Dry Creek, South Australia

This article is about the suburb in South Australia. For the associated water course, see Dry Creek (South Australia).

Dry Creek
Adelaide, South Australia
Barker Inlet wetlands at Dry Creek
Dry Creek is located in South Australia
Dry Creek
Dry Creek
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Coordinates34°50′S 138°35′E / 34.833°S 138.583°E / -34.833; 138.583
Population232 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5094
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)Port Adelaide (2018)
Enfield (2015)
Federal division(s)Makin
Suburbs around Dry Creek:
Garden Island Barker Inlet
Bolivar		 Globe Derby Park
Gillman Dry Creek Mawson Lakes
Cavan
Gillman Gillman
Wingfield
Kilburn		 Gepps Cross
FootnotesAdjoining suburbs[2]
Flooded Dry Creek explosives depot

Dry Creek is a mostly industrial suburb north of Adelaide, containing significant wetlands. A substantial area was devoted to salt crystallisation pans until 2014, with plans to redevelop the site for housing.

This housing plan, first put forward in 2008, was revived in 2013, for a proposed 10,000 homes.[3][4] Salt production ceased in 2014, and in 2016 Ridley Corporation, which managed the salt pans, sold the land to Adelaide Resource Recovery.[5]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Dry Creek (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Search result for " Dry Creek (Suburb)" (Record no SA0020832) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. ^ Plan to build 10,000 homes on Dry Creek salt pans News Review Messenger, 15 March 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  4. ^ Ridley to sell most of Dry Creek site, retain 316 hectares for residential development The Advertiser, 20 February 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  5. ^ Dry Creek homes plan revival under new ownership The Advertiser, 15 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2020.