North Plympton

North Plympton is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, in the City of West Torrens. The historic Parkin House which dates from before 1860 and houses an important piano collection, is situated at 4 Lewis Crescent, North Plympton.

Type: Suburb with 3,160 residents
Description: suburb of Adelaide, South Australia
Also known as: “North Plympton, South Australia” and “North Plympton, South Australia, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Adelaide Airport and The Old Gum Tree.

Adelaide Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: AtD, Public domain.

Adelaide Airport is an international, domestic and general aviation airport serving the metropolitan area of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Located approximately 6 km west of the central business district, the airport served more than 9.1 million passengers in FY26, being Australia’s fifth-busiest airport by passenger movements.

The Old Gum Tree

Photo: User A1, Public domain.

The Old Gum Tree is a historic site in Glenelg North, South Australia. Near this tree on 28 December 1836, the British governor John Hindmarsh delivered the proclamation announcing the establishment of Government of the colony of South Australia. The Old Gum Tree is situated 3 km southwest of North Plympton.

Cummins House

Historic site

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Cummins House is a historic house in Adelaide, situated at 19-23 Sheoak Avenue, Novar Gardens. It was listed on the South Australian Heritage Register on 24 July 1980. It is now managed as a museum with guided tours by the Cummins Society.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Netley and Marleston.

Netley

Suburb

Netley is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, in the City of West Torrens. It is located about halfway from the Adelaide city centre to the coast, on the southeastern boundary of Adelaide Airport.

Marleston

Suburb

Photo: Blnguyen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Marleston is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, in the City of West Torrens. Marleston was home to 1,950 people at the 2021 census. The earliest European settler in this area was Donald McLean, who selected Section 50, Hundred of Adelaide, of 80 acres in 1837, and with his family ploughed and sowed 20 acres of seed wheat, and in 1838 reaped the first harvest of wheat in South Australia.

Kurralta Park

Suburb

Kurralta Park is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of West Torrens. Landmarks include Kurralta Central shopping centre, Brown Hill Creek and the Westside Bikeway on a former railway line.

North Plympton

Category: locality
Location: City of West Torrens, South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-34.95575° or 34° 57′ 21″ south

Longitude

138.54953° or 138° 32′ 58″ east

Population

3,160

Elevation

20 metres (66 feet)

Open location code

4QQW2GVX+PR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 251628675

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

9973329

Wikidata ID

Q7056359

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In Other Languages

“North Plympton” goes by many names.

Chinese: “北拔林敦”

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