West Hindmarsh is a suburb of

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, located in the

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local government area. It is around 4 km west northwest of the Adelaide city centre. It is bounded on the south by the River Torrens, east by

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, north by Port Road and west by streets separating it from the suburb of

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which has the same north and south boundaries. Grange Road crosses the middle of the suburb. A ''Hindmarsh West'' Post Office opened around 1950 and closed in 1981.

Demographics

The 2016 Census by the

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counted 1,535 persons in West Hindmarsh on census night. Of these, 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. The majority of residents (63.6%) are of Australian birth, with other common census responses being

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(4.5%),

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(3.9%),

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(3.1%),

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(3.1%), and

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(1.9%). Additionally, people of

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descent made up 0.9% of the suburb. In terms of religious affiliation, 35.7% of residents attributed themselves to being irreligious, 22.4% attributed themselves to being

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, 10.0% attributed themselves to be

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, and 4.2% attributed themselves to being

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. Within Allenby Gardens, 92.8% of the residents were employed, with the remaining 7.2% being unemployed.

Politics

Local government

Welland is part of Beverly Ward in the

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, with representative councillors, Labor member Matt Mitchell and Independent Edgar Agius.

State and federal

Welland lies in the state

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and West Torrens and the federal

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. The suburb is represented in the

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by leader of the South Australian opposition, Labor member Peter Malinauskas (Croydon) as well as Labor Member

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(West Torrens), and federally by

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Education

West Hindmarsh's education is serviced by the St Joseph's Hindmarsh Primary school, an independent Catholic school which accommodates R-6 learning on the northern side of Grange road.

Facilities

Parks

West Hindmarsh has 3 parks within the suburb, the Wallman Reserve, the McDonnell Reserve, and the Langman Reserve.

References

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