Thompson Beach South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34°29′11″S 138°17′02″E / 34.48639588°S 138.28388254°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 219 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1997[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 5501[3] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 56 km (35 mi) north of Adelaide city centre | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Adelaide Plains Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Narungga[4] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Grey[5] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Location[3] Coordinates[1] Climate[6] Adjoining localities[1] |
Thompson Beach is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the eastern coastline of Gulf St Vincent about 56 kilometres (35 miles) north of the Adelaide city centre.[3][1] Thompson Beach started as a sub-division in 1980 with boundaries being created in June 1997.[1][7] Land use with the locality is principally residential with built development being of a ‘low density’.[7] Thompson Beach is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga, and the local government area of the Adelaide Plains Council.[4][1]