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| Port Broughton South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The Port Broughton Hotel in 2006 | |||||||||||||||
  Port Broughton | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°35′0″S 137°56′8″E / 33.58333°S 137.93556°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,116 (UCL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1876 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5522 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 170 km (106 mi) North West of Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | District Council of Barunga West | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Narungga[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[3] | ||||||||||||||
Port Broughton is a small South Australian town located at the northern extent of the Yorke Peninsula on the east coast of Spencer Gulf. It is situated about 170 km north-west of Adelaide, and 56 km south of Port Pirie. At the 2016 census, the town of Port Broughton had a population of 1,034.[4]
The close proximity to Adelaide (two hours' drive) makes it a popular tourist destination, with the number of people in town swelling to over 4,000 in the summer holidays.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Port Broughton (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "Search result for "Port Broughton (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SASA0040532) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Government of South Australia, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Port Broughton (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
