Field, South Australia

Field
South Australia
Field
Coordinates 35°49′26″S 139°39′50″E / 35.823832°S 139.663873°E / -35.823832; 139.663873[1]
Population 79 (2016 census)[2]
Established 24 August 2000[3]
Postcode(s) 5265[4]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Coorong District Council [1]
Region Murray and Mallee [1]
County Buccleuch
Cardwell
Russell[1]
State electorate(s) MacKillop[5]
Federal Division(s) Barker[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
20.8 °C
69 °F
10.3 °C
51 °F
469.2 mm
18.5 in
Suburbs around Field:
Meningie Meningie East
Coonalpyn
Coonalpyn
Meningie
Coroong
Field Coonalpyn
Tintinara
Coroong Colebatch Tintinara
Footnotes adjoining localities[1]

Field is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state’s south-east about 139 kilometres (86 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 61 kilometres (38 mi) south-east of the municipal seat in Tailem Bend. [1][4]

Its boundaries were created on 24 August 2000.[3] Its name is derived from the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Field.[1]

The majority land use within Field is ’primary production’ and is concerned with “agricultural production.” Some land in its south-east corner which is occupied by the Mount Boothby Conservation Park is zoned for ‘conservation’.[8][1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Field had a population of 79 people.[2]

Field is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of MacKillop and the local government area of the Coorong District Council.[6][1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Search results for 'Field, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions', 'Land Development Plan Zone Categories' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Field". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 January 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. 1 2 "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 596, 24 August 2000, retrieved 5 January 2018
  4. 1 2 "Postcode for Field, South Australia". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  5. 1 2 "District of MacKillop Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Summary statistics MENINGIE (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  8. "Development Plan - Coorong District Council - Consolidated – 21 November 2017" (PDF). Government of South Australia. pp. 121, 145, 235-240 and 399-400. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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