Tumby Bay, South Australia

Tumby Bay
South Australia
View of the Tumby Bay jetty
Tumby Bay is located in South Australia
Tumby Bay
Tumby Bay
Coordinates34°22′S 136°06′E / 34.367°S 136.100°E / -34.367; 136.100
Population1,511 (UCL 2021)[1]
Established1900
Postcode(s)5605
Elevation0 m (0 ft)
Location45 km (28 mi) North of Port Lincoln
LGA(s)District Council of Tumby Bay
State electorate(s)Flinders
Federal division(s)Grey
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22 °C
72 °F
14 °C
57 °F
330.2 mm
13 in
Localities around Tumby Bay:
Ungarra Ungarra
Lipson
Lipson Cove
Yallunda Flat
Koppio
Tumby Bay Spencer Gulf
Whites River Whites River
Spencer Gulf
Spencer Gulf
FootnotesAdjoining localities[2]

Tumby Bay is a coastal town situated on the Spencer Gulf, on the eastern coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of Port Lincoln. The town of Tumby Bay is the major population centre of the District Council of Tumby Bay, and the centre of an agricultural district farming cereal crops and sheep, as well as having established fishing and tourism industries.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tumby Bay (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Search result for "Tumby Bay (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0009835) with the following layers being selected – "Suburbs and Localities"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 15 May 2016.