Lower Mitcham, South Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Lower Mitcham
city = Adelaide
state = sa


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lga = City of Mitcham
postcode = 5062
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pop = 2,004 (2006 census) [Census 2006 AUS|id =SSC41956|name=Lower Mitcham (State Suburb)|accessdate=2008-07-16| quick=on]
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fedgov = Boothby
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Lower Mitcham is a suburb of Adelaide, in the local government area of Mitcham. To the north, it is bounded by Grange Road, to the east by [Belair Road, Adelaide|Belair Road, to the south by Murray Street. To the west, the suburb is bordered by a line running from Murray Street along View Street and continuing north to Grange Road.

There is only one institution in the suburb, the former Mitcham Primary School, which is now a Community Centre. There may be one surviving shop, on Murray Street, there is a Guild Hall on Wattle Street, and there is the Mitcham Railway Station. There is a small sports (tennis) centre on Mitcham Avenue. All other buildings in the suburb are private residences. Many of the homes were built in the 1920s in a style known locally as "California Bungalows".

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