The City of Charles Sturt is a local government area in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, stretching to the coast.

[4] The first local government to be established in the area was the District Council of Hindmarsh (established in 1853),[5] covering the north west suburbs of Adelaide south of the port and north of the Torrens.

This closely following the creation of the Town of Semaphore which removed a significantly-populated portion of Glanville.

This now meant that the Woodville council's western boundary was the coastline from the Torrens to Fort Glanville.

In December 1915, the seaside communities of Henley Beach and Grange seceded from Woodville council (along with the West Beach area of West Torrens council) to form the Municipality of Henley and Grange[8] The Woodville and Hindmarsh councils were reunited in 1993 as the City of Hindmarsh Woodville, and, four years later, the City of Henley and Grange was also reunited to form the present boundaries as the City of Charles Sturt.