Human Settlements
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The
30-Year Plan for Greater Adelaide
proposes a number of changes in the
Council area including light rail infrastructure and associated transit-orientated
developments within Port Adelaide and Outer Harbor.
The following section provides a general description on the current land use and
zoning within the Council area, and describes the land and other resource use
pressures associated with development.
Land Use Environmental Indicators
Trends
•
City of Port Adelaide Enfield population rate: INCREASED from 2.5%
between 2001 and 2006.
•
Average household size: Average number of persons per private dwelling
in South Australia DECREASED from 2.96 in 1976 to 2.37 in 2006 as the
State’s population aged, and a change emerged in the type of family and
households being formed.
Goals
South Australian Strategic Plan 2011
Target 45: Total population
Increase South Australia’s population
to 2 million
by 2027
(baseline: 2003)
Target 46: Regional population levels
Increase regional populations,
outside
of Greater Adelaide, by
20 000 to 320 000 or more by 2020
(baseline: 2010)
Indicators
Environmental indicators support quantitative reporting that enables more
informed and accurate decision making and policy development. (Indicators are
situated at the beginning of each subject in the report.)
Condition indicators
•
Changes in population growth and dwelling structure
•
Percentage of public open space provision
•
Distribution and change in land use
Pressure indicators
•
Number and location of land divisions
•
Number of industrial sites allocated for development
•
Industrial development in areas not connected to mains sewerage
