,783 
Single Detached225$167,435$36,000-$342,000
Examples of Recent Sales
TypeYear BuiltLot SizeCostTaxes (2006)
1204 ft2 bungalow with 22’x26’ attached garage200610,000 ft2$225,000$2400
1090 ft2 bungalow with 528 ft2 attached garage199558’x142’$206,000$2220
1059 ft2 bungalow200558’x135’$179,900$1990
943 ft2 bi-level with 18’x28’ detached garage198857’x110’$163,000$1740

Assessment services include the following: providing fair and equitable property assessments, conducting market based assessments annually and sending out a combined assessment and tax notice within the guidelines esablished by the Municpal Government Act

Taxation services include the following: taxation year January 1 to December 31, the collection of municpal & education taxes and the administration of the Tax Pre-Payment Plan.

Municipal Finances

*Municipal property tax is for Town purposes only. School and other requisitions are not included in this figure. All financial assets less liabilities.

Mill Rates (2006)
Residential12.1106
Industrial/Commercial18.3054
Per Capita Indicators
Debt$343.76
Equalized Assessment$51,700
Net Municipal Property Tax$532
Long Term Liquidity$980
Reserves$995

The Town of Wainwright has historically maintained a stable and desirable financaql position. The following fiqures prepared by Alberta Municpal Affairs indicate how Wainwright compares to other Alberta towns of similar size (population range 3501 to 6000) for 2003.

Rental Accomodations (2006)
  VacancyAverage Monthly Rental
 #Rate1 Bdrm2 Bdrm3 Bdrm
Apartments2645.7%$490$566$556
Senior Citizens Self Contained Apartments
Lions Pioneer Manor18 units
Lions Heritage Manor18 units
Lions Frontier Manor24 units
Seniors Lodge
Battle River Lodge101 units
Dwelling Types and Household Size
Type # Size
Single Detached1625 (68.74%)2.60
Suite in Single62 (2.62%)1.35
Duplex Unit86 (3.64%)2.37
Quad-Triplex8 (0.34%)1.75
Row or Townhouse146 (6.18%)2.29
Apartment264 (11.17%)1.32
Single Dwelling attached to non-residental buidling23 (0.97%)2.35
Mobile Home147 (6.22%)2.35
Other Movable Dwelling0 (0.00%)0.00
Collective Dwelling3 (0.13%)58.67
   
Total23642.47

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