Wallaroo, South Australia

Wallaroo
South Australia
Wallaroo Town Hall
Wallaroo is located in South Australia
Wallaroo
Wallaroo
Coordinates33°55′0″S 137°37′0″E / 33.91667°S 137.61667°E / -33.91667; 137.61667
Population4,241 (UCL 2021)[1]
Established1851
Postcode(s)5556
Elevation44 m (144 ft)
Location160 km (99 mi) NNW of Adelaide
LGA(s)Copper Coast
State electorate(s)Narungga[2]
Federal division(s)Grey
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
23.0 °C
73 °F
10.8 °C
51 °F
386.7 mm
15.2 in
Localities around Wallaroo:
Spencer Gulf North Beach
Wallaroo Plain
Wallaroo Plain
Spencer Gulf Wallaroo Kadina
Spencer Gulf Warburto Kadina
FootnotesAdjoining localities[3]

Wallaroo is a port town on the western side of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, 160 kilometres (100 mi) northwest of Adelaide. It is one of the three Copper Triangle towns famed for their historic shared copper mining industry, and known together as "Little Cornwall", the other two being Kadina, about 8 kilometres (5 mi) to the east, and Moonta, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) south. In 2016, Wallaroo had a population of 3,988 according to the census held.[4]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wallaroo (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Search result for "Wallaroo (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0016792) with the following layer being selected – "Suburbs and Localities" and "Government Towns"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  4. ^ ABS – Wallaroo (SA2) Accessed 2017-08-30