Kingsford, South Australia

Kingsford is a locality in South Australia located about 46 kilometres (29 miles) north of the Adelaide city centre. The Sturt Highway crosses the locality which is bounded by the Thiele Highway on the northwest, Roseworthy and Gomersal Roads on the north and the North Para River on the south.[2][3]

Kingsford South Australia
Kingsford
Coordinates	34.544670°S 138.793440°E / -34.544670; 138.793440
Population	1216 (shared with other localities in the “State Suburb of Roseworthy”) (2011 census)[1]
Established	1995[2]
Postcode(s)	5118[3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	46 km (29 mi) north of Adelaide city centre
LGA(s)	Light Regional Council
State electorate(s)	Light[4]
Federal Division(s)	Barker
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 22.6 °C 73 °F 10.0 °C 50 °F 466.9 mm 18.4 in
Suburbs around Kingsford: Roseworthy[2] Shea-Oak Log[2] Shea-Oak Log[2] Roseworthy[2] Kingsford Rosedale[2] Gawler Belt Hewett[2] Concordia[2] Rosedale[2]
Footnotes	Coordinates[2] Locations[3] Climate [5]

Kingsford's boundaries were created in May 1995 for the ”long established name” which is derived from the “Kingsford homestead.”[2] The principal land use within the locality is agriculture.[6]

The Kingsford homestead survives and is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register; it is also notable as a location in the Australian television series, McLeod's Daughters.[7][8] Kingsford is located within the federal Division of Barker, the state electoral district of Light and the local government area of the Light Regional Council.[4][2]