Tulka, South Australia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tulka South Australia
Tulka Location in South Australia
Population	126 (2016 census)
Established	2003
Postcode(s)	5607
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	259 km (161 mi) W of Adelaide 10 km (6 mi) W of Port Lincoln
LGA(s)	District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
Region	Eyre Western
County	Flinders
State electorate(s)	Flinders
Federal Division(s)	Grey
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 21.2 °C 70 °F 11.3 °C 52 °F 383.2 mm 15.1 in
Suburbs around Tulka: Uley Duck Ponds Port Lincoln Uley Tulka Port Lincoln (water body) Sleaford Sleaford Port Lincoln (water body)
Footnotes	Location Adjoining localities

Tulka is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula overlooking the western end of the body of water known as Port Lincoln and which is located 259 kilometres (161 miles) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) west of the city of Port Lincoln.

The boundaries of the locality were created on October 2003 for the “long established name.” The boundary with the locality of Sleaford was altered in both 2006 and 2011.

Land use within Tulka includes both agriculture and conservation with the latter being represented by the Lincoln Conservation Park. Land use is subject to statutory control in order to manage the aquifer system existing within Tulka and adjoining localities.

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Duck Ponds had a population of 126 people.

Tulka is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula.