Port Pirie South, South Australia

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Port Pirie South
Port Pirie,  South Australia
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Port Pirie South
Coordinates 33°11′56″S138°01′48″E / 33.199°S 138.030°E / -33.199; 138.030 Coordinates: 33°11′56″S138°01′48″E / 33.199°S 138.030°E / -33.199; 138.030
Population3,939 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 5540
Location
LGA(s) Port Pirie Regional Council
State electorate(s) Frome
Federal Division(s) Grey
Suburbs around Port Pirie South:
Port Pirie West Port Pirie, Solomontown Coonamia
Risdon Park Port Pirie South Bungama
Risdon Park South Pirie East
Footnotes [2]

Port Pirie South is a settlement in South Australia. [3] It is a predominantly residential suburb of industrial city of Port Pirie.

The suburb began as a private subdivision of Sections 141, 142, 167 and 169 of the Hundred of Pirie. Its boundaries were established pursuant to the Geographical Names Act, 1969 in 1978. Since then, it has given up land to Coonamia in 1995 and absorbed land from Solomontown in 2013. [2]

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Port Pirie South". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 January 2019. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Placename Details: Port Pirie South (SUB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 16 September 2013. SA0040670. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. "2905.0 - Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.