Carrickalinga

Carrickalinga
South Australia
North Carrickalinga Beach
Carrickalinga is located in South Australia
Carrickalinga
Carrickalinga
Coordinates35°26′0″S 138°19′0″E / 35.43333°S 138.31667°E / -35.43333; 138.31667
Population364 (2016 census)[1]
Established1958[2]
Postcode(s)5204[3]
Location61 km (38 mi) South of Adelaide
LGA(s)District Council of Yankalilla
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island[4]
State electorate(s)Mawson[5]
Federal division(s)Mayo[6]
Suburbs around Carrickalinga:
Gulf St Vincent Myponga Beach Myponga Beach
Gulf St Vincent Carrickalinga Wattle Flat
Normanville Normanville
Yankalilla
Wattle Flat
FootnotesLocation[3]
Adjoining localities[2]

Carrickalinga (from Kaurna Karrakardlangga / Karragarlangga) is a small coastal town in South Australia about 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Adelaide on the Fleurieu Peninsula overlooking Gulf St Vincent. The town has no shops, with the nearest being in Normanville, one kilometre away. Haycock Point separates two beaches, sometimes referred to as North Carrickalinga and South Carrickalinga beaches, both on Yankalilla Bay. Carrickalinga Creek discharges into the sea south of the town.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Carrickalinga". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 June 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Search result for "Carrickalinga (Locality Bounded)" (Record no. SA0012659) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Postcode for Carrickalinga, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Fleurieu Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  5. ^ Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.