Mawson Lakes
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Mawson Lakes Adelaide, South Australia |
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Entrance to the Cascade
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| Population | 10,872 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,706.8/km2 (4,420/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1990s | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5095 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 6.37 km2 (2.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 12 km (7 mi) from Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Salisbury | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Port Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Makin | ||||||||||||||
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Mawson Lakes is a residential suburb in the City of Salisbury, Adelaide, Australia. Named in honor of Sir Douglas Mawson, it has a census area population of 10,872 people. The suburb is located in the northern suburbs of Adelaide around 12 km north of the Central business district. Much of the suburb was previously known as The Levels, and was a non-residential area, housing a campus of the University of South Australia and Technology Park Adelaide.
The residential development grew out of the South Australian Government's plans for a Multifunction Polis (or MFP), originally proposed to be built at Gillman, which was designed to be a modern high-tech community of the future. After the earlier plans for the MFP fell out of favour, the site at The Levels was taken on by the property developer Delfin (now Lend Lease Communities).
The first land being released in 1998.
Today, it includes Technology Park, the Mawson Lakes campus of the University of South Australia, Endeavour College, as well as growing residential and commercial zones. It also contains the public transport hub Mawson Interchange, which is expected to become one of the five busiest stations in Adelaide.
The area now occupied by Mawson Lakes was formerly "The Levels", founded as a sheep-breeding establishment in 1877 by Edward J. Pitts (1832–1885).
Technology Park Adelaide is Australia's first technology park, having been established in 1982 by the Government of South Australia. It is currently owned and managed by the Government of South Australia's Land Management Corporation.
The Technology Park Adelaide is a 65 hectare site which allows any organisation with a technological focus to locate there. Over 90 organisations are located at the Park, with the majority of these organisations having a defence focus. The main types of organisations at the Park are classified as Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) however large corporate organisations have a presence in the Park, including Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Saab Systems, Topcon, Optus, Xtralis, and Raytheon.
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