Blakiston, South Australia

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Blakiston South Australia
St James' Church
Blakiston
Coordinates	35°02′37″S 138°52′48″E / 35.043518°S 138.880126°E / -35.043518; 138.880126[1]
Population	377 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established	1839 (town)[citation needed] 2003 (locality)
Postcode(s)	5250
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	36 km (22 mi) SE of Adelaide 6 km (4 mi) NE of Mount Barker 2 km (1 mi) E of Littlehampton
LGA(s)	District Council of Mount Barker
Region	Adelaide Hills[1]
County	Hindmarsh[1]
State electorate(s)	Kavel
Federal division(s)	Mayo
Localities around Blakiston: Littlehampton Nairne Nairne Littlehampton Blakiston Nairne Mount Barker Mount Barker Mount Barker
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[1]

Blakiston is a town in the Australian state of South Australia. The town is located approximately 36 kilometres (22 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide, adjacent to the Princes Highway. Its postal code is 5250 – though it has no post office. Post is delivered to the neighbouring town of Littlehampton which shares the post code. The town and surrounding countryside, a mixture of pastureland and eucalypt forest, make up around 16 square kilometres. At the 2021 census, the locality of Blakiston had a population of 377 and a median age of 46.

There are no signs or markers to indicate that Blakiston is separate from nearby Littlehampton, and they are increasingly indistinguishable as housing developments encroach.