Elizabeth, South Australia
| Elizabeth Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Clock tower at Elizabeth City Shopping Centre with the Windsor building to the left of the picture. | |||||||||||||||
  Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°43′12″S 138°40′23″E / 34.720°S 138.673°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 40,343 | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5112[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 24 km (15 mi) N of Adelaide city centre[1] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Playford | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Spence | ||||||||||||||
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Elizabeth is an outer northern suburb of the Adelaide metropolitan area, South Australia, 24 km north of the Adelaide city centre. It is located in the City of Playford. At the 2021 census, Elizabeth had a population of 40,343.[2]
Established in 1955, it was the seat of the former local government body, the Old City of Elizabeth, which included Elizabeth as well as the immediately adjacent suburbs on all sides except the west. Although the City of Elizabeth no longer exists, having been amalgamated into the much larger City of Playford in 1997, the term "Elizabeth", in the context of Adelaide, typically refers to the historic municipality and the distinct community therein.[3]
History[edit]
Before the 1950s, most of the area surrounding today's suburb of Elizabeth was farming land.[citation needed] After the end of the Second World War with its shortage of materials, the state government decided that South Australia needed to grow and become industrialised. A satellite city was planned for northern metropolitan fringe of Adelaide between the existing townships of Salisbury and Smithfield. The South Australian Housing Trust initiated a housing development program in the area, with a purchase of 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) at the site of the present suburb.[citation needed]
The township (now suburb) of Elizabeth was established on 16 November 1955, being named after Queen Elizabeth II, queen of Australia, and inaugurated by Sir Thomas Playford, who was then premier of South Australia.[4]
The town council was briefly renamed the District Council of Salisbury and Elizabeth on 22 August 1963. On 13 February 1964, a new local government body, the municipality of Elizabeth, later called City of Elizabeth, was created by severance from the District Council of Salisbury.[5]
Geography[edit]
Elizabeth is the seat of the Playford local government area and thus acts as a central business district for the surrounding suburbs. It lies mostly between the Gawler railway line and the hills face. DSTO Edinburgh is located to the west of Elizabeth.[6]
Demographics[edit]
The 2021 Australian census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 40,343 persons in the suburb of Elizabeth on census night. Of these, 20,017 (49.6%) were male and 20,323 (50.4%) were female.[2]
The majority of residents 28,574 (70.8%) were born in Australia, while 2,895 (7.2%) were born in England.[2]
The median age of Elizabeth residents was 35. Children aged 0–14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.[2]
Afghanistan was third as place of birth and parents' birth after Australia and England, overtaking Scotland, and Hazaraghi was the language next most frequently spoken at home after English.[2]
Facilities and attractions[edit]
The City of Playford civic centre houses the council chambers, the Elizabeth branch of the Playford Library and the Shedley Theatre.
Westerly adjacent to the civic centre is the Elizabeth Shopping Centre at the heart of the suburb.[6] Formerly known as Elizabeth Town Centre, it has been progressively expanded since the 1960s. In its early days it featured open-air malls, but today it comprises a single storey undercover mall. A major renovation and extension was completed in 2004.
In 2007, Northern Sound System was established at 71 Elizabeth Way. The centre has offered programs, courses and workshops in various skills, including DJ, hip hop music, youth choir, gaming and animation; songwriting and music production, and it also includes recording studios, a live music venue, and rehearsal spaces.
Parks[edit]
Dauntsey Reserve is located between Winterslow Road and Woodford Road. Ridley Reserve is located on the suburb's southern boundary. There are other parks and reserves in the suburb.[6]
Schools[edit]
Playford International College (formerly Fremont-Elizabeth City High School) is on Philip Highway. Kaurna Plains School is on Ridley Road.[7]
Sport[edit]
Elizabeth is the home of the Central District Bulldogs, an Australian rules football team in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). The team hwon nine SANFL premierships in the period from 2000 to 2010. They play all of their home games at Elizabeth Oval (currently[when?] named "X Convenience Oval").
Transport[edit]
Roads[edit]
Elizabeth is serviced by Main North Road, connecting the suburb to Adelaide city centre, and by Philip Highway.[6]
Public transport[edit]
Elizabeth is serviced by public transport run by the Adelaide Metro.[8]
The Gawler railway line passes beside the suburb. The closest station is Elizabeth.[8]
Elizabeth is serviced by buses run by the Adelaide Metro.[8]
Media[edit]
The local newspaper was the now-closed News Review Messenger. The Bunyip newspaper also covers the Elizabeth area in its Playford Times section.[9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Elizabeth, South Australia (Adelaide)". Postcodes-Australia. Postcodes-Australia.com. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "2021 Elizabeth, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Odenwalder, Lee (6 July 2017). "Elizabeth". Hansard. Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
We have to be mindful about what we are talking about when we say Elizabeth. We are not so much talking about the existing physical suburb; indeed, Elizabeth proper these days means the few square kilometres around the Elizabeth City Centre. It has been subsumed physically and administratively by the City of Playford and by the unbroken urban sprawl which extends to the small green belt before you get to Gawler. For anyone who grew up in Elizabeth and anyone who has lived in Elizabeth for a long time, there is a very distinct physical and psychological place called Elizabeth. It is not Salisbury, it is not Munno Para, and for a lot of people it is not even the City of Playford, whose borders spread far beyond what anyone understands to be Elizabeth. For those of us who grew up there, and for those of us who live there, it is very clear where Elizabeth is. It is in many ways hard to define, but it is culturally different from other parts of the metropolitan area.
- ^ "E" (PDF). Place Names of South Australia. State Library of South Australia. p. 11. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
On 16 November 1955, at a site on the Adelaide Plain, 17 miles north of Adelaide, a new town was inaugurated by Sir Thomas Playford, GCMG, Premier of South Australia
- ^ "Local Government Act, 193401963: Portion of District Council of Salisbury and Elizabeth Severed and the Municipality of the Town of Elizabeth Constituted" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (7 ed.). Government of South Australia. 13 February 1964. p. 269. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d Adelaide and surrounds street directory (47th ed.). UBD. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7319-2336-6.
- ^ "Australian Schools Directory". Australian Schools Directory. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ a b c "Public Transport in Adelaide". Adelaide Metro official website. Dept. for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, Public Transport Division. 12 January 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Home page". The Bunyip. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
External links[edit]
- "City of Playford". Official website. City of Playford. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
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