| Bolivar Adelaide, South Australia |
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| Population: | 119 (2006 Census)[1] 352 (2001 Census)[2] |
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| Established: | 1956[3] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 5110[4] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 17 km (11 mi) N of Adelaide city centre[4] | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Salisbury | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Port Adelaide (2011)[5] | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Port Adelaide (2011)[6] | ||||||||||||
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Bolivar is an outer northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Salisbury.
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The suburb was established in 1956, and was named after the General Bolivar Hotel. This hotel had been built by Walter Walpole, a settler who had arrived in South Australia in 1850 on the sailing ship Bolivar.[3]
Bolivar Post Office in the then rural area opened on 1 July 1905 and closed in 1930.[7]
Bolivar lies beside Barker Inlet and is bounded on the south by the Little Para River and on the east by Port Wakefield Road.[8]
The 2006 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 119 persons in Bolivar on census night. Of these, 63.9% were male and 36.1% were female.[1]
The majority of residents (69.7%) are of Australian birth, with an additional 13.4% claiming England as their country of birth.[1]
The age distribution of Bolivar residents is skewed towards an older population compared to the greater Australian population: 94.1% of residents were over 25 years in 2006, compared to the Australian average of 66.5%.[1]
The suburb is notable for being the location (with neighbouring St Kilda) of the Bolivar Sewage Treatment Works.[8]
The southern boundary of the suburb runs along the Little Para River and includes greenspace.[8]
Bolivar is serviced by Port Wakefield Road, part of the National Highway.[8]