Bluff Beach, South Australia

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Bluff Beach
South Australia
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Bluff Beach
Coordinates 34°43′57″S137°28′51″E / 34.732540°S 137.480730°E / -34.732540; 137.480730 Coordinates: 34°43′57″S137°28′51″E / 34.732540°S 137.480730°E / -34.732540; 137.480730
Population31 (2016 census) [1]
Established1999 [2]
Postcode(s) 5575 [3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location104 km (65 mi) west of Adelaide
LGA(s) Yorke Peninsula Council [2]
Region Yorke and Mid North [4]
County Fergusson [2]
State electorate(s) Narungga [5]
Federal Division(s) Grey [6]
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
22.6 °C
73 °F		10.9 °C
52 °F		353.9 mm
13.9 in
Suburbs around Bluff Beach:
Spencer Gulf Port Rickaby Koolywurtie
Spencer Gulf Bluff Beach Koolywurtie
Minlaton
Spencer Gulf Parsons Beach Minlaton
FootnotesLocation [3]
Coordinates [2]
Climate [7]
Adjoining localities [2]

Bluff Beach is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the west coast of Yorke Peninsula overlooking Hardwicke Bay about 104 kilometres (65 miles) west of the state capital of Adelaide. [2] [3]

Its boundaries were created in May 1999 for the “long established name” and includes the former Bluff Beach Shack Site from which the locality’s name was derived. [2]

As of 2015, the majority land use within the locality is agriculture. A secondary land use is conservation which concerns the strip of land immediately adjoining the coastline. A third use of land is residential use along the coastline at the site of the former shack site. [8]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Bluff Beach had a population of 31 people. [1]

Bluff Beach is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council. [6] [5] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bluff Beach". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 May 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Search result for "Bluff Beach (Locality Bounded)" with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Road Labels"". Government of South Australia. SA0007735. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Postcode for Bluff Beach, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  5. 1 2 Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics MINLATON AERO (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Development Plan - Yorke Peninsula Council - Consolidated – 26 November 2015" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 250–252 and 381–384. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
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