Hyde Park, South Australia

Hyde Park is an affluent inner-southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley.

Hyde Park Adelaide, South Australia
Hyde Park
Coordinates	34.9569°S 138.603090°E / -34.9569; 138.603090
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
Suburbs around Hyde Park: Goodwood Goodwood Unley Unley Millswood Hyde Park Malvern Unley Park Unley Park Malvern
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

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]

See also

• Hyde Park (disambiguation)