Elizabeth, South Australia

Elizabeth
Elizabeth; Adelaide, South Australia
	Clock tower at Elizabeth City Shopping Centre with the Windsor building to the left of the picture.
	Elizabeth
Coordinates
Population	1,024 (2016 census)[1]
Established	1955
Postcode(s)	5112[2]
Location	24 km (15 mi) N of Adelaide city centre[2]
LGA(s)	City of Playford
State electorate(s)	Elizabeth
Federal Division(s)	Spence
	Suburbs around Elizabeth:

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 2016 census, Elizabeth had a population of 1,024.

Established in 1955, it was the seat of the former local government body, the 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

Before the 1950s, most of the area surrounding today's suburb of Elizabeth was farming land. 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.

The township (now suburb) of Elizabeth was established on 16 November 1955, being named after Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia.[4] In 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] This allowed the local government to focused explicitly on the newly-developed land and distinct local growing community centred at Elizabeth.

Australian musician Jimmy Barnes grew up in Elizabeth, and released a song about the town in 2019, Shutting down our town.

Geography

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

The 2016 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 1,024 persons in the suburb of Elizabeth on census night. Of these, 543 (52.9%) were male and 483 (47.1%) were female. The majority of residents 657 (65.2%) was born in Australia. 81 (8.0%) were born in England. The median age of Elizabeth residents is 38. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.[7]

Media

The local newspaper was the now-closed News Review Messenger. Other regional and national newspapers such as The Advertiser and The Australian are also available.[8] The Bunyip Newspaper[9] also covers the Elizabeth area in its Playford Times section.[10]

Schools

Playford International College (formerly Fremont-Elizabeth City High School) is on Philip Highway. Kaurna Plains School is on Ridley Road.[11]

Sport

Elizabeth is the home of the Central District Bulldogs, an Australian rules football team in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). The team has won nine SANFL premierships, all in the period from 2000 to 2010. They play all of their home games at Elizabeth Oval (currently named "X Convenience Oval").

Elizabeth also has an association football club (soccer), the Playford City Patriots, who play in the South Australian State League. However, their home stadium is Ramsay Park in Edinburgh North, westerly adjacent to Elizabeth.

Facilities and attractions

City of Playford civic centre, Elizabeth, in 2017

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.

Parks

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]

Transportation

Roads

Elizabeth is serviced by Main North Road, connecting the suburb to Adelaide city centre, and by Philip Highway.[6]

Public transport

Elizabeth is serviced by public transport run by the Adelaide Metro.[12]

Trains

The Gawler railway line passes beside the suburb. The closest station is Elizabeth.[12]

Buses

Elizabeth is serviced by buses run by the Adelaide Metro.[12]

References

Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Elizabeth (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 January 2019. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
"Elizabeth, South Australia (Adelaide)". Postcodes-Australia. Postcodes-Australia.com. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
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.
Adelaide and surrounds street directory (47th ed.). UBD. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7319-2336-6.
"ABS Elizabeth". 2016 Census quick stats. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
"South Australian Newspapers". Newspapers.com.au. Australia G'day. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
The Bunyip Newspaper, www.bunyippress.com.au
Playford Times, www.bunyippress.com.au
"Australian Schools Directory". Australian Schools Directory. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
"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.

External links

"City of Playford". Official website. City of Playford. Retrieved 20 April 2011.

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[ABS-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Elizabeth (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 January 2019. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

[Postcodes-2] "Elizabeth, South Australia (Adelaide)". Postcodes-Australia. Postcodes-Australia.com. Retrieved 20 April 2011.

[3] 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.

[4] "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

[5] "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.

[UBD-6] Adelaide and surrounds street directory (47th ed.). UBD. 2009. ISBN 978-0-7319-2336-6.

[7] "ABS Elizabeth". 2016 Census quick stats. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[8] "South Australian Newspapers". Newspapers.com.au. Australia G'day. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.

[9] The Bunyip Newspaper, www.bunyippress.com.au

[10] Playford Times, www.bunyippress.com.au

[11] "Australian Schools Directory". Australian Schools Directory. Retrieved 20 April 2011.

[Metro-12] "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.