Wandearah West, South Australia

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Wandearah West
South Australia
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Wandearah West
Coordinates 33°23′34″S137°58′23″E / 33.392750°S 137.973130°E / -33.392750; 137.973130 Coordinates: 33°23′34″S137°58′23″E / 33.392750°S 137.973130°E / -33.392750; 137.973130
Population189 (shared with other localities within the 'State Suburb of Wandearah East' ) (2011 census) [1]
Established1995 [2]
Postcode(s) 5523 [3]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Port Pirie Regional Council [2]
State electorate(s) Frome [4]
Federal Division(s) Grey [5]
Mean max tempMean min tempAnnual rainfall
22.7 °C
73 °F
9.3 °C
49 °F
473.3 mm
18.6 in
Suburbs around Wandearah West:
Spencer Gulf Lower Broughton Lower Broughton
Spencer Gulf Wandearah West Wandearah East
Spencer Gulf Fisherman Bay Clements Gap
FootnotesDistances [3]
Coordinates [2]
Climate [6]
Adjoining localities [2]

Wandearah West is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Spencer Gulf about 179 kilometres (111 miles) north-west of the Adelaide city centre and about 22 kilometres (14 miles) south of Port Pirie. [3]

Its boundaries were created in June 1995 for the “long established name.” The name was derived from the cadastral unit in which the locality is located - the Hundred of Wandearah, [2] a hundred of the County of Victoria.

As of 2015, land within the locality was zoned for agriculture while a strip of land along its coastline was zoned for conservation. [7] [2]

Wandearah West 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]

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wandearah East". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 May 2016. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search result for "Wandearah West (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0014154) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Development Plan Layer"". Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure . Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Postcode for Wandearah West , South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 "District of Frome Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics GEORGETOWN (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  7. "Development Plan - Port Pirie (RC), Consolidated – 10 January 2013" (PDF). Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 134–135, 139–141 and 197–207. Retrieved 6 May 2016.