Mount Barker, South Australia

Mount Barker
South Australia
Gawler St, Mt Barker
Mount Barker is located in South Australia
Mount Barker
Mount Barker
Coordinates35°04′S 138°51′E / 35.067°S 138.850°E / -35.067; 138.850
Population21,554 (UCL 2021)[1]
Established1839
Postcode(s)5251
Elevation360 m (1,181 ft)
Location33 km (21 mi) from Adelaide
LGA(s)Mount Barker
State electorate(s)Kavel
Federal division(s)Mayo
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
20.0 °C
68 °F
8.0 °C
46 °F
766.8 mm
30.2 in
Localities around Mount Barker:
Hahndorf, Paechtown Totness, Littlehampton, Blakiston Nairne
Echunga Mount Barker Mount Barker Summit, Mount Barker Springs
Macclesfield Bugle Ranges Wistow
Footnotes[2]

Mount Barker is a city in South Australia. Located approximately 33 kilometres (21 miles) from the Adelaide city centre, it is home to 21,554 residents (2021).[4] It is the seat of the District Council of Mount Barker, the largest town in the Adelaide Hills, Part of Greater Adelaide, as well as one of the fastest-growing areas in the state.

Mount Barker lies at the base of a local eponymous peak called the Mount Barker summit. It is 50 kilometres from the Murray River. Mount Barker was traditionally a farming area. Many of the lots just outside the town area are farming lots, although some of them have been replaced with new subdivisions in recent times.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Barker (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Electoral District of Kavel (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  3. ^ 2016 Census QuickStats: Mount Barker (Urban Centre) Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Stat Data Explorer - Census 2021". Retrieved 5 December 2022.