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The extension of the tram to Hindmarsh and the imminent re-making of the former Clipsal and Origin sites
at Bowden as high density mixed use neighbourhoods is one of a number of major urban redevelopment
project in Western Adelaide. The State Government is investing significant resources into this project to
ensure it provides a model for other parts of metropolitan Adelaide about how successful higher density
urban neighbourhoods can be created.
For its part, the City of Charles Sturt is looking closely at areas surrounding Bowden to ensure that the
new Bowden project is well integrated with adjoining neighbourhoods.
Urban redevelopment opportunities along the main railway to Outer Harbor and on the Grange spur-line
have been identified by the soon to be released North West Corridor Structure Plan. The City of Charles
Sturt, in conjunction with Renewal SA, have progressed significant planning for the redevelopment of
Woodville to complement the Cheltenham-St Clair project. The remaking of Woodville West by Renewal
SA is following close behind.
The proposed electrification of the rail line and the introduction of new rolling stock will accelerate this and
other regeneration processes – as will the proposed spur line, connecting to the proposed Transit
Oriented Development at West Lakes. The State Government is also progressing the ongoing
redevelopment of Port Adelaide.
The 30 Year Plan contains population and dwelling targets on a regional basis. In the Western Region,
the targets are for 83,000 additional people and a further 42,600 dwellings over the next 30 Years. The
additional 83,000 people would see the 2011 census figure for the region of 215,516 people increase to
around 300,000 by 2040.
To achieve these targets, Western Adelaide will need to accommodate higher amounts of population
growth than it has in recent years. On an annual basis, the population targets for Western Adelaide
approximate 2,750 people per year, which is more than twice the rate of growth in the region (1,300
people/year) experienced between 2001 and 2011. The Housing and Employment Land Supply Program
2010 report notes that between 2004-05 and 2008-09, an average of 540 dwelling allotments were
created in the region each year, which was below the requirement of 1,366 for the first 15 years of the 30
Year Plan.
This population growth will be accommodated through a continuation of urban regeneration and infill
development that has occurred across the region for some time, as well as through specific urban
development projects such as those described above that will create substantial housing opportunity
above and beyond incremental infill development.
Such redevelopment will help to diversify the housing stock in Western Adelaide which is currently
characterised by a predominance of detached dwellings. A greater variety of dwelling types will better
meet the needs of a range of household types in the community, including older people, students, and
growing numbers of lone person households and couples without children who may not wish to live in the
traditional housing option of a detached dwelling on a large allotment.
Of the 42,560 new dwellings to be created in Western Adelaide over the next 30 Years, the 30 Year Plan
anticipates that 33,060 will be located within corridors.
