Prospect, South Australia

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Prospect Adelaide, South Australia
The western side of Prospect facing north, bounded on the west by the railway line
Population	14,584 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	5082
Area	5 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
LGA(s)	City of Prospect
State electorate(s)	Adelaide Enfield
Federal division(s)	Adelaide
Suburbs around Prospect: Regency Park Kilburn Blair Athol Enfield Dudley Park Devon Park Prospect Nailsworth Medindie Gardens Ovingham Fitzroy Thorngate Medindie

Prospect is the seat of the City of Prospect and an inner northern suburb of greater Adelaide. It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Adelaide's centre.

Surrounding suburbs include Kilburn, Fitzroy, Medindie and Devon Park. The suburb has boundaries of Main North Road to the East; Carter Street, Audley Avenue and Avenue Road to the South; The Gawler railway line to the west, and a line 400m north of Regency Road (Livingstone Avenue, Angwin Avenue and Henrietta Street) to the north.

Prospect comprises a large majority of the land area (about five-sevenths, or 71%) of the City of Prospect council area.

The seat was initially founded by Conrad Martens and Oliver Glasson, following Martens' venture as a landscape artist within the state.[1]