| Glenalta Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Glenalta | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°00′36″S138°37′23″E / 35.010°S 138.623°E /-35.010; 138.623 | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2,039 (SAL2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5052 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Mitcham | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Waite | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Boothby | ||||||||||||||
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Glenalta is a suburb located in the south eastern Foothills of theMount Lofty Ranges ofAdelaide,South Australia. It is adjacent toBelair National Park.
In 2009, demographerBernard Salt of theSunday Mail judged Glenalta to be Adelaide's most liveable suburb, citing its "affordability, access and ambience".[2]
The first European settlers in the area of Glenalta arrived in the 1840s, with the area named "Blackwood Vale Farm".[3] The name Glenalta is derived from "glen" (valley) and "alta" (high), hence meaning 'a valley near a hill'.[4] In 1869, the Blackwood Inn (renamed the Belair Hotel in 1880) was opened by Robert Burfield, one of the earlier settlers in the area and a trustee of the Inebriates Retreat in nearbyBelair.[3][5] The suburb was initially divided in 62 allotments in 1926, then subdivided further in the 1950s and 1960s.[3]
The suburb is served byGlenalta railway station on theBelair line. Bus routes195,195F,196 and196F operate to and from the city from nearby Blackwood Interchange, and routes893 and894 operate to and fromAldgate from Blackwood Interchange.
