Seaton, South Australia

Seaton
Suburb
A post-war home in Seaton
Seaton Location in greater metropolitan Adelaide
Interactive map of Seaton
Coordinates: 34°53′32″S138°30′49″E / 34.892095923366384°S 138.51362068692575°E / -34.892095923366384; 138.51362068692575 [1]
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
City	Adelaide
LGA	City of Charles Sturt
Location	9 km (5.6 mi) from Adelaide
Government
•  State electorate	Lee [2]
•  Federal division	Hindmarsh [3]
Population
• Total	10,877 (SAL 2021) [4]
Postcode	5023
Suburbs around Seaton West Lakes Royal Park Hendon Albert Park Albert Park Woodville West West Lakes Grange Seaton Woodville West Findon Fulham Gardens Fulham Gardens Kidman Park Kidman Park
Adjoining suburbs [1]

Seaton is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, located in the western suburbs near Findon, Grange and West Lakes. Seaton is home to the Royal Adelaide Golf Club. Main roads including Tapleys Hill Road and Grange Road go through the suburb.

History

Prior to World War II the area was largely rural, with market gardens, poultry farms and lucerne paddocks, bounded to the west by sand dunes. With the rapid development of industry during and after the war years, including the munitions factory at Hendon and the General Motors-Holden motor vehicle assembly plant at Woodville, the South Australian Housing Trust developed large areas of low-cost workers' housing in Seaton and other nearby suburbs. ^[5]

South Australian Housing Trust late 1940s semi-detached cottages, showing little exterior modification of the original design.

The first Seaton Post Office opened on 1 September 1965, renamed from Seaton Park; in 1991 it closed and was replaced by the second office renamed from Seaton North. ^[6]

Seaton is known for its football team, the Seaton Ramblers, who play in Division Three in SAAFL. ^[7]

Seaton is known for its NRLSA rugby league club, the Western Districts Warriors Rugby League Club, who play in the NRLSA Premier Men's competition. The Western Districts Warriors were established in 2016 and have won NRLSA Premierships in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025. The Western District Warriors operate out of Gleneagles Reserve.

Education

There are currently two schools (both of which are Government and co-educational) located within Seaton:

• Seaton Park Primary School, located on Balcombe Avenue. ^[8]
• Seaton High School, located on the corner of Frederick Road and Glenburnie Street. ^[9]

References

1. "Search results for 'Seaton, SUB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australian. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
2. "Electoral district profiles - Lee (2018-2022 boundaries)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
3. "Profile of the electoral division of Hindmarsh (SA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
4. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Seaton (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
5. Marsden, Susan (1977): A history of Woodville. Corporation of the City of Woodville. pp. 243–246. ISBN   0 9599828 4 1
6. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
7. "SAAFL - Seaton Ramblers" . Retrieved 23 April 2014.
8. "Seaton Park Primary School - Seaton SA - Australian Schools Directory" . Retrieved 23 April 2014.
9. "Seaton High School - Seaton SA - Australian Schools Directory" . Retrieved 23 April 2014.