Parafield Gardens was originally a subdivision of section 2258 of the Hundred of Yatala enclosing land south of the Little Para River and Kings Road and northeast of today's Salisbury Highway.

[3] In 1881 the government proposed the creation of a general cemetery on the subdivision but the plan was abandoned by 1906.

In the 1970s the South Australian Housing Trust began building properties in the area.

[citation needed] At some time between then and 2000 the suburb name of Parafield Gardens was formally adopted.

[citation needed] The Pine Lakes Estate was established in the early 2000s southwest of the intersection of Salisbury Highway and Kings Road.