Satoo is a residential neighbourhood in the
Mill Woods
Mill Woods is a residential area in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Located in southeast Edmonton, Mill Woods is bounded by Whitemud Drive ( Highway 14) to the north, 91 Street to the west, 34 Street to the east, and Anthony Hend ...
area of the City of
Edmonton
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,
Alberta
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,
Canada
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. Satoo is one of three neighbourhoods in the Mill Woods community of
Knottwood.
[The other two neighbourhoods in Knotwood are Ekota and Menisa.]
It is bounded on the north by 23 Avenue, on the south by
Anthony Henday Drive
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, on the west by 91 Street, and on the east by 80 Street and Mill Woods Road West.
Satoo is named for a
Cree
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chief, Satoo. Between 1876 and 1891, the Papachase
Indian reserve
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was located in the Mill Woods area.
Demographics
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Satoo had a population of living in dwellings,
a -2.8% change from its 2009 population of .
With a land area of , it had a population density of people/km
2 in 2012.
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Residential development
The neighbourhood is popular with young families, with roughly three out of ten residents in the neighbourhood being under the age of 20. Just under one in ten residents is over the age of 65, the age traditionally considered retirement age.
According to the 2005 Municipal Census, approximately three out of four residences were single-family dwelling with the remainder being a mixture of duplexes and row houses
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. Most residences were built during the 1970s. Roughly four out of every five private dwellings are owner-occupied with the remainder being rented. The average number of persons per household is 3.1.
kisêwâtisiwin Junior High School and Satoo Elementary School, both operated by the Edmonton Public School System are located in Satoo.
Surrounding neighbourhoods
References
External links
City of Edmonton neighbourhood profile
{{Edmonton neighbourhoods
Neighbourhoods in Edmonton