Playford Alive

Playford Alive is a partnership between Renewal SA, the South Australian Housing Trust, the City of Playford and the local community.

It involves the renewal of the suburbs of Davoren Park and Smithfield Plains and more than 500 hectares of greenfield development in Andrews Farm, Munno Para and Penfield.

Throughout this community are new facilities including schools, a medical centre, railway station, wetlands and parklands, a $250 million town centre and several new outlets and community facilities.

Situated between Main North Road and the Northern Expressway, Playford Alive is also one of Adelaide’s most connected communities, supported by train and bus services including a new train station at Munno Para.

By the time the project is finished, there will be more than 40,000 people living in the project area.

Since the commencement of the project in 2008, Playford Alive has surpassed a number of milestones. These include:

• The opening of community facilities including three new schools, a medical centre and training facility, the Peachey Place Living Skills Centre, the refurbished John McVeity Centre, Playford Uniting Church, the Stretton Centre and Playford Library, childcare centres, a play café, restaurants, fitness centres, plus several other commercial and retail outlets
• Two new wetlands, plus new and improved parks, including the new state-of-the-art Playford Alive Town Park
• Regeneration of housing and land opportunities in Munno Para, Andrews Farm, Smithfield Plains and Davoren Park
• The creation of approximately 700 residential lots in the renewal area and more than 1,600 lots in the greenfield area
• The renovation of more than 550 public housing dwellings and the construction of almost 300 new public housing dwellings

A large proportion of the housing offered for sale is within the state government’s current affordable price point.

More than $200 million has been spent on civil works, including new roads and new and upgraded stormwater infrastructure.

Since launching in 2008, the Works Program has provided more than 3,400 local people with engagement, training and work experience opportunities through Playford Alive, with over 1,250 securing paid employment to date.