What to know about Adelaide city centre
- The suburb of Adelaide had 18,202 residents at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 31.Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census QuickStats (Adelaide)
- 16.5% of the suburb's residents were aged 25 to 29, against 6.6% across South Australia.Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census QuickStats (Adelaide)
- 28.5% of employed residents walked to work on Census day, against 2.5% across South Australia.Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census QuickStats (Adelaide)
- Park Lands permit holders may run gym sessions, circuit training and boxing with pads, but heavy weights, resistance machinery and the use of logs are not allowed.Source: City of Adelaide
- Victoria Park/Pakapakanthi has a bookable Criterium Track of 1.1 to 1.4 kilometres for cyclists from racers to children learning to ride.Source: City of Adelaide
Who lives in the city centre
The suburb of Adelaide, the city centre itself, had 18,202 residents at the 2021 Census and a median age of 31. 16.5% were aged 25 to 29, against 6.6% across South Australia. On Census day 28.5% of employed residents walked to work. A session in the Park Lands before or after the office slots neatly into a day like that.
What a Park Lands session can include
Under the City of Adelaide's Park Lands fitness activity permit, permit holders may run gym sessions (with or without free weights), circuit training and boxing with pads, along with yoga and pilates. Heavy weights, resistance machinery such as bench or leg presses and the use of logs are not allowed at any time. Trainers also cannot take exclusive use of public outdoor fitness equipment, and they keep 50 metres from neighbouring homes.
Room to ride
Victoria Park/Pakapakanthi has a bookable Criterium Track of 1.1 to 1.4 kilometres, designed for cyclists from racers to families and children learning to ride. If riding is part of your week, tell your trainer, so your sessions can work around it.
We do not run sessions ourselves: AimFit is a referral service that takes your goal and preferred times and passes them to one trainer. You can also read about North Adelaide or go back to Adelaide. Make an enquiry.
City centre questions
Can I do boxing in the Park Lands with a trainer?
Boxing with pads is on the City of Adelaide list of activities that permit holders may run in the Park Lands and city squares.
Will we use heavy weights?
Not in the Park Lands. The permit rules out heavy weights and resistance machinery such as bench or leg presses.