Stokes Bay, South Australia

Suburb of Kangaroo Island Council, South Australia

35°39′40″S 137°10′36″E / 35.660980°S 137.176660°E / -35.660980; 137.176660Population259 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Menzies”) (2011 census)^[2]^[a]Established2002^[1]Postcode(s)5223 ^[3]Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30) • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)Location

149 km (93 mi) south-west of Adelaide
37 km (23 mi) west of Kingscote

LGA(s)Kangaroo Island Council^[1]Region Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island^[4]CountyCounty of Carnarvon^[1]State electorate(s)Mawson ^[5]Federal division(s)Mayo^[6]

Mean max temp	Mean min temp	Annual rainfall
19.1 °C 66 °F	11.6 °C 53 °F	488.9 mm 19.2 in

Suburbs around Stokes Bay:
Investigator Strait^[1]	Investigator Strait^[1]	Investigator Strait^[1]
Middle River^[1]	Stokes Bay	Cassini^[1]
Middle River^[1]	Duncan^[1]	Cassini^[1]

FootnotesCoordinates^[1]
Locations^[3]
Climate^[7]

Stokes Bay is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island overlooking Investigator Strait about 162 kilometres (101 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide.^[1]^[3] Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” and includes the Stokes Bay Shack Site.^[1] Land use in the locality is principally for agricultural purposes with activity limited on the coastline to the north for conservation purposes. A settlement also occupies land immediately adjoining the bay of the same name.^[8] Stokes Bay is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.^[6]^[5]^[1]

References

Notes

^ For the 2011 census, the ‘State Suburb of Menzies’ consisted of the localities of Cassini, Cygnet River, Menzies and Stokes Bay.

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Search result for "Stokes Bay(Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0058386) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Menzies". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Postcode for Stokes Bay, South Australia (Postcode)". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics KINGSCOTE (nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
^ "Development Plan, Kangaroo Island Council" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. pp. 114–115, 152–156, 169–170, 240–241 and 412–413. Retrieved 8 March 2016.