| Torrens Park Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Torrens Park | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°59′10″S 138°36′58″E / 34.986°S 138.616°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2,687 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1945 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5062 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2.0 km2 (0.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 8 km (5 mi) from Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Mitcham | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Waite | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Boothby | ||||||||||||||
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Torrens Park is a mainly residential large inner-southern suburb of Adelaide, incorporating some of the foothills[2] and adjacent to the original "Mitcham Village". It was named after Sir Robert Richard Torrens, the instigator of the Torrens title system of land registration and transfer, who built a large home in the area which he named Torrens Park.
The suburb is in the City of Mitcham local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Waite and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Boothby.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Torrens Park (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ The southern edge of the suburb is zoned Hills Face Zone.
