Torrens Island, South Australia

Torrens Island is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Adelaide metropolitan area within the estuary of the Port River about 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) north-west of the Adelaide city centre.[7]

Torrens Island South Australia
Torrens Island power station.
Torrens Island
Coordinates	34.791770°S 138.530640°E
Population	0 (2016 census)[1]
Established	2009[2]
Postcode(s)	5960[2]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	16 km (10 mi) north-west of Adelaide city centre
LGA(s)	unincorporated area[2]
Region	Western Adelaide[3]
County	Adelaide[2]
State electorate(s)	Port Adelaide[4]
Federal Division(s)	Hindmarsh[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 22.4 °C 72 °F 11.2 °C 52 °F 451.1 mm 17.8 in
Suburbs around Torrens Island: Gulf St Vincent Gulf St Vincent Barker Inlet Osborne Torrens Island Barker Inlet Largs North Port Adelaide Garden Island
Footnotes	Coordinates[2] Climate[6] Adjoining suburbs[7]

Its boundaries which were created in August 2009 include “the whole of the geographical feature of Torrens Island” and parts of the following water bodies that adjoin the shoreline of the ‘geographic feature’ - the Port River to the west, the Angas Inlet to the south and the Barker Inlet to the east.[2][8]

As of 2014, the majority of the land within the locality is zoned as the “MOSS (Conservation) Zone in order to conserve land as part of the Metropolitan Open Space System (MOSS) whose purpose is to define and link “public and privately owned land of an open or natural character in and around metropolitan Adelaide.” The Torrens Island Conservation Park covers most of the land conserved in respect to MOSS. Also, the land associated with both the Torrens Island Power Station and the Torrens Island Quarantine Station is zoned to manage it for the “public purpose” in respect to power generation and the conservation of heritage.[9][10]

The former Torrens Island Quarantine Station has been listed on the South Australian Heritage Register since 21 October 1993.[11]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Torrens Island had a population of zero.[1]

Torrens Island is located within the federal division of Hindmarsh and the state electoral district of Port Adelaide[5][4] Since at least 2009, Torrens Island has not been located within a local government area.[2]

Torrens Island is linked to the mainland by the Grand Trunkway via a bridge across the North Arm of the Port River to Garden Island and a causeway across Angas Inlet, but as it passes through the Torrens Island Power Station, public access is restricted.

See also

• Torrens (disambiguation)

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Torrens Island". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
2. "Search result for "Torrens Island (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0059690)". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
3. "Western Adelaide SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
4. "Electoral district profiles - Port Adelaide (2018-2022 boundaries)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
5. "Profile of the electoral division of Hindmarsh (SA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics PARAFIELD AIRPORT (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
7. "Search result for "Garden Island (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0047978) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
8. Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 194, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
9. Land Not Within a Council Area (Metropolitan) Consolidated – 25 September 2014 (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI). 2014. pp. 17, 61–63, 65 & 73.
10. "Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2015 Edition" (PDF). Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
11. "Torrens Island Quarantine Station (including Jetties, Cemetery, Mortuary & Complex)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. 21 October 1993. Retrieved 17 May 2016.