Collinswood, South Australia

"Collinswood" redirects here. For the Oregon lumber company, seeThe Collins Companies.

Collinswoodis asuburbofAdelaide,Australia, spanning the boundary of theProspectand thePort Adelaide Enfieldlocal government areas.

Collinswood Adelaide,South Australia
ABC building seen from west
Population	1,496 (SAL2021)
Postcode(s)	5081
Area	0.51 km2(0.2 sq mi)
Location	6 km (4 mi) fromAdelaide CBD
LGA(s)	City of Prospect
State electorate(s)	Adelaide
Federal division(s)	Adelaide
Suburbsaround Collinswood: Nailsworth Broadview Manningham Medindie Gardens Collinswood Vale Park Medindie Gilberton Walkerville

Adelaide'sAustralian Broadcasting CorporationStudios are located in the suburb on the corner ofNorth East Roadand Galway Avenue.

HampsteadPost Office opened around 1927 and was renamedCollinswoodin 1964.

History

In 1838George Fife Angasselected "country section" 474 in the later-proclaimedHundred of Yatala.He had been given the right to make first choice of a country section, to which he and other early investors in South Australia were entitled by their purchase of land orders prior to settlement (seeLands administrative divisions of South Australia § Land division history). The bounds of section 474 correspond almost exactly with the present-day Collinwood, but the triangle of land was split, in the early days, between the suburb ofRosebery,in the south, and Collinswood, in the north.

Population

In the 2016 Census, there were 1,384 people in Collinswood. 65.8% of people were born in Australia and 68.3% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 34.0%, Catholic 17.4% and Anglican 10.3%.