Underdale is a western suburb of South Australia's capital city Adelaide on Kaurna land. It sits between Henley Beach Road and the River Torrens. It is largely residential with a very small industrial section on the Eastern side of Holbrook's Road near the river.

Underdale Adelaide, South Australia
Housing developments on what was a campus of the University of South Australia
Population	2,429 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	5032
Location	2 km (1 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s)	City of West Torrens
State electorate(s)	West Torrens
Federal division(s)	Hindmarsh
Suburbs around Underdale: Flinders Park Flinders Park Flinders Park Lockleys Underdale Torrensville Brooklyn Park Brooklyn Park Torrensville

Underdale High School sits within the suburb and World Series Cricket icon David Hooke's is one of its alumni[2] along with Australian soccer player Tony Vidmar.

Australian Bureau of Statistics data from May 2021 identified Adelaide's Western Suburbs as having the lowest unemployment rate in South Australia. [3]

St Marks Lutheran Church is in Underdale.

History

Underdale Post Office first opened on 1 January 1867 and closed around 1874. It was reopened in 1937 and closed in 1993.[4]

References

See also

• List of Adelaide suburbs