Thompson Beach, South Australia

Thompson Beach
South Australia
Thompson Beach
Coordinates 34°29′11″S 138°17′02″E / 34.48639588°S 138.28388254°E / -34.48639588; 138.28388254Coordinates: 34°29′11″S 138°17′02″E / 34.48639588°S 138.28388254°E / -34.48639588; 138.28388254
Population 334 (shared with other localities within the “State Suburb of Thompson Beach”) (2011 census)[1][lower-alpha 1]
Established 1997[2]
Postcode(s) 5501[3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location 56 km (35 mi) north of Adelaide city centre
LGA(s) Adelaide Plains Council[2]
State electorate(s) Goyder[4]
Federal Division(s) Wakefield[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.7 °C
73 °F
11.1 °C
52 °F
430.1 mm
16.9 in
Suburbs around Thompson Beach:
Dublin Dublin
Gulf St Vincent Thompson Beach Dublin
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Footnotes Location[3]
Coordinates[2]
Climate[6]
Adjoining localities[2]

Thompson Beach is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the eastern coastline of Gulf St Vincent about 56 kilometres (35 miles) north of the Adelaide city centre.[3][2] Thompson Beach started as a sub-division in 1980 with boundaries being created in June 1997.[2][7] Land use with the locality is principally residential with built development being of a ‘low density’.[7] Thompson Beach is located within the federal Division of Wakefield, the state electoral district of Goyder, and the local government area of the Adelaide Plains Council.[5][4][2]

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Notes
  1. For the 2011 census, the ‘State Suburb of Thompson Beach’ consisted of the localities of Dublin (minus the settled area on the Port Wakefield Road) and Thompson Beach)
Citations
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Thompson Beach". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search result for "Thompson Beach (LOCB)" (Record no SA0062513) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "(Postcode for) Thompson Beach, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Goyder electorate boundaries as of 2012". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Wakefield" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Edinburgh RAAF". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Development Plan, Mallala Council, consolidated May 2014" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 10, 137 and 258–260. Retrieved 23 July 2015.


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