Blakiston, South Australia

Blakiston
St James' Church
Blakiston
Coordinates: 35°02′37″S 138°52′48″E / 35.043518°S 138.880126°E / -35.043518; 138.880126
CountryAustralia
StateSouth Australia
RegionAdelaide Hills
LGA
Location
Established1839 (town)
2003 (locality)
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total377 (SAL 2021)
Time zoneUTC+9:30 (ACST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+10:30 (ACST)
Postcode
5250
CountyHindmarsh
Localities around Blakiston
Littlehampton Nairne Nairne
Littlehampton Blakiston Nairne
Mount Barker Mount Barker Mount Barker
Adjoining localities

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.

There are no signs or markers to indicate that Blakiston is separate from nearby Littlehampton, and they are increasingly indistinguishable as housing developments encroach.