Davoren Park

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Davoren Park
Adelaide,  South Australia
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Davoren Park
Coordinates 34°41′29″S138°40′5″E / 34.69139°S 138.66806°E / -34.69139; 138.66806
Population6,392 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established1993
Postcode(s) 5113
LGA(s) City of Playford
State electorate(s) Taylor
Federal division(s) Spence
Suburbs around Davoren Park:
Andrews Farm Smithfield Plains Smithfield
Eyre Davoren Park Elizabeth North
Edinburgh North

Davoren Park is a suburb at the northern extent of the Adelaide metropolitan area, South Australia in the City of Playford. The suburb was formed as renaming of Elizabeth Field and the residential northern part of Elizabeth West which at the time were in the City of Munno Para. [2] on 11 November 1993. [3] It was named after Davoren Road which is on the northern boundary of the suburb adjacent to Smithfield Plains. The Davoren family lived in Smithfield. Austin Davoren, who was a railway employee at Smithfield, died on 2 August 1924. [4] [2]

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The Playford North Urban Renewal project to expand and upgrade the area commenced in 2007 and is expected to take 10–15 years. [5] The project focuses on the Peachey Belt (an unofficial designation roughly comprising Davoren Park, Smithfield and Smithfield Plains), which has been identified as a disadvantaged area. [6]

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  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Davoren Park (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Placename Details: Davoren Park". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. 11 March 2009. SA0018142. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Suburb and Locality Map Index" (PDF). Land Services SA. 2 August 2012. p. 25. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  4. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/167803090
  5. ↑ "Playford North Urban Renewal Project: Questions and Answers" (PDF). Playford.sa.gov.au. City of Playford. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Playford Alive". Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.


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