Elizabeth South is a northern suburb of

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in the

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. It was established in the late 1950s as one of the earliest residential suburbs of the planned City of Elizabeth. As for its neighbours including

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and

Elizabeth North Elizabeth North is a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Playford. It is sandwiched between Main North Road to the east and the Gawler railway line to its west immediately north of Elizabeth and south of Smithfield. I ...

, it was configured as a local community around a small shopping centre containing a supermarket, bank, hotel and service station along with other shops. The western boundary is the Gawler railway line, with predominantly current and former

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land on the other side, including the South Australian branch of the

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opposite

Elizabeth South railway station Elizabeth South railway station is located on the Gawler line. Situated on the border of northern Adelaide suburbs of Elizabeth South and Edinburgh, it is from Adelaide station. History The station opened in 1955. It once had a shelter ...

. The suburb is situated on both sides of

Philip Highway Philip Highway is a road in the southern part of the Elizabeth area through the suburbs of Elizabeth and Elizabeth South. It connects from Main North Road adjacent to the Elizabeth City Centre to route A13 John Rice Avenue and Salisbury Highway ...

. The northern part of the suburb (north of Hogarth Road) is a residential suburb, with corresponding schools, shops and other community services. South of Hogarth Road, the suburb is industrial, including automotive and Defence manufacturing, dominated by the large

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factory, which opened in 1960 and closed in 2017. The water tower near the railway line is tall and the tank holds . It was built around 1940 (before Elizabeth was established) to supply the munitions factory that is now repurposed as Defence Science and Technology.

Population

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 2,864 people in Elizabeth South. * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.5% of the population. * 63.7% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 6.3%. * 71.4% of people spoke only English at home. * The most common response for religion was No Religion at 38.4%.

References

Suburbs of Adelaide {{Adelaide-geo-stub