Plympton is an inner south-western suburb of Adelaide, officially named in 1944. The name is thought to have come from Henry Mooringe Boswarva, who named a private subdivision after his hometown in Devon, England.

The suburb stretches across Marion Road, Cross Road and Anzac Highway. On the eastern side of Marion Road, its boundaries include the former Holdfast Bay railway line, Gray and Beckman Streets, and the Glenelg tram line. To the west, it's bordered by Mooringe Avenue, Streeters Road, Whelan Avenue and again, the tram line.

Remnants of the old Holdfast Bay rail line are now part of Plympton's West Side cycleway. The Plympton Post Office opened in 1856. A "plumpton" dog racing track was set up in 1896 by the Plympton Coursing Company, with the Adelaide Plumpton Coursing Club formed in 1908. The track and nearby polo grounds were later known as Birkalla after the local railway station, though the name Plympton Plumpton stuck around. Before World War 2, Birkalla also housed the Adelaide Hunt Club's kennels.

Population:

5459 ¹

Postcode:

5045

Location:

5 km southwest of Adelaide CBD

Main Roads:

Cross Rd (A3), Anzac Hwy (A5) and Marion Rd (A14)

Radio Stations:

DAB+:
ABC Classic, ABC Country, ABC Jazz, ABC Kids Listen, ABC News Radio, ABC Radio Adelaide, ABC Radio National, ABC Sport, Blender Beats, CADA, Chemist Warehouse Remix, Coles Radio, Cruise 1323, Dance Hits, Double J, Easy Hits, EBI World, Fresh 92.7, iHeartCountry Australia, Life FM, Mix 102.3, Mix 80s, Mix 90s, Nova 919, Nova Jamz, Nova Throwbacks, Oldskool 80s Hits, Oldskool 90s Hits, Radio Adelaide, RnB Fridays, SAFM Adelaide, SBS Arabic, SBS Chill, SBS EuroPop, SBS PopAsia, SBS Radio 1, SBS Radio 2, SBS South Asian, Smooth 80s, Smooth FM Adelaide, Three D Radio, TikTok Trending on iHeartRadio, Triple J, Triple J Unearthed, Triple M 2000s, Triple M 80s, Triple M 90s, Triple M Adelaide 104.7, Triple M Classic Rock, Vision Australia Iris Adelaide and Vision Australia Radio Adelaide

FM:
1079 Life (107.9 MHz), 5EBI (103.1 MHz), 5MBS (99.9 MHz), ABC Classic (97.5 MHz), Coast FM (88.7 MHz), Fresh (92.7 MHz), Life FM (107.9 MHz), Mix 102.3 (102.3 MHz), Nova 91.9 (91.9 MHz), Radio Adelaide (101.5 MHz), SA FM (107.5 MHz), SBS Radio (106.3 MHz), Triple J (95.9 KHz) and Triple M (104.7 MHz)

AM:
ABC News Radio (972 kHz), ABC North and West SA (649 kHz), ABC Radio Adelaide (891 kHz), ABC Radio National (729 kHz), Cruise 1323 (1323 kHz), FiveAA (1395 kHz), Radio Italiana (531 kHz), RadioTAB (1539 kHz), Vision Australia Radio (1197 kHz) and Vision Christian Radio (1611 kHz)

Anzac Highway:

Looking northeast on Anzac Hwy (A5) at Plympton, near the Highway Hotel, December 2007.

Image © Michael Greenslade