Elizabeth South is a northern suburb of
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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in the
City of Playford
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.
It was established in 1955 as one of the earliest residential suburbs of the planned
City of Elizabeth
The City of Elizabeth was a local government area located in the northern suburbs of Adelaide and seated at Elizabeth from 1964 to 1997. In 1997, it was merged with the City of Munno Para to create the City of Playford, which governs the area t ...
. As for its neighbours including
Elizabeth
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and
Elizabeth North, 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
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, with predominantly current and former
Defence
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land on the other side, including the South Australian branch of the
Defence Science and Technology Group
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opposite
Elizabeth South railway station. The suburb is situated on both sides of
Philip Highway
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. 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
Holden
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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
2021 census of population, there were 2,933 people in Elizabeth South.
* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.1% of the population.
* 84.4% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 5%.
* 69.3% of people spoke only English at home.
* The most common response for religion was No Religion at 44.4%.
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References
Suburbs of Adelaide
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