Cleve, South Australia

Cleve
South Australia
Cleve is located in South Australia
Cleve
Cleve
Coordinates33°42′0″S 136°29′0″E / 33.70000°S 136.48333°E / -33.70000; 136.48333
Population796 (UCL 2021)[1]
Established1879
Postcode(s)5640
Elevation196 m (643 ft)
Location527 km (327 mi) North West of Adelaide
LGA(s)District Council of Cleve
RegionEyre Western[2]
CountyJervois[3]
State electorate(s)Flinders[4]
Federal division(s)Grey[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6]
22.0 °C
72 °F
11.3 °C
52 °F
964 mm
38 in
Localities around Cleve:
Campoona Campoona
Mangalo
Miltalie
Campoona
Rudall
Cleve Cowell
Rudall Rudall
Verran
Arno Bay
Cowell
FootnotesAdjoining localities[3]

Cleve is a small agriculturally based town on Central Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is 226 km southwest of Port Augusta and 143 km north of Port Lincoln. At the 2006 census, Cleve had a population of 738.[7] The town has its origins in the 1850s, with the town established some twenty years later.

Cleve is a hub for farmers and suppliers on the Eyre Peninsula and hosts a field day held each second year to offer the newest in farming equipment and stock.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cleve (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Search result for "Cleve (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0014332) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas", "Development Plan Layers", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Hundreds"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. ^ "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  6. ^ a b c Bureau of Meteorology, Cleve, retrieved 29 June 2007
  7. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Cleve (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 July 2011.