Woodville South is the location of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, one of Adelaide's main hospitals, as well as Woodville Oval, the home of South Australian National Football League team, the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles.

[2] The former suburb of Tenterden (variously spelled as Tenterdon) now forms the north-western portion of Woodville South.

Woodville South contains a number of buildings of local heritage significance, recorded in the City of Charles Sturt's Development Plan.

[3] These include the original stone building of Woodville Primary School on Port Road, as well as the adjacent stone cottage to the west, and the Uniting Church complex located at 44a Woodville Road, which includes a church, manse and Sunday School building.

Houses with local heritage significance include those at 100 Ledger Road and 2-4 Tenterden Street.