New Port is a north-western

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...

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. It was created in 2007 from parts of the suburbs of

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Ethelton Ethelton is a north-western suburb of Adelaide from the CBD, on the Lefevre Peninsula, in the state of South Australia, Australia. It is a residential suburb within the local government area of City of Port Adelaide Enfield, adjacent to the s ...

, Glanville and

Semaphore Park Semaphore Park is a suburb in the Australian state of South Australia located in the west of Adelaide on the coastline of Gulf St Vincent. The northern end of the suburb is considered to be located within the Lefevre Peninsula. Semaphore Park o ...

. The name "Newport Quays" had been requested but this was not supported by the relevant government authority. Because there is limited access to the suburb due to it being located between the

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and the

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, the relevant Minister of the Crown considered the views of emergency service organisations before creating the new suburb. On 6 August 2009, its eastern boundary was extended in part to the centre-line of the

. The historic Fletcher's Slip Precinct at 230-246 Semaphore Road is listed on the

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. The

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which was conducted in August 2016 reports that New Port had 677 people living within its boundaries. New Port is located in the federal division of Hindmarsh, the state electoral district of

Port Adelaide Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately northwest of the Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is the main port for the ...

and the local government area of the

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Suburbs of Adelaide Lefevre Peninsula {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub