Farm Beach is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula in the state’s west overlooking the body of water known as Coffin Bay about 297 kilometres (185 mi) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) south-west of the municipal seat of Cummins.[2]

Farm Beach South Australia
Farm Beach
Coordinates	34°29′53″S 135°23′46″E
Population	195 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Coulta”) (2016 census)[1] [lower-alpha 1]
Established	15 October 2009[2]
Postcode(s)	5607[2]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	297 km (185 mi) west of Adelaide 40 km (25 mi) south-west of Cummins
LGA(s)	District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula[2]
Region	Eyre Western[2]
County	Flinders[2]
State electorate(s)	Flinders[3]
Federal division(s)	Grey[4]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 21.3 °C 70 °F 11.4 °C 53 °F 394.6 mm 15.5 in
Suburbs around Farm Beach: Coffin Bay (body of water) Coulta Coulta Coffin Bay (body of water) Farm Beach Coulta Coffin Bay (body of water) Little Douglas Little Douglas
Footnotes	Coordinates[2] Locations[2] Climate[5] Adjoining localities[2]

Its boundaries were created on 15 October 2009 around a parcel of land used for the former Farm Beach Shack Site. The shack site had originally been incorporated in the locality of Coulta on 16 October 2003. It was created after a request by the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula to “use the well established local name.” Its name is derived from the former shack site.[2][6][7]

The locality contains a settlement consisting of permanent dwellings, a camping ground and vehicle parking.[2][8] Its coastline includes a boat ramp and an unpatrolled swimming beach which is considered by the Surf Life Saving Australia to be ‘least hazardous’.[9]

Land use within the locality consists of a ‘coastal conservation’ zone along the coastline in its west, an area zoned for ‘primary production’ in its north-east and an area in its centre zoned for ‘coastal settlement’ which has a desired character which encourages development involving low-rise detached dwellings.[10]

Farm Beach 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.[4][2][3]

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