District Council of Enfield

City of Enfield South Australia
Second Enfield council chamber, Regency Road
City of Enfield
Coordinates	34°51′9″S 138°36′3″E / 34.85250°S 138.60083°E / -34.85250; 138.60083Coordinates: 34°51′9″S 138°36′3″E / 34.85250°S 138.60083°E / -34.85250; 138.60083
Established	1868
Abolished	1996
Area	47.3 km2 (18.25 sq mi) (1930)
Council seat	Enfield
LGAs around City of Enfield: Port Adelaide Yatala North Salisbury Highercombe Tea Tree Gully Woodville Hindmarsh Woodville City of Enfield Payneham/ Campbelltown Hindmarsh Hindmarsh Woodville Adelaide Prospect Walkerville Payneham/ Campbelltown

The City of Enfield (formerly District Council of Yatala South) was a local government area of South Australia from 1868 to 1996. It was known as Yatala South up until 1933, which was named for its local government area predecessor, the District Council of Yatala, and known as Enfield thereafter.

The seat of the City of Enfield was the township of Enfield, approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of Adelaide's centre, named after Enfield Town in the London borough of same name. In 1868, the council area ranged approximately from Dry Creek in the north to the Torrens River in the south east and Torrens Road (unrelated to the river) in the south west.

The District Council of Yatala South was established on 18 June 1868 when the District Council of Yatala was divided at Dry Creek and the Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line into Yatala South and Yatala North.

In August 1872 the District Council of Prospect was established by severance from Yatala South, reducing the latter in area by about 3 square miles (7.8 km²).

In 1927 the second Enfield council chamber, located on Regency Road, Enfield, pictured above, was erected.

In 1930, the recorded population of Yatala South was 4,979.

Well over half a century since its establishment, on 22 June 1933, Yatala South was renamed to be the District Council of Enfield following lobbying from residents. The district council was now named after its major population centre and council seat, the township of Enfield.