Electoral district of Adelaide

Adelaide is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. The 22.8 km² state seat of Adelaide currently consists of the Adelaide city centre including North Adelaide and suburbs to the inner north and inner north east: Collinswood, Fitzroy, Gilberton, Medindie, Medindie Gardens, Ovingham, Thorngate, Walkerville, most of Prospect, and part of Nailsworth. The federal division of Adelaide covers the state seat of Adelaide and additional suburbs in each direction.

This article is about the South Australian state electorate. For the Australian federal electorate, see Division of Adelaide. For the historical South Australian state electorate, see Electoral district of City of Adelaide.

Adelaide
South Australia—House of Assembly
Electoral district of Adelaide (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
StateSouth Australia
Created1902
MPLucy Hood
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeAdelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Electors27,331 (2022)
Area22.84 km2 (8.8 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates34°54′28″S 138°36′5″E
Electorates around Adelaide:
Croydon Enfield Torrens
West Torrens Adelaide Dunstan
Badcoe Unley Unley
Footnotes
Electoral District map

The electorate's name comes from the city which it encompasses, which is named after the British queen Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen.

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