Toorak Gardens, South Australia

Toorak Gardens Adelaide, South Australia
Tree-lined street typical of the area.
Toorak Gardens
Coordinates	34°55′59″S 138°38′17″E / 34.933°S 138.638°E / -34.933; 138.638
Population	2,604 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established	1917
Postcode(s)	5065
Area	1.11 km2 (0.4 sq mi)
Location	2 km (1 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s)	City of Burnside
State electorate(s)	Bragg
Federal division(s)	Sturt
Suburbs around Toorak Gardens: Norwood Norwood Kensington Rose Park Dulwich Toorak Gardens Marryatville Heathpool Tusmore Glenside Glenunga Linden Park

Toorak Gardens is a leafy, mainly residential inner eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, located 2 km east of the Adelaide city centre.

This is one of South Australia’s most expensive suburbs.^[3] It is characterised by tree-lined streets and detached single story villas, Tudor Revival and bungalow houses built in the 1920s and 1930s on allotments of around 0.25 acres (0.1 hectares).

The Toorak Gardens area was part of the then larger and now adjacent suburb of Rose Park. Between 1912 and 1917 it was named "Toorak" and subsequently "Toorak Gardens". Originally farmland owned by the Fergusson and Prescott families in the 19th century, it was subdivided and gained popularity in 1920s.

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.^[4]

It contains the Burnside Hospital, the only hospital in the City of Burnside.