| Type: | suburb |
| Glengowrie | |
| City: | Adelaide |
| State: | sa |
| Lga: | City of Marion |
| Postcode: | 5044 |
| Area: | 1.9 |
| Stategov: | Morphett |
| Fedgov: | Boothby |
| Near-Nw: | Glenelg East |
| Near-N: | Glenelg East |
| Near-Ne: | Camden Park |
| Near-W: | Glenelg East |
| Near-E: | Morphettville |
| Near-Sw: | Somerton Park |
| Near-S: | Warradale |
| Near-Se: | Oaklands Park |
Glengowrie is a suburb of the Australian city of Adelaide, approximately 12 kilometres south west of the city centre. The name Glengowrie means "Glen of Gowrie", so called in honour of Lord Gowrie (formerly, Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven), Governor-General of Australia from 1936 to 1944.
Located in the City of Marion, Glengowrie is bounded by the Glenelg tram line to the north, Morphett Road to the east, Oaklands Road to the south and parts of Diagonal Road, Panton Crescent and Buttrose Street to the west.[1] The western tip of Glengowrie is approximately 2 kilometres from the beaches of Glenelg, one of Adelaide's best known beachside precincts.
Glengowrie was first created as a housing subdivision in 1936, advertised as "the New Centenary Suburb" (1936 being the centenary year of the founding of the Colony of South Australia in 1836). [2] The original subdivision comprised only four streets, Maxwell Terrace (the Glenelg tram line), Butler Crescent, Winston Crescent and Fisk Avenue. [3] The area had previously been land owned by the prominent pastoralist Hawker family.[4] In 1940, the subdivision was expanded. [5]
The suburb occupies an area of 1.9 km2.
The suburb's population at the was approximately 5,767, of which slightly more than half (53.3%) were female. Around 20.0% of the suburb's residents were born overseas, with the five largest groups originating from England (6.2%), South Africa (1.0%), Scotland (1.0%), India (0.8%), and the New Zealand (0.7%). The most common languages other than English spoken at home were Greek (0.9%), Mandarin (0.7%), Spanish (0.6%), Italian (0.6%) and Hindi (0.5%).
There were 2,348 occupied private dwellings in the suburb, including: 1,370 separate houses, 893 semi-detached, 71 flats or apartments, and 3 'other'. Approximately 36.9% of occupied private dwellings were fully owned, 36.2% were owned with a mortgage and 21.7% were rented. The median weekly household income was $1,874, compared with $1,548 in Adelaide overall.
Glengowrie falls under the local-level governance of the City of Marion. It lies in the state electoral district of Morphett and the federal electoral division of Hindmarsh.
Marion Road is also the location of a stop on the Glenelg tram line.[11]