Ingle Farm, South Australia

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Ingle Farm South Australia
Population:	8,562
Established:	1959
Postcode:	5098
Property Value:	AUD $198,000
LGA:	City of Salisbury
State District:	Playford
Federal Division:	Makin
Suburbs around Ingle Farm Para Hills Pooraka Ingle Farm Para Vista Walkley Heights Valley View

Ingle Farm is an established, residential suburb, with some parklands, of about 8,500 people in the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. It is located at the base of the Mount Lofty Ranges foothills, around 12 kilometers north-east of Adelaide's central business district. It covers an area of 4.47 kilometer² with a population density of 19.41 people per hectare in 2001.

Contents 1 History 2 Demographics 3 Politics 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

James Rowe came to South Australia in 1836, spending some time on Kangaroo Island then settling with his family in the Ingle Farm area in 1848. They initially took up 100 acres in section 3030, Hundred of Yatala in 1849, using the land primarily for farming wheat, barley, peas and hay. John Rowe's grandson, Jabez Sleeman Rowe, took on the farm and married Martha Barbara Wright ( Born 24 May 1868 ) from Inglewood in 1902, consequently naming the farm Ingle Farm. In 1959, the South Australian Housing Trust purchased 730 acres from the Rowe brothers and started a housing estate^[1], with the first Housing Trust homes built in 1965^[2] and 2,500 houses completed by 1975. The Rowe family name is preserved in the naming of Rowe Park, next to Ingle Farm Primary School, and Rowe Street in the adjoining suburb of Para Hills.

[edit] Demographics

In the 2001 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing, the population of the Ingle Farm census area was 8,672 people, in an area of 4.47 kilometer². Females outnumbered males 50.5% to 49.5%. Some 26.1% of the population was born overseas. Ingle Farm has experienced a decreasing population since 1996 resulting from few new houses being constructed and a general decrease in the average number of people living in each house^[3].

[edit] Politics

Ingle Farm is part of the electoral district of Playford and votes very strongly for the Australian Labor Party, with the district remaining a safe Labor seat since its creation in 1970.^[4]

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/i/i1.htm
2. ^ http://www.housingtrust.sa.gov.au/resources/SAHT_Chronological_History.pdf
3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2001, 1996 and 1991
4. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2006/guide/play.htm

[edit] External links

Coordinates: -34.823° 138.646°

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