Residents Overview
Welcome to the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters
As a resident of this City we encourage you to explore all your City has to offer you. Your best source of information on the full range of services offered for residents is via the A - Z of Council Services located on the homepage of this website. Alternatively you can use the website search facility located on the top right hand section of each page.
Apart from enjoying a reputation as one of Adelaide's most vibrant, cosmopolitan and diverse communities, the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters offers residents a quality lifestyle that features superb dining, shopping, and entertainment amenities, as well as easy access to more than 180 hectares of open space.
This green space features well maintained parks, playgrounds and reserves, including the 37 hectares of the Torrens River Linear Park and the starting point for a network of quality walking and bike tracks that traverse the City. As a resident you are encouraged to enjoy the diverse recreational facilities on offer throughout the City.
Apart from open space this includes two local swimming centres at Norwood and Payneham, the St Peters Billabong, and the Heritage Norwood Oval (home to the Norwood Redlegs).
In addition, there are three well maintained Libraries located across the City offering residents a modern and comprehensive library service which includes easy access to the SWAP Library Network an eastern regional colloboration project that enables residents to access the collections of seven libraries via a single library membership.
At the Payneham Community Centre, 374 Payneham Road, Payneham, you will find a variety of creative, social and educational activities and programs for people of all ages. These programs are offered in a relaxed friendly atmosphere. The centre is also a valuable source of information about local community groups and organisations that may be of interest to you.
The Council owns and operates the St Peters Childcare Centre, offering quality child care for children aged 0 - 5 years of age, as well as the Norwood Concert Hall (situated within the Heritage Listed Norwood Town Hall), renowned for its annual array of local, national and international concert events.
Each year your City provides approximately 38,000 hours of community care to more than 700 residents via the Community Care Services Program. This program offers a range of services to the frail aged and younger disabled members and their carers across our community including both personal care and domestic assistance, transport services, health and fitness programs and a range of social support activities designed to improve social connectedness and quality of life.
Our City's Calendar of Community Events is the envy of many of our neighbours. It includes the annual Natuzzi The Parade, Food, Wine & Music Festival, which attracts an average of 90,000 patrons to The Parade, on a single Sunday afternoon in February each year, and the Norwood Christmas Pageant, considered by many to be one of the most authentic Community Christmas Pageant's on offer in South Australia.
The City publishes a quarterly newsletter which is delivered to all households and businesses. Titled Look East it contains stories about our local community along with information on the Council's major projects. Back copies of Look East are available for download and community groups are invited to submit items for inclusion including listing upcoming events in Diary Dates.
Your City has repeatedly achieved international accreditation for its Environmental Management System. This comprehensive system is designed to ensure future generations benefit from the efforts made now to create a healthier, biodiverse and sustainable environment in which we all live.
The character and ambience of our City is defined by much of the City's built heritage. In particular, long-term conservation of Adelaide's best concentration of early, mid and late Victorian residential development is a high priority. Our unique built heritage helps set us apart from other metropolitan areas, making our neighbourhoods highly desirable and much sought after places to live, work and visit.
Our City is known too, for its highly acclaimed Cultural Heritage Program, which celebrates more than 150 years of history as one of South Australia's most progressive and innovative municipal councils. To familiarise yourself with the City's history, you are invited to undertake a historic walk specifically designed to provide you with an overview of the people and places that have helped shaped our City's unique sense of place and identity.
Norwood Payneham & St Peters also has a reputation for its commitment to nurturing artists and public art. Many examples are located throughout the City with plans to build on this number into the future. We are proud to be the preferred home to a number of visual and commercial artists, including the Adelaide Central School of Art in Norwood and Adelaide's film and multimedia hub located in Kent Town.
If you are a young person aged 12 to 25 years living, working or studying in our City, we encourage you to explore http://www.i-site.net.au/. This website has been designed specifically with you in mind and contains information created by and for your age group. i-site is somewhere you can have your valued views seen and heard. There is an active youth program operating throughout the City too, encouraging strong participation from young people within our community through a range of different avenues and activities. You are invited to become a involved.
Residents also enjoy the benefits of the City's 'Whole of Life' approach to asset and infrastructure management. Adopted by the Council in 2004, this approach involves timely maintenance and repair of civic infrastructure such as roads, footpath and drainage to ensure future generations will not face the burden of funding new infrastructure through large rate increases.
With an estimated 6,000 small to medium-sized businesses currently operating across the City, there is no shortage of retail, commercial and industrial activity, providing employment opportunities for locals and a strong base for future economic development. The City's major retail precincts are located at The Parade, Norwood; Magill Road; Glydne Corner and along Payneham Road. Major shopping centres are located at Marden Shopping Centre, The Avenues in Stepney and Firle Plaza adjacent to Glynburn Plaza both on Glynburn Road.
Norwood Payneham & St Peters has a reputation as a progressive, innovative City that welcomes national and international visitors alike, offering a broad selection of attractions and activities for all. We are one of three Cities in Australia to be admitted to the international League of Historical Cities along with Melbourne and Ballarat. This prestigious organisation is committed to building friendships between cities committed to perserving their cultural heritage and to nurturing world peace.
We welcome your feedback on ways to improve the content provided via this website and ask that you send your requests for changes or inclusions, via email, to townhall@npsp.sa.gov.au
Further Information
For further information, including obtaining a copy of the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters' New Resident's Kit, please contact the Council's Customer Service staff on 8366 4555 during business hours.
