5-665: The Yorke Peninsula Council is a local government area in South Australia . Its boundaries include most of the Yorke Peninsula . The main Council office is at Maitland ; the council also maintains branch offices at Minlaton and Yorketown . It came into existence on 10 February 1997 as a result of the amalgamation of the District Council of Central Yorke Peninsula , the District Council of Minlaton ,
10-405: The District Council of Warooka and the District Council of Yorketown . It was named as the District Council of Yorke Peninsula at its inception, but was renamed to Yorke Peninsula Council in 2013. Yorke Peninsula Council includes the towns and localities of: The Yorke Peninsula Council has a directly-elected mayor. Local government areas of South Australia Local government in
15-559: The Australian state of South Australia describes the organisations and processes by which towns and districts can manage their own affairs to the extent permitted by section 64A of Constitution Act 1934 (SA) . The organisations, often called local government areas (LGAs) are constituted and managed in accordance with the Local Government Act 1999 (South Australia). They are grouped below by region, as defined by
20-541: The Local Government Association of South Australia. Maralinga Tjarutja and Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara aboriginal councils both located in the remote north of the state are by far the largest South Australian LGAs, both exceeding 100,000 km . Coorong District Council and Loxton Waikerie are the next largest LGAs. The smallest LGAs are Walkerville and then Prospect , both occupying less than 10 km each. The area with
25-614: The largest population growth was Playford in Adealide's northern suburbs with a net increase of 2,847 people from June 2021 to June 2022. Port Pirie had the largest net reduction in population of 106. The fastest growth of an LGA in South Australia was in Adelaide Plains at 4.9 percent. Coober Pedy was the fastest shrinking LGA, at -3.0 percent. This group of areas are found around Metropolitan Adelaide along
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