Electoral district of Adelaide

Adelaide
South AustraliaHouse of Assembly
Map of Adelaide, South Australia with electoral district of Adelaide highlighted
Electoral district of Adelaide (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
StateSouth Australia
Created1902
MPLucy Hood
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeAdelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Electors27,331 (2022)
Area22.84 km2 (8.8 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates34°54′28″S 138°36′5″E / 34.90778°S 138.60139°E / -34.90778; 138.60139
Electorates around Adelaide:
Croydon Enfield Torrens
West Torrens Adelaide Dunstan
Badcoe Unley Unley
Footnotes
Electoral District map[1]

Adelaide is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. The 22.8 km² state seat of Adelaide currently consists of the Adelaide city centre including North Adelaide and suburbs to the inner north and inner north east: Collinswood, Fitzroy, Gilberton, Medindie, Medindie Gardens, Ovingham, Thorngate, Walkerville, most of Prospect, and part of Nailsworth. The federal division of Adelaide covers the state seat of Adelaide and additional suburbs in each direction.

The electorate's name comes from the city which it encompasses, which is named after the British queen Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen.

  1. ^ Electoral District of Adelaide (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.[permanent dead link]