Urrbrae, South Australia
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Urrbrae Adelaide, South Australia |
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Old Toll House. Urrbrae is to the right
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| Population | 992 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5064 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 5.6 km (3 mi) SE of Adelaide CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Mitcham | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Waite | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Boothby | ||||||||||||
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Urrbrae is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Mitcham.
Located at the foot of the Adelaide Hills, it is bordered on the east by the South Eastern Freeway, and the Old Toll House, which marked the traditional entrance to the city of Adelaide in the 19th century.
In the early 1850s, Robert Forsyth Macgeorge bought land in the area and built a house, naming the estate Urrbrae after the village of Urr in Scotland; the word brae refers to a hillside, especially near a river or creek. One notable son was the architect James Macgeorge (1832–1918).
The 2006 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 992 persons in Urrbrae on census night. Of these, 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female.
The majority of residents (71.4%) are of Australian birth, with other common census responses being England (6.3%) and South Africa (2.2%).
The age distribution of Urrbrae residents is comparable to that of the greater Australian population. 70.9% of residents were over 25 years in 2006, compared to the Australian average of 66.5%; and 29.1% were younger than 25 years, compared to the Australian average of 33.5%.
Urrbrae House is a two-storey, bluestone mansion located on Walter Young Avenue, on the Waite Campus of the University of Adelaide. Not the suburb's namesake, the current house was actually completed in 1891 by the philanthropist Peter Waite, replacing the original single-storey home of Robert MacGeorge, which was for many years rented by Edward Stirling Snr. It was probably Waite, a Scot like MacGeorge, who opted to carry on the name Urrbrae.
For many years, Urrbrae House was the family home of Waite, his wife Matilda and their family. After Peter and Matilda's death, the house was bequeathed to the University of Adelaide, being handed over in February 1923 by the couple's two daughters.
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