Kingston SE

Kingston SE
South Australia
Lobster sculpture located at the entrance to the town
Kingston SE is located in South Australia
Kingston SE
Kingston SE
Coordinates36°49′S 139°51′E / 36.817°S 139.850°E / -36.817; 139.850[1]
Population1,637 (UCL 2021)[2]
Established1861 (town)
3 December 1998 (locality)[1][3]
Postcode(s)5275[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Kingston District Council[1]
State electorate(s)MacKillop[5]
Federal division(s)Barker[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
19.3 °C
67 °F		 10.4 °C
51 °F		 494.1 mm
19.5 in
Localities around Kingston SE:
Lacepede Bay West Range Blackford
Lacepede Bay
Rosetown
Lacepede Bay		 Kingston SE Blackford
Reedy Creek
Lacepede Bay Wyomi
Sandy Grove
Wangolina
Reedy Creek		 Reedy Creek
FootnotesLocations[4]
Adjoining Localities[1]

Kingston SE (Kingston South East to distinguish it from Kingston on Murray), formerly Kingston, is a town in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east coastline on the shores of Lacepede Bay. It is located about 240 kilometres (150 miles) southeast of the state capital of Adelaide and 138 kilometres (86 miles) north-west of the centre of the city of Mount Gambier.

At the 2021 census, Kingston SE had a population of 1,637.

  1. ^ a b c d "Search result for "Kingston SE(Locality Bounded)" (Record no SASA0036846) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kingston SE (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Lacepede)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 1711. 3 December 1998. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Postcode for Kingston SE, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  5. ^ "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  7. ^ a b c "Struan Climate Statistics (1974-1999)". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 16 August 2024.