Underdale, South Australia

Underdale is a western suburb of South Australia's capital city Adelaide on Kaurna land. It sits between Henley Beach Road and the River Torrens. It is largely residential with a very small industrial section on the eastern side of Holbrook's Road near the river.

A residential street in Underdale

Underdale
Adelaide, South Australia
Housing developments on what was a campus of the University of South Australia
Population2,429 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5032
Location2 km (1 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s)City of West Torrens
State electorate(s)West Torrens
Federal division(s)Hindmarsh
Suburbs around Underdale:
Flinders Park Flinders Park Flinders Park
Lockleys Underdale Torrensville
Brooklyn Park Brooklyn Park Torrensville

Underdale High School sits within the suburb; its alumni include cricket player David Hookes[2] and Australian soccer player Tony Vidmar.

Australian Bureau of Statistics data from May 2021 identified Adelaide's western suburbs as having the lowest unemployment rate in South Australia.[3]

St Marks Lutheran Church is in Underdale.

Wall art in the Underdale industrial area

History

Underdale Post Office first opened on 1 January 1867 and closed around 1874. It was reopened in 1937 and closed in 1993.[4]

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Underdale (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. Hooksey. NSW: ABC Books. 1993. p. 11.
  3. "Adelaide's West Leads Employment Surge". InDaily. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  4. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.

See also

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