Underdale, South Australia

Underdale
AdelaideSouth Australia
Housing developments on what was a campus of the University of South Australia
Population2,429 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)5032
Location2 km (1 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s)City of West Torrens
State electorate(s)West Torrens
Federal division(s)Hindmarsh
Suburbs around Underdale:
Flinders Park Flinders Park Flinders Park
Lockleys Underdale Torrensville
Brooklyn Park Brooklyn Park Torrensville

Underdale is a western suburb of South Australia's capital city Adelaide on Kaurna land. It sits between Henley Beach Road and the River Torrens. It is largely residential with a very small industrial section on the eastern side of Holbrook's Road near the river.

A residential street in Underdale

Underdale High School sits within the suburb; its alumni include cricket player David Hookes[2] and Australian soccer player Tony Vidmar.

Australian Bureau of Statistics data from May 2021 identified Adelaide's western suburbs as having the lowest unemployment rate in South Australia.[3]

St Marks Lutheran Church is in Underdale.

Wall art in the Underdale industrial area
  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Underdale (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Hooksey. NSW: ABC Books. 1993. p. 11.
  3. ^ "Adelaide's West Leads Employment Surge". InDaily. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.