Ingle Farm, South Australia
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Ingle Farm is an established, residential suburb, with some parklands, of about 8,500 people in the South Australia
n 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 km² with a population density of 19.41 people per hectare
in 2001.
then settling with his family in the Ingle Farm area in 1848. They initially took up 100 acre (0.404686 km²) in section 3030, Hundred of Yatala in 1849, using the land primarily for farming wheat
, barley
, pea
s 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 (3 km²) from the Rowe brothers, Cyril(married to Alice) and Slem(married to Jean) Rowe and started a housing estate, with the first Housing Trust homes
built in 1965 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
.
, Cricket
, Golf
, Netball
, Softball
and some indoor sports. The club was originally known as the Ingle Farm Football Club, from its formation in February 1968, and was renamed in 1993. The football club first competed in the Central Districts Football Association, transferred to the Norwood-North Association in 1974, then to the South Australian Amateur Football League
in 1978.
Walkley Park in the suburb's north-east is home to Ingle Farm Amateur
Soccer Club who take part in the SAASL Sunday Competition. The club was formed in 1973 and moved from Rowe Park to its present address on Fairfax Road in 1979. Green and white have been the club's colours since its inception. The club currently has 5 teams: 1st Team, Reserves, C Team, Over 35's and Women's. IFASC has been successful in recent times winning the Senior Sunday Division 2 and 3 Leagues as well as being runner up twice in the SAASL Sunday Premier League. The clubs biggest win came in September 2009 when it defeated Elizabeth Downs Soccer Club 2-0 to win the SAASL Challenge Cup Final played at Hindmarsh Stadium
.
Census of Population and Housing, the population of the Ingle Farm census area was 8,474 people, in an area of 4.47 km². Females outnumbered males 50.4% to 49.6%. Some 25.7% 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.
Ingle Farm Primary School is located at the old Ingle Farm High School site. Ingle Farm High School was open from 1975 to 1991 and amalgamated with Para Vista High to form Valley View Secondary School.
Public transport in Ingle Farm is extremely well serviced by Adelaide Metro
. Services travel to the Adelaide CBD and nearby northern and north eastern suburbs. Destinations along these routes include the Ingle Farm Shopping Centre, Ingle Farm Primary School, Helping Hand Aged Care facility, Ingle Farm Library and Assemblies of God Church on Baloo Street, Ingle Farm.
and votes very strongly for the Australian Labor Party
, with the district remaining a safe Labor seat since its creation in 1970.
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
n capital city of Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
. It is located at the base of the Mount Lofty Ranges
Mount Lofty Ranges
The Mount Lofty Ranges are the range of mountains just to the east of Adelaide in South Australia.-Location and description:The Mount Lofty Ranges stretch from the southernmost point of the Fleurieu Peninsula at Cape Jervis northwards for over before petering out north of Peterborough...
foothills, around 12 kilometers north-east of Adelaide's central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
. It covers an area of 4.47 km² with a population density of 19.41 people per hectare
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
in 2001.
History
James Rowe came to South Australia in 1836, spending some time on Kangaroo IslandKangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and Melville Island. It is southwest of Adelaide at the entrance of Gulf St Vincent. Its closest point to the mainland is off Cape Jervis, on the tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula in the state of South Australia. The island is long...
then settling with his family in the Ingle Farm area in 1848. They initially took up 100 acre (0.404686 km²) in section 3030, Hundred of Yatala in 1849, using the land primarily for farming wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
, barley
Barley
Barley is a major cereal grain, a member of the grass family. It serves as a major animal fodder, as a base malt for beer and certain distilled beverages, and as a component of various health foods...
, pea
Pea
A pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the pod fruit Pisum sativum. Each pod contains several peas. Peapods are botanically a fruit, since they contain seeds developed from the ovary of a flower. However, peas are considered to be a vegetable in cooking...
s and hay
Hay
Hay is grass, legumes or other herbaceous plants that have been cut, dried, and stored for use as animal fodder, particularly for grazing livestock such as cattle, horses, goats, and sheep. Hay is also fed to pets such as rabbits and guinea pigs...
