| City of Unley South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 38,641 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2,704,06/km2 (700,350/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1871 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 14.29 km2 (5.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Michael Hewitson | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Unley | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Eastern Adelaide[2] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Unley, Waite, Ashford | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Adelaide, Sturt | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | City of Unley | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Unley is a local government area in the Adelaide metropolitan region. It is located directly south of the Adelaide city centre.
The Corporate Town of Unley was created in 1871, when 2,000 signatories to a petition from residents of the several towns of Unley, Parkside, Black Forest, Goodwood and Fullarton requested the Governor allow them to form their own municipality and thus sever from the District Council of Mitcham. The first town hall was built in 1880. It became the third municipality in the State to gain city status in 1906 (after the Cities of Adelaide and Port Adelaide), becoming the current City of Unley.[3]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Unley (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Eastern Adelaide SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ "Overview History of the Unley District" (PDF). City of Unley. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
