Hyde Park is an affluent inner-southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley.
| Hyde Park Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 34°57′25″S 138°36′11″E / 34.9569°S 138.603090°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,660 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5061 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 46 m (151 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 0.6 km2 (0.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 3.5 km (2 mi) S of Adelaide city centre | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Unley | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Unley | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining suburbs[2] | ||||||||||||||
It features King William Road, a popular shopping and dining destination in Adelaide. Considered an upper class suburb, it is home to some of Adelaide's most oldest, expensive and luxurious properties.[3] Millswood railway station and the Belair railway line are close to Hyde Park. Until the 1950s a tram line ran to Hyde Park.[4]
Politically, the suburb is safe for the Liberal Party of Australia; at the 2010 election, it attracted 62.33% of the primary vote.[5]
Hyde Park "did not derive its name, as many suppose, from the famous Hyde Park, of London, but from a gentleman named John Hyde, who came to [Australia] in 1839"[6]
Population
editIn the 2021 Census, there were 1,660 people in Hyde Park. 72.6% of people were born in Australia and 81.1% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 43.7%, Catholic 19.5% and Anglican 11.8%.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Hyde Park (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Search result for "Hyde Park (SUB) " (SA0031673) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ "These are Adelaide's most expensive suburbs of 2017". NewsComAu. 25 December 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Why was Adelaide's tram network ripped up in the 1950s?". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ Australian Electoral Commission. "Polling Place - Hyde Park". Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ "HYDE PARK—A BRIEF HISTORY". Register. 28 February 1916. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "2021 Hyde Park (SA), Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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