Myrtle Bank, South Australia
Myrtle Bank is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, in the City of Unley. It is about 6 kilometres from the city centre and has the postcode 5064. The 2021 Census recorded a population of 3,158.
Nearby suburbs include Fullarton, Glenunga, Highgate, Glen Osmond, Netherby, and Urrbrae.
The suburb is named after a house near the foothills built in 1842 by William Sanders, who arrived in South Australia in 1838. He named the property Myrtle Bank after a friend, James Gall, who lived in Trinity, Edinburgh, and had a fine property with the same name. The property later passed to Captain William Elder, and in 1848 it was bought by William Ferguson, who expanded the house and lived there with his family.
During World War I, the property became a repatriation hospital.
Politically, Myrtle Bank is a very safe Liberal area and is in the Division of Sturt. In the 2025 federal election, the Liberal Party won two of more than 400 metropolitan election-day booths across seven Adelaide-based seats, including Myrtle Bank in Sturt and Unley Park in the Division of Adelaide.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 23:52 (CET).