Melrose Park is a suburb of

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in the

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. It is bordered by

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, Daws Road, Winston Avenue and Edward Street. Until 1989, Melrose Park was part of the suburb of Edwardstown. The name change occurred as the suburb was quite large, located on either side of South Road and was in the jurisdiction of two

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councils, with the larger western side belonging to the

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. The suburb was named after early South Australian aviator, Charles James Melrose.

Geography

Demographics

The 2021

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by the

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counted 2,319 persons in Melrose Park on census night. Of these, 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. The most common countries of birth were Australia (75.7%), the

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(3.1%),

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(2.4%),

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(2.1%) and

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(2.1%). The most common languages used at home were English only (75.9%),

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(4.2%),

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(2.9%) and Nepali (2.1%). Other languages used at home by more than 20 residents were

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, Sinhalese and

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. 27 people (1.2%) identified as Aboriginal and/or

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. The age distribution of Melrose Park residents is slightly older than that of the Australian population as a whole. At the 2021 Census, 29.0% of Melrose Park residents were aged 24 years or younger (Australia: 30.2%), and 18.1% were aged 65 years or older (Australia: 17.2%).

Politics

Local government

Melrose Park is part of Overton

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in the

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of the

. Melrose Park is represented on Council by Khamal Bhagat and Jane Bange.

State and federal governments

Melrose Park lies in the state

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of Elder and the federal

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of Boothby. The suburb is represented in the

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and federally by Louise Miller-Frost.

Facilities

References

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