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Ferryden Park (postcode 5010) is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 6.3 km from the central business district, in the state of South Australia, Australia. Situated in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield local government area, it is adjacent to Kilkenny, Angle Park, Woodville Gardens, Croydon Park, and Regency Park. It is bounded to the north by Murray Street, west by Liberty Grove and Hassell Street, south by Regency Road and to the east by Days Road.

The name derives from the seaport village of Ferryden on the southern fringe of Montrose, Scotland. This was the port from which the family of the suburb's founder, William Duthie, emigrated in the 1850s. The suburb contains many street names deriving from traditional Scottish place and family names, such as Montrose, Orkney, Nairn, McDonald, McRostie and Lachlan.

Ferryden Park was formed in 1924 by a subdivision of the west part of section 398 of the Hundred of Yatala by William Duthie. Duthie was a dairy man of an area of land known as Tam O'Shanter Belt. Duthie resided on Islington Road (now Regency Road) and was later a councillor and chairman of Yatala South council representing the West Ward, also known as Tam O'Shanter Ward. Prior to the Second World War, the area was known as Croydon Park, being part of the present-day suburb of that name, to the south. It mainly consisted of pastures and open land and was named Ferryden Park in 1943. Its development as a residential area coincided with the post-war boom in the 1950s.^{[citation needed]} In 1947, plans were approved for 80 pairs of SA Housing Trust cottages to be constructed in the vicinity of McRostie and Coker Streets.

In the 1990s, plans were made for the Westwood Urban Renewal Project, of which Angle Park, Mansfield Park, Woodville Gardens, and Athol Park are also a part. Ferryden Park was the first suburb to be rejuvenated as part of the project. From 2001 this involved the demolition of many properties of the South Australian Housing Trust which were replaced by private housing, a smaller number of newer, townhouse-style housing trust homes, and new green spaces.^{[citation needed]}

Ferryden Park is home to a large immigrant population. As of 2011 43% of the population was born outside Australia.

The initial settlement of the suburb coincided with a large wave of immigrants from Eastern Europe arriving in Australia, following the Second World War.^{[citation needed]} Although most of their children have moved on, a large number of immigrant retirees still live in the area.^{[citation needed]} This was reflected in the peak enrolment at Ferryden Park Primary School in 1959: 639 students.^{[citation needed]} Another wave of immigration occurred in the 1980s, when Vietnamese immigrants arrived after the Vietnam War.^{[citation needed]} As of 2011 12% of residents were born in Vietnam and 19% of residents preferred to speak Vietnamese language at home.

As of 2011 more than half of the population is from a non-Anglophone background, with 53-60% preferring to speak a language other than English at home.