Reedy Creek
South Australia
Reedy Creek is located in South Australia
Reedy Creek
Reedy Creek
Coordinates36°55′44″S 140°01′20″E / 36.928969°S 140.022108°E / -36.928969; 140.022108[1]
Population95 (2016 census)[2]
Established3 December 1998[3]
Postcode(s)5275
Elevation15 m (49 ft)[4]
LGA(s)Kingston District Council
RegionLimestone Coast[1]
CountyRobe[1]
State electorate(s)MacKillop[5]
Federal division(s)Barker[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
19.3 °C
67 °F
10.3 °C
51 °F
489.4 mm
19.3 in
Localities around Reedy Creek:
Kingston SE Kingston SE
Blackford
Blackford
Kingston SE
Wangolina
Mount Benson
Reedy Creek Avenue Range
Conmurra
Bray Bray Greenways
FootnotesAdjoining localities[1]

Reedy Creek is a locality located within the Kingston District Council in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. The Kingston-Naracoorte railway line opened through the area on 1 September 1876. The Reedy Creek township grew around the railway siding. The railway closed in 1987.[8]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Reedy Creek had a population of 95 people.[2]

Reedy Creek is located within the federal division of Barker and the state electoral district of Mackillop.[6][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search results for 'Reedy Creek, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Roads' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Reedy Creek (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Lacepede)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 3 December 1998. p. 1711. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  4. "Search results for 'Reedy Creek Railway Station' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Roads' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  5. 1 2 "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  8. Bell, Peter; Marsden, Susan (29 September 2010). "Kingston SE – An Overview History". Professional Historians Australia (SA) Inc. Retrieved 28 September 2019.



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