Stepney, South Australia

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Stepney Adelaide, South Australia
The Avenues shopping centre in Stepney
Population	942 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established	1850
Postcode(s)	5069
Area	0.6 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
Location	3 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.