Eastwood is a small triangular inner-southern suburb of
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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in the
City of Burnside.
It is bounded to the north by
Greenhill Road and the
Adelaide Parklands
The Adelaide Park Lands comprise the figure-eight configuration of land, spanning both banks of the River Torrens between Hackney and Thebarton, which encloses and separates the City of Adelaide area (including both the Adelaide city centre and ...
, to the east by
Fullarton Road and the suburb of
Glenside, and to the southwest by
Glen Osmond Road
Glen Osmond Road is a major section of the Princes Highway (and Highway 1) in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. Connecting the Adelaide city centre with the Adelaide Hills via the South Eastern Freeway; Glen Osmond Road carries around 22% ...
and the suburb of
Parkside.
Bridgestone
is a Japanese multinational manufacturing company founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi (18891976) in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka, Japan. The name Bridgestone comes from a calque translation and transposition of (), meaning ...
, the largest tyre manufacturer in the world, has its Australian headquarters based in Eastwood.
Population
In the 2021 Census, there were 712 people in Eastwood. 74.9% of people were born in Australia and 84.3% of people only spoke English at home. The most common response for religion was "No Religion" at 56.3%. 1.1% identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander.
Government
Eastwood is covered by the federal
Division of Adelaide
The Division of Adelaide is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in South Australia and is named for the city of Adelaide, South Australia's capital.
At the 2016 Australian federal election, 2 ...
.
At State Government level, Eastwood is a part of the
electoral district of Unley
Unley is a single-member Electoral districts of South Australia, electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the suburb of the same name, it is the state's smallest electorate by area at just . It is a suburban ele ...
.
References
Suburbs of Adelaide
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