| Marion Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 4,101 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1838 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5043 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 10 km (6 mi) from Adelaide city centre | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Marion | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gibson | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Boothby | ||||||||||||||
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Marion is a suburb in the City of Marion, around 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south-west of the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. Founded as a rural village in 1838 on the banks of the Sturt River, Marion was found to have rich soil and the population expanded rapidly. Colonel William Light laid out the plan for the village, as he had done with the City of Adelaide itself.[2]
Marion is bordered on the north by Oaklands Road, on the east by Marion Road, on the south by Sturt Road and on the west by a roughly straight line from Finniss Street in the south to The Parade.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Marion (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Dolling, Alison (1981). The History of Marion on the Sturt. Frewville, South Australia: Peacock Publications.
