Koolywurtie, South Australia

Koolywurtie
South Australia
Koolywurtie
Coordinates34°38′43″S 137°38′22″E / 34.645399°S 137.639484°E / -34.645399; 137.639484
Population101 (2021 census)
Established1999
Postcode(s)5575
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)Yorke Peninsula Council
RegionYorke and Mid North
CountyFergusson
State electorate(s)Narungga
Federal division(s)Grey
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.6 °C
73 °F
9.4 °C
49 °F
353.7 mm
13.9 in
Suburbs around Koolywurtie:
Wauraltee Wauraltee Wauraltee
Port Rickaby
Bluff Beach
Koolywurtie Curramulka
Bluff Beach Minlaton Curramulka
FootnotesAdjoining localities

Koolywurtie is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Yorke Peninsula about 93 kilometres (58 mi) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the municipal seat of Maitland.

Koolywurtie's boundaries were created on 27 May 1999 and given the “local established name” which is derived from the local aboriginal word used for some "nearby native wells."

The 2021 Australian census which was conducted in August 2021 reports that Koolywurtie had a population of 101 people.

Koolywurtie is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Narungga and the local government area of the Yorke Peninsula Council.