| Thornlea South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 37°25′21″S140°11′04″E / 37.422457°S 140.184491°E [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 46 (SAL 2021) [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 18 December 1997 [3] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5280 [4] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Wattle Range Council [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Limestone Coast [1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Grey [1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | MacKillop [5] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker [6] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Locations [4] [1] Adjoining localities [1] | ||||||||||||||
Thornlea is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east within the Limestone Coast region about 309 kilometres (192 mi) south east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-west of the municipal seat of Millicent. [1] [4]
Boundaries for the locality were created on 18 December 1997. [1] [3]
The land use in the locality is ‘primary production’. [1] [8] A protected area known as the Belt Hill Conservation Park is located in the locality's south-east corner on the boundary with Hatherleigh. [9]
Thornlea is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Wattle Range Council. [6] [5] [1]