City of Port Adelaide Enfield
South Australia
Location of Port Adelaide Enfield within the Adelaide metropolitan area
Population132,400 (LGA 2021)[1]
 • Density1,576,2/km2 (40,820/sq mi)
Established26 March 1996
Area94 km2 (36.3 sq mi)
MayorClaire Boan
Council seatPort Adelaide
RegionWestern Adelaide[2]
Northern Adelaide[3]
State electorate(s)Port Adelaide, Lee, Cheltenham, Croydon, Playford, Enfield, Torrens, Florey, Dunstan
Federal division(s)Port Adelaide, Adelaide, Makin, Sturt
WebsiteCity of Port Adelaide Enfield
LGAs around City of Port Adelaide Enfield:
Salisbury Tea Tree Gully
City of Port Adelaide Enfield Campbelltown
Charles Sturt, Prospect, Walkerville Norwood Payneham & St Peters

The City of Port Adelaide Enfield, located across inner north and north-western suburbs of Adelaide, is one of the largest metropolitan councils within South Australia. It was established on 26 March 1996 by the amalgamation of the City of Port Adelaide and the City of Enfield.

Extending from the River Torrens to Outer Harbor, and covering an area of approximately 97 km², the Port Adelaide Enfield contains some of the South Australia's finest historical buildings and landmarks. The Port Adelaide area is known as the History Precinct, as it is home to the Maritime Museum, the National Railway Museum and the Aviation Museum.

As of 2021 the current Mayor is Claire Boan, who was elected in 2018.[5] There are 17 ward councillors who represent the residents and businesses of their wards at council meetings.

Council

The current council as of December 2022 is:[6]

Ward Party Councilor First Elected Notes
Mayor   Independent Claire Boan 2010
Enfield   Labor Olivia Colombo 2020
  Independent Carol Martin 1997
  Independent Barbara Clayton 2018
Klemzig   Labor Hannah Evans 2018 Transferred from Northfield in 2022
  Independent Paul Russell 2014 Deputy Mayor (2020–present)
Northfield   Labor Matt Osborn 2014 Deputy Mayor (2017–2018)
  Independent Mark Basham 1991
  Greens Lazaras Panayiotou 2022
Outer Harbor   Independent Adrian Wotton 2021
  Independent Vanessa Tulloch 2014 Deputy Mayor (2016–2017)
Parks   Labor Kim Dinh 2014
  Independent Kat Mitchell 2018
  Labor Wasim Saeed 2022
Port Adelaide   Labor Steve Vines 2018
  Independent Joost den Hartog 2018
Semaphore   Independent Peter McGregor 2022
  Labor David Wilkins 2018 Deputy Mayor (2019–20)

History

The City of Port Adelaide Enfield was established on 26 March 1996 by the amalgamation of the City of Port Adelaide and the City of Enfield.

Main article: City of Port Adelaide

The council of Port Adelaide was established on 27 December 1855 when Port Adelaide was declared a Corporate Town centred at the port of Adelaide which had been opened some years prior in 1837.[7] From 1884 to 1900 five adjacent district councils were amalgamated with the Corporate Town of Port Adelaide, dramatically increasing its size.[7] In 1901 Port Adelaide was proclaimed a city by Governor Tennyson.[7]

Main article: City of Enfield

Centred around the township of Enfield, the District Council of Yatala south was formed in 1868 when the District Council of Yatala was divided in two. Dry Creek and the Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line formed the new council's northern boundary.[8] In 1933, Yatala South was renamed to be Enfield Council. In 1944 Enfield District Council became a municipality and in 1953, thanks to the post-war boom in population, it was upgraded to city status.[7]

Mayors

Suburbs

See also

References

Couper-Smartt, J (February 2003). Port Adelaide: Tales from a "Commodious Harbour". Friends of the South Australian Maritime Museum Inc. ISBN 0-646-42058-5.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Port Adelaide Enfield (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Western Adelaide SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Northern Adelaide SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019. Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2018.
  5. ^ 2018 Council Election Results > Port Adelaide Enfield - Mayor Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  6. ^ "2022 Council Elections". ECSA. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d "Our History: Enfield History". City of Port Adelaide Enfield. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  8. ^ Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 23 February 2016. Formed on 18 June 1868 when the original Yatala Council (see Yatala) was divided into DCs of Yatala North and Yatala South. On 22 June 1933 Yatala South was renamed DC of Enfield.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Those Who Served:1853 – 2014" (PDF). City of Port Adelaide Enfield. pp. 27–28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

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