Montacute

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Montacute

Air quality index

16Good

Elevation395 m

WeatherAvg high 65.9°F

Coordinates-34.89°, 138.74°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Montacute is a small regional area in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. Montacute is located on Fifth Creek, and the mostly-rural suburb extends from Rostrevor in the west to Lenswood in the east, bounded on the north by Castambul and on the south by Norton Summit and Cherryville. The small town of Montacute Heights is located on top of the ridge between Fifth and Sixth Creeks. Montacute is reached from Adelaide via Montacute Road.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Thomas Playford

Australian politician and fruit grower (1896-1981)

Jeremy Burgess

Australian motorcycle racing engineer

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Russ Henshaw

Australian freestyle skier

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Algy Hay

Australian footballer

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Andy Delmont

Australian cricketer

Bruce Schultz

Australian rules footballer and cricketer (1913-1980)

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Fred Stacey

Australian politician

George John Robert Murray

judge in South Australia (1863–1942)

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George Ligertwood

Australian judge

Graham Manou

Australian cricketer

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Graydon Henning

Australian historian

Jack Mortimer

Australian politician

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Jagan Hames

Australian decathlete

James Heading

Australian politician (1884–1969)

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John Lill

Australian rules footballer and cricketer

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Nathan Adcock

cricketer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in South Australia

• Cherryville
  2.1 mi away
• Ashton
  3.3 mi away
• Basket Range
  3.6 mi away · pop. 100
• Uraidla
  4.5 mi away · pop. 931
• Carey Gully
  5.2 mi away
• Inglewood
  5.2 mi away
• Cudlee Creek
  5.8 mi away · pop. 126
• Adelaide
  8.2 mi away · pop. 1,245,011
• Gumeracha
  9.7 mi away · pop. 721
• Kersbrook
  10 mi away · pop. 417
• Salisbury
  10.4 mi away
• Longwood
  10.6 mi away · pop. 98

Browse all places in South Australia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

white ramping-fumitory

Fumaria capreolata

Seen 2026-07-22

calla lily

Zantedeschia aethiopica

Seen 2026-07-22

Adelaide Rosella

Platycercus elegans adelaidae

Seen 2026-07-22

Australian Wood Duck

Chenonetta jubata

Seen 2026-07-22

Little Pied Cormorant

Microcarbo melanoleucos

Seen 2026-07-22

ploughshare wattle

Acacia gunnii

Seen 2026-07-22

Hoplostega ochroma

Hoplostega ochroma

Seen 2026-07-21

Common Eastern Froglet

Crinia signifera

Seen 2026-07-21

Australian Ibis

Threskiornis molucca

Seen 2026-07-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Montacute, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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