Prospect, South Australia
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The western side of Prospect facing north, bounded on the west by the railway line | |||||||||||||
Prospect Location in greater metropolitan Adelaide | |||||||||||||
Interactive map of Prospect | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Adelaide | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 5 km2 (1.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 14,584 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5082 | ||||||||||||
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Prospect is the seat of the City of Prospect and an inner northern suburb of greater Adelaide, South Australia. It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Adelaide's centre.
Surrounding suburbs include Kilburn, Fitzroy, Medindie and Devon Park. The suburb has boundaries of Main North Road to the east; Carter Street, Audley Avenue and Avenue Road to the south; The Gawler railway line to the west, and a line 400m north of Regency Road (Livingstone Avenue, Angwin Avenue and Henrietta Street) to the north.
Prospect comprises a large majority of the land area (about five-sevenths, or 71%) of the City of Prospect council area.