| Cheltenham Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Cheltenham | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°52′08″S138°31′34″E / 34.869°S 138.526°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2,236 (SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1849 [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5014 [3] | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 9.2 km (6 mi) NW of Adelaide city centre [3] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Charles Sturt [4] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cheltenham (2011) [5] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hindmarsh | ||||||||||||||
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Cheltenham is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located on Kaurna Land in the City of Charles Sturt.
The suburb lies between Port Road and Cheltenham Parade, which form its southwest and eastern boundaries respectively. The suburb is split in two by the Outer Harbor railway line. [6]
Cheltenham Post Office opened on 8 February 1897 and closed in 1910. [7]
In 1923, Holden Motor Body Builders established a 23.5-acre (9.5 ha) site [8] known as the Holden Woodville Plant in Cheltenham. [9] Three years later it had expanded to 40 acres (16 ha) and was employing 5,500 people. [8]
The plant attracted a lot of people to live in the area and especially in the adjacent suburb of Woodville through the 20th century. However, Holden progressively moved its operations to its Elizabeth plant through the 1980s, leading to the closure of Holden Woodville Plant. [8]
The 2021 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 2,236 persons in Cheltenham on census night. Of these, 48.1% were male and 50.9% were female. [10]
The majority of residents (71.5%) are of Australian birth, with other common census responses being England (5.3%) and India (2.5%). [10]
The age distribution of Cheltenham residents is similar to that of the greater Australian population. 71.3% of residents were over 25 years in 2006, compared to the Australian average of 69.9%; and 28.7% were younger than 25 years, compared to the Australian average of 30.1%. [10]
Cheltenham is part of Woodville Ward in the City of Charles Sturt local government area, being represented in that council by Oanh Nguyen and Robert Grant. [4]
Cheltenham lies in the state electoral district of Cheltenham [5] and the federal electoral division of Port Adelaide. [11] The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Joe Szakacs [5] and federally by Mark Butler. [11]
Cheltenham Cemetery , located between Port Road and Cheltenham Parade, [6] was established in 1876.[ citation needed ] [12]
Cheltenham is serviced by Port Road, connecting the suburb to Port Adelaide and Adelaide city centre, and by Cheltenham Parade. [6]
Cheltenham is serviced by public transport run by the Adelaide Metro. [13]
The Outer Harbor train service passes through the suburb. The closest stations are Cheltenham and Cheltenham Racecourse. [13] (now closed).
Trams previously ran through Cheltenham, but the lines were removed.
The suburb is serviced by bus routes run by the Adelaide Metro. [13]
Grange is a coastal suburb of the City of Charles Sturt, in Adelaide, South Australia, located about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from the Adelaide city centre. The suburb is named after Captain Charles Sturt's cottage, built in 1840–41, which still stands and is now a museum. In addition to Grange Beach, the suburb has several parks and reserves, as well as the Grange Hotel, which was originally licensed in 1881.
Woodville is a suburb of Adelaide, situated about 8 km (5 mi) north-west of the Adelaide city centre. It lies within the City of Charles Sturt. The postcode of Woodville is 5011. Woodville is bound by Cheltenham Parade to the west, Torrens Road to the north, Port Road to the south and Park Street to the east, excluding the area of Cheltenham Park Racecourse. The population was 2,180 at the 2021 Australian census.
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Beverley is a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.
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St Clair is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, and administered by the City of Charles Sturt. St Clair is geographically located with in the Hundred of Yatala, and was first recorded as the name for the suburb on 6 November 2012 by the Surveyor General of South Australia. The suburb is bounded by Cheltenham Parade, Torrens Road, Woodville Road and the Outer Harbor train line. The Cheltenham Park Racecourse was located here up until the late 2000s and new houses were built in the years after that.
