Walkley Heights, South Australia

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Walkley Heights | city = Adelaide | state = sa | image = Walkley_heights_old_hut.JPG | caption = Walkley Heights reserve | lga = City of Salisbury | lga2 = City of Port Adelaide Enfield | postcode = 5098 | est = 1995 | pop =

| area = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Florey|Florey]] | fedgov = [[Division of Makin|Makin]] | near-nw = | near-n = [[Ingle Farm, South Australia|Ingle Farm]] | near-ne = [[Para Vista, South Australia|Para Vista]] | near-w = [[Pooraka, South Australia|Pooraka]] | near-e = [[Valley View, South Australia|Valley View]] | near-sw = [[Northfield, South Australia|Northfield]] | near-s = [[Oakden, South Australia|Oakden]] | near-se = [[Gilles Plains, South Australia|Gilles Plains]] | dist1 = | location1= | alternative_location_map = Australia SA inner Adelaide | pushpin_map_caption = Location in greater metropolitan [[Adelaide]] | coordinates = {{Coord|-34.839|138.638|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-SA|display=title}} }} '''Walkley Heights''' is a suburb of [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]. The suburb is located on land formerly comprising the prison farm for [[Yatala Labour Prison]], and includes fifty-five [[hectare]]s of land formerly owned by [[R. M. Williams]] which was [[Eminent domain|compulsorily acquired]] during the time of former [[Premiers of South Australia|State Premier]] [[Thomas Playford IV|Sir Thomas Playford]].<ref>[http://www.postcards.sa.com.au/features/dry_creek_lin_park.html Postcards – Dry Creek – Linear Park]</ref> The suburb (and one adjacent main road) is named after John Walkley, an early pioneer in [[South Australia]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.placenames.sa.gov.au/pno/pnores.phtml?recno=SA0069588 |title=www.placenames.sa.gov.au Government of South Australia, Land Services Group |access-date=24 May 2006 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930191022/http://www.placenames.sa.gov.au/pno/pnores.phtml?recno=SA0069588 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The suburb had a population, in 2001, of only 713<ref>Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001 Census of Population and Housing</ref> increasing to 3,497 by 2016.

==Facilities== A small [[shopping centre]] at the end of Homestead Avenue has a [[Drakes Supermarkets|Drakes]] [[supermarket]], a [[pizza]] shop, a [[bakery]], a [[Salvation Army]] opportunity shop, a [[beauty salon]] and a [[Physician|doctor]]'s [[surgery]]. Also there is a [[childcare]] centre and [[kindergarten]].

The [[Government of South Australia|South Australian Government]] has a large logistics and technical facility, used by several departments, in Wright Road at the western end of the suburb.

==Environment== [[File:Walkley heights 2.jpg|thumb|Houses in Walkley Heights]] [[File:Walkley Heights.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Walkley Heights|300px]] The suburb occupies 1.5 square kilometres of land either side of the Dry Creek linear park which features mature [[River Red Gum|river red gums]], recent landscaped plantings, and the remains of an old [[Stockman (Australia)|stockman]]'s hut. Within the linear park is the Walkley Heights reserve where [[mallee (habit)|mallee]] box grassy woodland is actively being conserved under the Urban forest biodiversity program.<ref>''Urban Forest Biodiversity Program'', press release from [http://www.urbanforest.on.net www.urbanforest.on.net] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718172715/http://www.urbanforest.on.net/ |date=18 July 2008 }}</ref>

==See also== * [[List of Adelaide suburbs]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Suburbs of Adelaide]]