Kilkenny, South Australia
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Kilkenny is a suburb of Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt
City of Charles Sturt
The City of Charles Sturt is a Local Government Area in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, stretching to the coast.It came into being on 1 January 1997 as a result of the amalgamation of the City of Hindmarsh Woodville and the City of Henley and Grange...

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History

The area incorporating the current suburb of Kilkenny was subdivided in 1849 as the Township of Kilkenny..

Demographics

The 2006 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's national statistical agency. It was created as the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics on 8 December 1905, when the Census and Statistics Act 1905 was given Royal assent. It had its beginnings in section 51 of the Constitution of Australia...

 counted 1,551 persons in Kilkenny on census night. Of these, 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female.

The majority of residents (56.9%) are of Australian birth, with other common census responses being Italy
Italy
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 (5.0%), Vietnam
Vietnam
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 (4.6%), England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 (3.4%) and Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 (2.4%).

The age distribution of Kilkenny residents is comparable to that of the greater Australian population. 71.4% of residents were over 25 years in 2006, compared to the Australian average of 66.5%; and 28.6% were younger than 25 years, compared to the Australian average of 33.5%.

Community

The local newspaper is the Weekly Times Messenger
Weekly Times Messenger
Weekly Times Messenger is a weekly suburban newspaper in Adelaide, South Australia, part of the Messenger Newspapers group. The Weekly Times area stretches from Woodville in the north, through to Adelaide Airport in the south, and covers many of Adelaide's coastal suburbs, including Grange and...

. Other regional and national newspapers such as The Advertiser and The Australian
The Australian
The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly....

 are also available.

Shopping and dining

Centro Arndale
Centro Arndale
Centro Arndale Shopping Centre is located at in the suburb of Kilkenny in Adelaide and is currently managed by the Centro Properties Group. It was previously managed by The Westfield Group. The facility is located on a main arterial, Torrens Road...

 is the main shopping centre for the inner northern suburbs of Adelaide.

Roads

The suburb is serviced by the following main roads:
  • Regency Road, running east-west between Broadview
    Broadview, South Australia
    Broadview is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and the City of Prospect.-History:The suburb was laid out in 1915 by C. H. Angas and K. D...

     and Kilkenny.
  • Torrens Road, running northwest-southeast between Pennington
    Pennington, South Australia
    Pennington is an outer urban suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.The suburb is residential, apart from a light industrial pocket to the south.-History:...

     and North Adelaide

Trains

The Grange and Outer Harbour railway line passes through the suburb. The closest station is Kilkenny
Kilkenny railway station, Adelaide
Kilkenny railway station is on the suburban rail route from Adelaide to Woodville, Grange and Outer Harbor. Kilkenny is from Adelaide. The station has the Caution More Than One Train lights. This location was the first on the Outer Harbour/Grange Line to have the lights...

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Timetable
Route map

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