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| Leigh Creek South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Leigh Creek | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°35′S 138°24′E / 30.583°S 138.400°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 91 (SAL 2021)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5731 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Outback Communities Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Far North[3] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Stuart[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[7] | ||||||||||||||
Leigh Creek is a former coal-mining town in eastern central South Australia. At the 2016 census, Leigh Creek had a population of 245, a 55% decrease from 550 in the previous census in 2011.[8]
Situated to the west of the northern Flinders Ranges, the current town is 13 km further south than the original town—it was moved in 1982 to allow for the expansion of the mine. As a result, most facilities and buildings in the town are only a little over thirty years old, and with relatively modern designs.
The mine and associated railway station are named Telford.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Leigh Creek (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Leigh Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ "Far North SA government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ "District of Stuart Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ a b c "Summary (climate) Summary statistics LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "Search result for "Leigh Creek (LOCB)" (Record no SA0039085) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetter)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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