St Kilda, South Australia

St Kilda
AdelaideSouth Australia
Northern part of St Kilda township
St Kilda is located in South Australia
St Kilda
St Kilda
Coordinates34°44′19″S 138°32′05″E / 34.73861°S 138.53472°E / -34.73861; 138.53472
Population88 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established1893
Postcode(s)5110
Location22 km (14 mi) from Adelaide city centre
LGA(s)City of Salisbury
State electorate(s)Port Adelaide
Federal division(s)Spence
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.7 °C
73 °F
11.1 °C
52 °F
430.1 mm
16.9 in
Suburbs around St Kilda:
Barker Inlet Buckland Park Waterloo Corner
Barker Inlet St Kilda Waterloo Corner
Bolivar
Barker Inlet Bolivar Bolivar
FootnotesClimate[2]
Adjoining suburbs[3]

St Kilda is a coastal township, now classed as a suburb, 21 kilometres (13 miles) north-north-west of the centre of Adelaide, capital city of South Australia. With a population below 100 and a sole 4-kilometre (2.5-mile) road connecting to the nearest highway, its natural and built resources have remained relatively undisturbed. The seafront, containing a large area of mangroves, faces the Barker Inlet, which is part of the Port River estuarine area. St Kilda is an internationally recognised bird-watching area: more than 100 species[note 1] of birds feed in and around the mudflats, salt lagoons, mangroves and seagrass beds.[4]: 31–32 

The inhabited section of the suburb occupies less than 100 hectares (250 acres) along the seafront. The remainder of the land was formerly used for extensive salt evaporation ponds, although now they are much fewer in number. The settlement ponds of the Bolivar Waste Water Treatment Plant occupy some of the southern end of the suburb. St Kilda is bordered by Buckland Park to the north, Waterloo Corner to the east-north-east, Bolivar to the south and south-east, and Gulf St Vincent to the west.

The suburb is home to a number of tourist attractions, including an adventure playground, tram museum, mangrove forest walk and an abundance of birdlife.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "St Kilda (SA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Edinburgh RAAF (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Search result for "St Kilda (Suburb)" (Record no. SA0064364) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local government areas" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ^ Taylor, Edna (2003). The history and development of St Kilda South Australia. Salisbury, South Australia: Lions Club of Salisbury. ISBN 0646422197.


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