Kangaroo Head, South Australia

Kangaroo Head
Kangaroo Head
Coordinates: 35°44′04″S 137°54′18″E / 35.734570°S 137.905030°E / -35.734570; 137.905030
CountryAustralia
StateSouth Australia
RegionFleurieu and Kangaroo Island
LGA
Location
Established2002
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total18 (SAL 2021)
Time zoneUTC+9:30 (ACST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+10:30 (ACST)
Postcode
5222
CountyCarnarvon
Mean max temp19.1 °C (66.4 °F)
Mean min temp11.6 °C (52.9 °F)
Annual rainfall488.9 mm (19.25 in)
Localities around Kangaroo Head
Nepean Bay Investigator Strait Backstairs Passage
Nepean Bay Kangaroo Head Penneshaw
Dudley East
American Beach Dudley West Dudley East
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Kangaroo Head is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island overlooking both Backstairs Passage and Nepean Bay about 110 kilometres (68 miles) south of the state capital of Adelaide.

Its boundaries were created in March 2002 for the “long established name” which is derived from Kangaroo Head, a headland located within the locality.

As of 2015, Kangaroo Head consists generally of a strip of land located between the Hog Bay Road and the coastline with Backstairs Passage and Nepean Bay. The majority land use in the locality is agriculture.

Kangaroo Head is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Mawson and the local government area of the Kangaroo Island Council.