Athol Park, South Australia

Athol Park is a north-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.

Geography
The suburb lies at the western end of Grand Junction Road, which also forms its northern boundary. It is bordered to the east by Hanson Road, to the west by Glenroy Street, to the east by Hanson Rd, with Hamilton Road forming the bulk of its southern boundary.

The southern portion of Athol Park is residential with a light industrial area in the north.

The suburb is home to a large number of Housing Trust homes. In the 1990s, plans were made for the Westwood Urban Renewal project, of which Ferryden Park, Angle Park, Woodville Gardens, and Mansfield Park were also a part. This involved replacing the Housing Trust homes with either private housing or a new townhouse-style housing trust homes.

Demographics
The 2021 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 2,023 persons in Athol Park on census night. Of these, 1,013 were male and 1,002 were female.

The most common countries of birth were Australia (44.4%), Vietnam (18.7%), India (5.6%) and the Philippines (4.4%).

The most common languages used at home were English only (33%), Vietnamese (26.1%), Punjabi (2.5%), Serbian (2.5%) and Tagalog (2.4%). Other languages used at home by 30 or more residents were Malayalam, Mandarin, Cantonese and Filipino.

54 people (2.7%) identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

The age distribution of Athol Park residents is younger than that of the Australian population as a whole. At the 2021 Census, 33.1% of Athol Park residents were aged 24 years or younger (Australia: 30.2%), and 11.8% were aged 65 years or older (Australia: 17.2%).

Local government
Athol Park is part of Woodville Ward in the local government area of the City of Charles Sturt. Athol Park is represented on Council by Senthil Chidambaranathan.

State and federal
Athol Park lies in the state electoral district of Cheltenham and the federal electoral division of Hindmarsh. The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Joe Szakacs and federally by Mark Butler.

Parks
Fawk Reserve, which contains the Athol Park Community Garden, is located on Hanson Road.

There is also green space between Ely and Gateshead streets.

Roads
Athol Park is serviced by Hanson Road, and Grand Junction Road, which forms its eastern boundary.

Public transport
Buses

Athol Park is serviced by bus routes 252, 253, 254, N254 and 361 by the Adelaide Metro.

Trains
The Finsbury railway line used to run parallel to Glenroy Street, mainly to facilitate the industrial activity in the area. This was removed in 1979 due to industrial decline.