Stepney, South Australia

Stepney
AdelaideSouth Australia
The Avenues shopping centre in Stepney
Population942 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1850
Postcode(s)5069
Area0.6 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
Location3 km (2 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s)City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters
State electorate(s)Dunstan
Federal division(s)Sturt
Suburbs around Stepney:
St Peters St Peters Evandale
College Park Stepney Maylands
Kent Town Norwood Norwood

Stepney is a small triangular near-city suburb of Adelaide within the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters.[2] Stepney contains a mix of retail, manufacturing, professional services and distribution outlets within a cosmopolitan population strongly influenced by post World War II immigration.[3]

For much of its history Stepney has been largely working class with a preponderance of small houses and units on small blocks of land. However, Stepney is now the home of much light industry. Streets such as Nelson Street and Union Street have lost their residents whilst other streets have seen the number of residents diminish as houses have been sold to accommodate a wide range of enterprises.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Stepney (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Redirect to Census data page". www.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Redirect to Census data page". www.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 17 May 2009.