| Brompton Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Stobie pole in Brompton | |||||||||||||||
  Brompton | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°53′49.2″S138°34′37.2″E / 34.897000°S 138.577000°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,729 (SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1849 [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5007 [3] | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 3.8 km (2 mi) NW of Adelaide city centre [3] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Charles Sturt [4] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Croydon (2011) [5] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Adelaide (2011) [6] | ||||||||||||||
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Brompton is an inner-northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Charles Sturt.
Brompton was established in June 1849 and quickly grew. By October of that year, two-thirds of the formerly "bare common ground [was] covered with substantial and genteel cottages, thriving shops and wells of excellent water." [2]
Ovingham Post Office opened on 1 November 1879, was renamed Bowden in 1970 and Brompton in 1991. [7]
The suburb lies between Torrens Road and the Grange/Outer Harbor railway line and is bordered by Torrens Road at its northern end. [8]
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The 2016 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 3,537 persons in Brompton on census night. Of these, 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. [9]
The majority of residents (60.4%) are of Australian birth, with other common census responses being China (5.7%), Greece (4.8%), England (3.3%), Vietnam (1.9%), and India (1.4). [9] Additionally, people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent made up 1.2% of the suburb
In terms of religious affiliation, 41.4% of residents attributed themselves to being irreligious, 15.8% attributed themselves to being Catholic, 8.5% attributed themselves to be Eastern Orthodox, and 6.1% attributed themselves to being Anglican. [9] Within Brompton, 91.4% of the residents were employed, with the remaining 8.6% being unemployed. [9]
Brompton is part of Hindmarsh Ward in the City of Charles Sturt local government area, being represented in that council by Labor members Paul Alexandrides and Craig Auricht. [4]
Brompton lies in the state electoral district of Croydon [5] and the federal electoral division of Adelaide. [6] The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Peter Malinauskas [5] and federally by Steve Georganas. [6]
The local newspaper is the Weekly Times Messenger .
The Bowden Brompton Community Centre is based at 19 Green Street, Brompton. [10] Additionally, Brompton also contains the Adelaide Croatian Club. [11]
Bowden Brompton Community School is located on Torrens Road and Immaculate Heart of Mary School is located on East Street. [12]
The Hawker Street shopping and dining precinct, and the Brompton Hotel and the Excelsior Hotel are in the suburb.
There are several parks in Brompton, the largest of which is Josiah Mitton Reserve, between Wood Avenue and Burley Griffin Boulevard. [8] The reserve includes the Hindmarsh Incinerator, designed by Walter Burley Griffin in 1935. [13] Completed in 1936, it is one of his two buildings in SA listed as among the 120 nationally significant 20th-century buildings in South Australia, [14] the other being the Thebarton Incinerator at Thebarton. Other notable parks within Brompton include Stormrage Reserve, Thomas Harkness Reserve, and Ethelbert Reserve.
From 1949 until 1979, Brompton was the home to the world-famous Rowley Park Speedway located on the corner of Torrens Road and Coglin Street. Rowley Park was a 358 metres (392 yards) dirt track speedway built in the old Brompton Brick Pits and operated 23 meetings per season (usually October to April) on Friday nights and was capable of holding over 10,000 spectators. The speedway hosted numerous Australian and South Australian speedway championships through its history. From 1954 until 1973, the speedway was promoted by leading Adelaide identity Kym Bonython who made Rowley Park 'the' place to be in Adelaide on a Friday night during summer. Rowley Park closed on 4 April 1979 and is now the site of the Kym Bonython housing estate.
In 1965, Rowley Park was the site of Australia's first Demolition derby.
Brompton is primarily serviced by Torrens Road, which connects the suburb to Adelaide city centre. Hawker Street cuts through the centre of the suburb. [8]
Many of the local streets were established in the 19th century. Consequently, roadways tend to be narrow and, with a small volume of traffic, quiet. [15]
Brompton is serviced by public transport run by the Adelaide Metro. [16]
There is no train stop in Ridleyton but the Grange and Outer Harbor railway lines pass nearby. The closest station is Bowden. On the Gawler railway line the closest station is Ovingham.
The suburb is serviced by the following bus routes: [16]
West Croydon is an inner western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
Thebarton, formerly Theberton, on Kaurna land, is an inner-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of West Torrens. The suburb is bounded by the River Torrens to the north, Port Road and Bonython Park to the east, Kintore Street to the south, and South Road to the west.
The City of Charles Sturt is a local government area in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, stretching to the coast.
Flinders Park is a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.
Croydon is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the suburb of Croydon, it is a 18.78 km2 (7.25 sq mi) suburban electorate in Adelaide's inner north-west. In addition to Croydon, it includes Angle Park, Athol Park, Bowden, Brompton, Croydon Park, Devon Park, Dudley Park, Ferryden Park, Kilkenny, Mansfield Park, Regency Park, Renown Park, Ridleyton, West Croydon, Woodville Gardens; and parts of Allenby Gardens, Welland, and West Hindmarsh.
Bowden is an inner northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.
Ovingham is an inner northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the cities of Charles Sturt and Prospect.
Ridleyton is an inner northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.
Renown Park is an inner northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.
Fulham Gardens is a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Charles Sturt.
Kidman Park is a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.
Kilkenny is an inner north-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt. It is named after Kilkenny, Ireland.
Hindmarsh is an inner suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.
Devon Park is an inner northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the cities of Port Adelaide Enfield and Charles Sturt beside the Gawler railway line near, but not meeting, the intersection of Torrens Road and Churchill Road.
Henley Beach South is a coastal suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.
Allenby Gardens is a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.
Beverley is a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.
West Hindmarsh is a suburb of Adelaide, located in the City of Charles Sturt local government area. It is around 4 km west northwest of the Adelaide city centre. It is bounded on the south by the River Torrens, east by South Road, north by Port Road and west by streets separating it from the suburb of Welland which has the same north and south boundaries. Grange Road crosses the middle of the suburb.
The District Council of Hindmarsh was a local government area in South Australia from 1853 to 1875, seated at the inner north west Adelaide suburb of Hindmarsh.
The Town of Hindmarsh was a local government area in South Australia from 1874 to 1993, encompassing on the inner north west Adelaide suburbs of Hindmarsh, Bowden and Brompton.
