Blakeview Adelaide, South Australia |
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Looking into Blakeview from Craigmore Road at twilight
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Established | 1990 | ||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5114 | ||||||||||||
Location | 29 km (18 mi) N of Adelaide city centre | ||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Playford | ||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Napier (2011) | ||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Wakefield (2011) | ||||||||||||
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Blakeview is a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Playford. Blakeview is predominantly a residential suburb, but also has two commercial areas and two education areas.
Blakeview is located to the northeast of Elizabeth and lies on the east side of Main North Road opposite Smithfield and Munno Para. There is a commercial area facing Main North Road in the oldest part of the suburb which includes a Coles Express service station and medical services. The Blakes Crossing subdivision north of Craigmore Road also has a commercial area, which includes Woolworths and Aldi supermarkets.
Blakeview was gazetted as a suburb in 1990, taking territory from Smithfield and Munno Para.
The 2006 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 4,294 persons in Blakeview on census night. Of these, 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female.
The majority of residents (76.2%) are of Australian birth, with other common census responses being England (12.4%) and Scotland (2.2%).
The age distribution of Blakeview residents is skewed towards a slightly younger population than the greater Australian population. 58% of residents were over 25 years in 2006, compared to the Australian average of 66.5%; and 42% were younger than 25 years, compared to the Australian average of 33.5%.
The southern education precinct in Blakeview includes Blakeview Primary School on Omega Drive, Trinity College Blakeview adjacent to it on Park Lake Boulevard, with Craigmore High School next along, and a preschool centre across the road.