Marleston is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, in the City of West Torrens.

The earliest European settler in this area was Donald McLean, who selected Section 50, Hundred of Adelaide, of 80 acres (32 ha) in 1837, (the area was originally part of Hilton) and with his family ploughed and sowed 20 acres of seed wheat, and in 1838 reaped the first harvest of wheat in South Australia.

[2] Following World War I, there was a housing boom driven by returned servicemen.

[4] The majority of residents (58.5%) are of Australian birth, with other common census responses being India (7.6%), China (4.4%), Nepal (2.8%), England (2.6%), and Greece (2.3%).

Additionally, people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent made up 1.3% of the suburb.