Unley Park is a southern suburb of

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in the City of Unley. Its postcode is 5061. It is located on the north side of Cross Road and east of the

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. Access via public transport is from the Unley Park railway station, Millswood railway station and the Unley Road " Go Zone". A feature of the district is leafy Victoria Avenue—Adelaide's wealthiest street, containing many large and luxurious houses built between the two World Wars. Politically, the suburb is very safe for the

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, and is located in the

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. At the 2025 federal election landslide, the Liberals won just three of the 400+ booths across the seven seats covering metropolitan Adelaide — Unley Park, and Myrtle Bank in the neighbouring

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, and semi-rural One Tree Hill in the

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History

Unley Park Post Office opened on 2 January 1946 and closed in 1999. Two historic private schools were located on Thornber Street, Unley Park: Kyre College (which was the nucleus of Scotch College) at number 4, and Mrs. Thornber's School, later associated with Tormore House School, at number 39. Both were dissolved early in the 20th century.

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Suburbs of Adelaide Populated places established in 1840 {{adelaide-geo-stub

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