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9.2.2. Industrial Land Uses
The Study Area contains large areas of industrial land use. Although there has been change in recent
years in some industrial precincts (such as redevelopment for different uses), the region continues to
contain significant industrial areas.
Figure 9.7
summarises industrial land uses in industrial zones.
The largest concentrations of industrial land uses are in the north of the region, such as north of Grand
Junction Road and on the Lefevre Peninsula. There are also concentrations of industrial land uses in
Regency Park, Royal Park, Hendon, Woodville, Athol Park, Arndale, West Croydon, Beverly, Hindmarsh,
Thebarton, Torrensville, Mile End South, Keswick, Richmond and North Plympton.
Some industrial land uses are incompatible with other more sensitive land uses, such as residential.
Impacts generated by some forms of industrial land uses include heavy vehicle movements, air and noise
emissions and poor levels of visual amenity.
It is for this reason that most industrial land uses are located in industrial zones.
Figure 9.8
summarises
industrial land uses outside of industrial zones, demonstrating that these are limited to scattered small
sites across the region, the recently rezoned Bowden site, land immediately east of the airport and the
Port Adelaide regional centre.
The Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification was developed to categorise industry
sectors for analysis.
Table 9.5
summarises land use data from DPTI’s industrial database against the
key categories. It reveals that the largest industrial land uses in the region are Transport, Postal and
Warehousing (1236 ha), manufacturing (831 ha) and Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services (461
ha).
Within Port Adelaide Enfield Council area, the largest industrial land uses are manufacturing (578 ha),
Transport, Postal and Warehousing (545 ha) and Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services (255 ha).
Manufacturing (156 ha) is also the largest industrial land use in the Charles Sturt Council area, followed
by Wholesale Trade (74 ha) and Transport, Postal and Warehousing (48 ha). In West Torrens, the
largest industrial land use is Transport, Postal and Warehousing, which covers an area of 633 ha, and is
the largest of the three Councils. This is likely because of the many businesses that are directly and
indirectly connected to the Adelaide Airport, located within the West Torrens Council area. This is
followed by manufacturing (96 ha) and wholesale trade (54 ha).
Table 9.5: Key Industrial Land Uses
Western
Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Enfield
Charles
Sturt
West
Torrens
Accommodation and Food Services
11.56
6.5
3.7
1.4
Administrative and Support Services
9.6
4.4
2.0
3.2
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
15.3
15.3
0
0
Arts and Recreation Services
73.6
49.1
12.4
12.1
Construction
78.2
44.7
21.6
11.9
Education and Training
34
13.3
11.6
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