Map of Toorak Gardens, SA 5065 - Census Demographics - Melway, Sydway, Brisway, Ausway, Street Smart (original) (raw)

Toorak Gardens, which between 1912 and 1917 was named "Toorak", is an inner eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located 2 km east of the Adelaide city centre. Toorak Gardens is a leafy, tree-lined and wealthy inner suburb containing a number of historical and contemporary attractions. First Creek, part of the Torrens catchment, runs through the north-east corner of the suburb. Toorak Gardens is in the local government area of the City of Burnside, and is bounded to the north by Kensington Road, to the east by Portrush Road, to the south by Greenhill Road and to the west by Prescott Terrace and Warwick Avenue.

Originally farmland owned by the Fergusson and Prescott families in the 19th century, it was subdivided and gained popularity in 1920s. It contains the Burnside War Memorial Hospital ; converted from a grand mansion in 1949, it remains Burnside's only local community hospital.