Morphett Vale
Morphett Vale is a southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Onkaparinga.
Morphett Vale is a southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Onkaparinga. It is the largest suburb in the state, with a population of more than 23,000 and an area of 12.76 km2, followed by Paralowie with nearly 10,000 fewer residents. There are approximately 1,000 businesses in Morphett Vale.
The suburb is bordered by Sheriffs/Pimpala Road, Panalatinga Road, Doctors/Beach Road, and the Southern Expressway.
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Worth seeing in and around Morphett Vale
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Centro Colonnades
Colonnades Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the suburb of Noarlunga Centre, on a large allotment of land with access from Goldsmith Drive, Beach Road and Burgess Road.
3.9 km · shopping mall in Noarlunga Center, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Morphett Vale
- Airports
- Adelaide (ADL), 19 km
- Stations
- Christie Downs railway station, 3.2 km · Lonsdale railway station, 3.5 km · Hackham railway station, 2.8 km · Morphett Vale railway station, 700 m · Pimpala railway station, 1.5 km
- Geelong/Melbourne → Morphett Vale654 km · quickest by air, 5h 48m · A$260–390
- Melbourne → Morphett Vale649 km · quickest by air, 5h 33m · A$250–370
- Hobart (Cambridge) → Morphett Vale1155 km · quickest by air, 7h 19m · A$260–390
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Morphett Vale
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Morphett Vale. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundFor a day trip, you can rent a bicycle and take the Coast to Vines Rail Trail (see Do section) to get to McLaren Vale and Willunga.
From Wikivoyage: McLaren Vale, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Morphett Vale
Morphett Vale is 22 km from Adelaide, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hackhamsuburb of Adelaide, South Australia3.7 km
- Reynellasuburb of Adelaide, South Australia2.2 km
- Hurtle Valestate electoral district of South Australia2.8 km
- Reynellstate electoral district of South Australia2 km
- Lonsdalesuburb of Adelaide, South Australia2.6 km
- Onkaparinga Hillssuburb of Adelaide, South Australia3.8 km