. 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
Public housing
Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. Social housing is an umbrella term referring to rental housing which may be owned and managed by the state, by non-profit organizations, or by a combination of the...
purchased 730 acres (3 km²) from the Rowe brothers, Cyril(married to Alice) and Slem(married to Jean) Rowe and started a housing estate, with the first Housing Trust homes
Public housing
Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. Social housing is an umbrella term referring to rental housing which may be owned and managed by the state, by non-profit organizations, or by a combination of the...
built in 1965 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
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
, and Rowe Street in the adjoining suburb of Para Hills
Para Hills, South Australia
Para Hills is a residential suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, accessible from Adelaide by bus, . A train station is approximately 2 kilometres to the west. There is a light aircraft airport close to its boundary, and numerous sporting facilities, abundant parks and schools and two medium sized...
.
Sports
Rowe Park in the suburb's south, is home to the Ingle Farm Sporting Club. The club fields teams in Australian rules footballAustralian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
, Cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
, Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, Netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
, Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
and some indoor sports. The club was originally known as the Ingle Farm Football Club, from its formation in February 1968, and was renamed in 1993. The football club first competed in the Central Districts Football Association, transferred to the Norwood-North Association in 1974, then to the South Australian Amateur Football League
South Australian Amateur Football League
The South Australian Amateur Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in Adelaide, South Australia. Comprising sixty-seven member clubs playing over one hundred and ten matches per week, the SAAFL is one of Australia's largest and strongest Australian rules football...
in 1978.
Walkley Park in the suburb's north-east is home to Ingle Farm Amateur
Amateur
An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....
Soccer Club who take part in the SAASL Sunday Competition. The club was formed in 1973 and moved from Rowe Park to its present address on Fairfax Road in 1979. Green and white have been the club's colours since its inception. The club currently has 5 teams: 1st Team, Reserves, C Team, Over 35's and Women's. IFASC has been successful in recent times winning the Senior Sunday Division 2 and 3 Leagues as well as being runner up twice in the SAASL Sunday Premier League. The clubs biggest win came in September 2009 when it defeated Elizabeth Downs Soccer Club 2-0 to win the SAASL Challenge Cup Final played at Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium is a rectangular stadium located in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Australian A-League team, Adelaide United....
.
Demographics
In the 2006 Australian Bureau of StatisticsAustralian Bureau of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's national statistical agency. It was created as the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics on 8 December 1905, when the Census and Statistics Act 1905 was given Royal assent. It had its beginnings in section 51 of the Constitution of Australia...
Census of Population and Housing, the population of the Ingle Farm census area was 8,474 people, in an area of 4.47 km². Females outnumbered males 50.4% to 49.6%. Some 25.7% 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.
Schools
The oldest of the 3 primary schools in the area is Ingle Farm East Primary School (Halidon Street), which opened in 1970 and in 2007 had 289 students enrolled. North Ingle Primary (Rothwell Avenue) opened in 1973. Since its opening the enrolments steadily grew until it hit a peak of approximately 500 students in the late 70's and early 80's but currently is now only about 150. Ingle Farm Primary School (Belalie Road) was established in 1992 after the amalgamation of Ingle Farm Central Primary, Ingle Heights Primary and the old Ingle Farm Primary School. It has the highest enrolment level of the three primary schools with 465 students in 2007. It offers a large number of New Arrivals classes for migrants and students with special needs, currently accounting for approximately half of the enrolments.Ingle Farm Primary School is located at the old Ingle Farm High School site. Ingle Farm High School was open from 1975 to 1991 and amalgamated with Para Vista High to form Valley View Secondary School.
