Explore Croydon, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Croydon, SA map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Locality | Croydon |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | City Of Charles Sturt |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Major Cities of Australia |
| Latitude | -34.89468 |
| Longitude | 138.5653 |
| Area | 0.6 km² |
| Elevation | 17 m |
| Postcode | 5008 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 5 km northwest |
Croydon is a locality in the City Of Charles Sturt local government area of South Australia, Australia. The locality covers an area of 0.6 km². It sits at an elevation of around 17 m above sea level. It lies approximately 5 km northwest of Adelaide. Croydon is located at 34.8947°S, 138.5653°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5008.
Croydon rests on ground that remembers a different kind of quiet. It lies 4.7 km north-west of Adelaide, SA (from Adelaide, SA: bearing 317°T), and is situated 13.0 km south-south-west of Parafield Gardens. The land here, a gentle slope towards the coast, breathes the dry Australian air, carrying the faint scent of salt and baked earth. Low-slung houses, painted in muted colours that blend with the scrubby vegetation, cluster around a main street that hums with a steady, unhurried energy. The sky overhead is vast, a pale blue that can deepen to a bruised violet at dusk, casting long shadows that stretch across the ochre-coloured soil. A sense of open space pervades, an invitation to look out beyond the immediate, to where the horizon promises more of the same wide, sun-drenched country.
The story of Croydon is a quiet one, deeply tied to the land and the sea that lies a short distance away. Its foundations are etched in the early days of South Australia, a place that sustained its people through farming and fishing. The economy, while diversified now, still carries the echoes of those earlier endeavours; the scent of ripening fruit from nearby orchards sometimes drifts on the breeze, and the distant cry of gulls hints at the enduring connection to the coast. Croydon’s character is one of resilience and understated charm, a place where neighbours know each other and the passage of time feels measured by the changing seasons rather than the frantic pulse of a metropolis.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Croydon, South Australia. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Croydon, in the City Of Charles Sturt local government area.
Detailed location data for Croydon includes the postcode (5008), telephone area code (08), and local government area (City Of Charles Sturt), with an ABS remoteness classification of Major Cities of Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Croydon is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |