Mawson Lakes (post code: 5095) (34°48′50″S 138°36′43″E / 34.81389°S 138.61194°E / -34.81389; 138.61194) is a suburb and new residential development in the City of Salisbury, Adelaide, with a census area population of 5,246 people. The suburb is located in the northern suburbs of Adelaide around 12 kilometres north of the Central business district. Much of the suburb was previously known as The Levels, and as such was non-residential, housing a...
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Mawson Lakes (post code: 5095) (34°48′50″S 138°36′43″E / 34.81389°S 138.61194°E / -34.81389; 138.61194) is a suburb and new residential development in the City of Salisbury, Adelaide, with a census area population of 5,246 people. The suburb is located in the northern suburbs of Adelaide around 12 kilometres north of the Central business district. Much of the suburb was previously known as The Levels, and as such was non-residential, housing a campus of the University of South Australia and Technology Park Adelaide.
The residential development grew out of the South Australian Government's plans for a Multifunction Polis (or MFP), which was designed to be a modern high-tech community of the future. After the plans for the MFP fell out of favour, the site was taken on by the property developer Delfin (now Delfin Lend Lease).
Today, it includes Technology Park, the Mawson Lakes campus of the University of South Australia, Endeavour College, as well as growing residential and...
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