Modbury Heights, South Australia facts for kids

Modbury Heights is a medium-sized suburb in the City of Tea Tree Gully, Adelaide. The suburb is located in the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges around 16 kilometres north east of the Central business district. Much of the suburb is residential but there is a small shopping area along Ladywood Road.

The suburb is bounded by Grenfell Road to the north, Milne Road to the south, Mcintyre Road to the west, Golden Grove Road to the east and is literally cut in half by Ladywood Road. Modbury Heights is also bounded to the north and north west by the suburb of Wynn Vale, to the north east by Surrey Downs, to the east by Fairview Park, to the south by Modbury North, to the west by Para Hills and to the south east by Redwood Park.

School

The Heights School is located on Brunel Drive, Modbury Heights and has the Ignite Program.

Transport

The Tea Tree Plaza Interchange

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 71.1% of residents are drivers or passengers of cars for their commute to work. Modbury Heights is connected to the major Adelaide thoroughfare North East Road via Mcintyre and Ladywood Roads. Adelaide's city centre can typically be reached by car in 25–30 minutes.

Because of the area's distance from major business districts, only an extremely small proportion (1.1%) walk to work and even a smaller number (0.8%) use a bike, which is in contrast to the Adelaide Metropolitan Area. High frequency bus services as well as connections to the O-Bahn Busway mean 10% of Modbury Heights residents travel to work by bus. The main bus route for Modbury Heights is the M44 bus, provided by the multi-service Adelaide Metro. This bus travels from Marion and the city, via the O-Bahn Busway and Tea Tree Plaza Interchange to Golden Grove. The route through Modbury Heights is on Ladywood Road. Other bus services include the 545, 203 and 209.

Even though none of Adelaide's train routes service the area, 0.2% of residents use trains to get to their place of employment.

Aerial image of Modbury Heights, looking northwest. Milne Road is the east-west road that is sloping downwards in the foreground, and the north-south road that is visible and veers to the right of the image is Golden Grove Road, along the treeline. The suburb is to the northwest of these roads and is bounded by the curve at the top of the image. The green oval in the middle of the image, slightly above centre, is The Heights School.

Demographics

According to the 2006 Census, the population of the Modbury Heights census area was 5,601 people. Approximately 50.7% of the population were female, 74.7% are Australian born, over 90.5% of residents are Australian citizens and only 0.6% were native born indigenous people. 20.1% of the population identify themselves as Catholic, while a slightly higher 28% identify with no religion at all.