Evanston Park facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Evanston Park Adelaide, South Australia
Evanston Park Location in Town of Gawler
Postcode(s)	5116
LGA(s)	Town of Gawler
State electorate(s)	Light
Federal Division(s)	Spence
Suburbs around Evanston Park: Evanston Gawler South Evanston Gardens Evanston Park Bibaringa Evanston South

Evanston Park is a suburb located north of Adelaide, South Australia. It sits on the southeastern edge of the town of Gawler. You can find it east of Main North Road and Adelaide Road, stretching north from where it meets the Gawler Bypass Road.

How Evanston Park is Governed

This section explains how Evanston Park is managed and represented. Different parts of the suburb are looked after by different local councils. Also, people living here vote for representatives in state and federal governments.

Local Government Areas

Most of Evanston Park is part of the Town of Gawler. This means the local council for the Town of Gawler helps manage things like local roads, parks, and rubbish collection in that area. However, a smaller part of the suburb, on its eastern side, belongs to the City of Playford. So, residents in that section are looked after by the Playford council.

State and Federal Representation

When it comes to voting for state government leaders, Evanston Park is in an area called an electoral district. For the 2018 state election, the whole suburb was part of the state electoral district of Light. This means people in Evanston Park voted for a person to represent them in the South Australian Parliament.

For federal elections, where people vote for representatives in the national government, Evanston Park is located in the federal electoral division of Spence. This division covers a larger area and elects a Member of Parliament to represent its residents in the Australian Parliament in Canberra.