Geoff Manning, a South Australian historian, investigated this matter and found that the latter person is the namesake.

[9] South of Noarlunga the country along the coast (Aldinga Plains) is more thinly settled chiefly in consequence of a want of water.

In 2011, construction started on an overpass, to remove the threat of right hand turns through high speed traffic.

[citation needed] At the 2016 census, the locality of McLaren Vale had a population of 3,842 and a median age of 52[15] of which 3,096 lived in its town centre.

[16] McLaren Vale is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the City of Onkaparinga.