Underdale, South Australia
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Adelaide | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 2,429 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5032 | ||||||||||||
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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.
Underdale High School sits within the suburb; its alumni include cricket player David Hookes[3] 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.[4]
St Marks Lutheran Church is in Underdale.
History
[edit]Underdale Post Office first opened on 1 January 1867 and closed around 1874. It was reopened in 1937 and closed in 1993.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Underdale (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Underdale (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Hooksey. NSW: ABC Books. 1993. p. 11.
- ^ "Adelaide's West Leads Employment Surge". InDaily. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
