Lower Broughton, South Australia

Lower Broughton South Australia
Lower Broughton
Coordinates	33°20′S137°59′E / 33.33°S 137.98°E / -33.33; 137.98 Coordinates: 33°20′S137°59′E / 33.33°S 137.98°E / -33.33; 137.98
Population	40 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established	1995 [2]
Postcode(s)	5522 [3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	186 km (116 mi) north of Adelaide city centre 17 km (11 mi) south of Port Pirie
LGA(s)	Port Pirie Regional Council [2]
State electorate(s)	Frome [4]
Federal division(s)	Grey [5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 22.7 °C 73 °F 9.3 °C 49 °F 473.3 mm 18.6 in
Suburbs around Lower Broughton: Port Davis Port Davis Pirie East Pirie East Spencer Gulf Lower Broughton Nurom Wandearah East Wandearah West Wandearah West Wandearah East Wandearah East
Footnotes	Coordinates [2] Location [3] Climate [6] Adjoining localities [2]

Lower Broughton is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia on the east coast of Spencer Gulf about 17 kilometres (11 miles) to the south of the city of Port Pirie and about 186 kilometres (116 miles) north of Adelaide city centre. ^{[2] [3]}

The locality was established in June 1995 in respect to “the long established name.” Its name is derived from “its proximity” to the Broughton River. ^[2]

Lower Broughton occupies land between the coastline in the west and the Spencer Highway in the east around a section of the Broughton River. ^{[7] [2]} Land use within the locality consists of agriculture with a strip of land along the coastline being zoned for conservation. ^{[8] [2]}

Lower Broughton is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Frome and the local government area of the Port Pirie Regional Council. ^{[5] [4] [2]}

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lower Broughton (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Search result for " Lower Broughton (LOCB)" (Record no SA0041492) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
3. "Postcode for Lower Broughton , South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
4. "District of Frome Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
5. "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Georgetown (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
7. Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 208, ISBN   978-1-86254-680-6
8. "Development Plan, Port Pirie (RC), Consolidated – 10 January 2013" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 134, 139, 175, 197 & 198. Retrieved 26 May 2016.