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Suburb of Adelaide, South Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | 34.9569°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]
In 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]
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