Cheltenham, South Australia
|
Cheltenham Adelaide, South Australia |
|||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Street in Cheltenham
|
|||||||||||||
| Population | 2,175 (2006 census) 2,043 (2001 Census) |
||||||||||||
| Established | 1849 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5014 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 9.2 km (6 mi) NW of Adelaide city centre | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Charles Sturt | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cheltenham (2011) | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Adelaide (2011) | ||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Cheltenham is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located 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.
Cheltenham Post Office opened on 8 February 1897 and closed in 1910.
The 2006 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 2,175 persons in Cheltenham on census night. Of these, 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female.
The majority of residents (77.1%) are of Australian birth, with other common census responses being England (4.8%) and Italy (2.5%).
The age distribution of Cheltenham residents is similar to that of the greater Australian population. 68.5% of residents were over 25 years in 2006, compared to the Australian average of 66.5%; and 31.5% were younger than 25 years, compared to the Australian average of 33.5%.
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.
Cheltenham lies in the state electoral district of Cheltenham and the federal electoral division of Port Adelaide. The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Jay Weatherill and federally by Mark Butler.
...
Wikipedia