Blakiston, South Australia
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| Coordinates: 35°02′37″S 138°52′48″E / 35.043518°S 138.880126°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Adelaide Hills | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1839 (town) 2003 (locality) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 377 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+10:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5250 | ||||||||||||
| County | Hindmarsh | ||||||||||||
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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.