Torrens Island, South Australia Station has been listed on the South Australian Heritage Register since 21 October 1993. The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Torrens Island had a population of zero. Torrens Island is located within the federal division of Port Adelaide and the state electoral district of Port Adelaide Since at least 2009, Torrens Island has not been located within a local government area. Torrens Island is linked to the mainland by the Grand Trunkway via a bridge across the North Arm of the Port River to Garden Island and a causeway across Angas Inlet, but as
River Torrens carcases in the Torrens within of town. The quality of the river's water was not helped by water supply methods. Carters used to drive water carts into the Torrens to refill. To prevent this the State Government built a facility with steam powered pumps and water storage in 1852, from which the carters then filled. The "Waterworks Act" of 1856 was passed to enable damming of the upstream Torrens for water supply purposes. The resulting "Water Commission" arranged the following year for foundations to be laid for a water supply weir from Adelaide near Campbelltown. Unsuitable geology and shoddy work