District Centre
A substantial retail and community services zone is located on the south-western corner of the junction of Montague Road and Walkleys Road. Designated by the Metropolitan Adelaide Development Plan as a "District Centre" (second tier in a four tier hierarchy) this zone includes Ingle Farm Shopping Centre (a Colonial First State Property Management property) as well as medical, recreation, aged care and child care facilities.Transport
According to the 2006 Census, approx 85% of residents travelled to work by car as driver or passenger, with a further 7% using public transport.Public transport in Ingle Farm is extremely well serviced by Adelaide Metro
Adelaide Metro
Adelaide Metro is the public transport system of the South Australian capital of Adelaide and the brand name of the Public Transport Division of the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. It is an intermodal system with services provided by bus, tram or commuter rail throughout the...
. Services travel to the Adelaide CBD and nearby northern and north eastern suburbs. Destinations along these routes include the Ingle Farm Shopping Centre, Ingle Farm Primary School, Helping Hand Aged Care facility, Ingle Farm Library and Assemblies of God Church on Baloo Street, Ingle Farm.
- T500/T501
- Travels to the City via the Adelaide O-Bahn and Elizabeth Interchange via Salisbury Interchange. T501 buses instead travel to Mawson Interchange
- Travels along Montague, Walkleys and Bridge Roads
- As of December 2008 the service only operates during daylight hours from Monday to Friday.
- 205/206
- Travels to the City via Hampstead and North East Roads, and to Elizabeth Interchange via Salisbury InterchangeSalisbury Interchange, South AustraliaSalisbury Interchange is a railway station and bus interchange in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.Salisbury Interchange is on the Gawler Central railway line, 18.6 km from Adelaide station There are a large bus interchange and a park-and-ride facility alongside the station...
; 206 buses terminate at Salisbury InterchangeSalisbury Interchange, South AustraliaSalisbury Interchange is a railway station and bus interchange in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.Salisbury Interchange is on the Gawler Central railway line, 18.6 km from Adelaide station There are a large bus interchange and a park-and-ride facility alongside the station... - Travels along Bridge Road
- Travels to the City via Hampstead and North East Roads, and to Elizabeth Interchange via Salisbury Interchange
- 209
- Travels to the City via Bridge and Regency Roads, and to Tea Tree Plaza InterchangeTea Tree Plaza InterchangeTea Tree Plaza Interchange is an interchange belonging to the Adelaide Metro. It is the terminating station of the O-Bahn Busway, and is a central public transport hub for the north eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.The interchange is also a popular hangout for students from the nearby...
via Milne Road - Travels along Montague, Beovich and Fairfax Roads
- Travels to the City via Bridge and Regency Roads, and to Tea Tree Plaza Interchange
- 229
- Travels to the City via Pooraka and Main North RoadMain North RoadMain North Road is the major north-south arterial route north of the city of Adelaide, South Australia.From the Adelaide city centre, it passes through the Adelaide Parklands and the suburbs of Thorngate, Medindie, Medindie Gardens, Nailsworth, Prospect, Sefton Park, Blair Athol and Enfield before...
, and to Para Hills via Williamson and Kesters Roads - Travels along Montague and Sullivan Roads
- Travels to the City via Pooraka and Main North Road
- 560/565
- Travels from Tea Tree Plaza InterchangeTea Tree Plaza InterchangeTea Tree Plaza Interchange is an interchange belonging to the Adelaide Metro. It is the terminating station of the O-Bahn Busway, and is a central public transport hub for the north eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.The interchange is also a popular hangout for students from the nearby...
to Salisbury Interchange. 565 buses instead travel to Mawson Interchange - Travels along Montague and Reservoir Roads
- Travels from Tea Tree Plaza Interchange
Politics
Ingle Farm is part of the electoral district of PlayfordElectoral district of Playford
Playford is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the long serving South Australian premier Tom Playford, it is a 21.4 km² urban electorate in Adelaide's northern suburbs, taking in the suburb of Ingle Farm, Para Hills West,...
and votes very strongly for the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
, with the district remaining a safe Labor seat since its creation in 1970.