Blakiston, South Australia
Blakiston is a town in the Australian state of South Australia. The town is located approximately 36 kilometres (22 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide, adjacent to the Princes Highway. Its postal code is 5250 – though it has no post office. Post is delivered to the neighbouring town of Littlehampton which shares the post code. The town and surrounding countryside, a mixture of pastureland and eucalypt forest, make up around 16 square kilometres. At the 2021 census, the locality of Blakiston had a population of 377 and a median age of 46.
| Blakiston South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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St James' Church | |||||||||||||||
Blakiston | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°02′37″S 138°52′48″E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 377 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1839 (town) 2003 (locality) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5250 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | District Council of Mount Barker | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Adelaide Hills | ||||||||||||||
| County | Hindmarsh | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Kavel | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mayo | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities | ||||||||||||||
There are no signs or markers to indicate that Blakiston is separate from nearby Littlehampton, and they are increasingly indistinguishable as housing developments encroach.
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