Brentwood, South Australia — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live local weather conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Brentwood, in the Yorke Peninsula Council local government area.
| Locality | Brentwood |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | Yorke Peninsula Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -34.86625 |
| Longitude | 137.51022 |
| Population | 80 |
| Density | 1.5 /km² |
| Area | 54.9 km² |
| Elevation | 18 m |
| Postcode | 5575 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 100 km west |
Brentwood is a locality in the Yorke Peninsula Council local government area of South Australia, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 80. The locality covers an area of 54.9 km², giving a population density of about 1.5 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 18 m above sea level. It lies approximately 100 km west of Adelaide. Brentwood is located at 34.8663°S, 137.5102°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5575. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Brentwood unfolds across the gentle rise of the land, a quiet settlement embraced by the broad, sun-drenched contours of the Yorke Peninsula. It lies 97.0 km west-north-west of Morphett Vale, SA (from Morphett Vale, SA: bearing 287°T), and is situated 8.0 km south-south-west of Minlaton. Here, the air carries the faint, earthy scent of dry grass and the distant tang of salt, a constant reminder of the sea’s pervasive influence even inland. The landscape is a study in muted colours: ochre soils, pale green scrub, and the vast, almost boundless expanse of a sky that shifts from a crystalline blue at midday to a bruised lavender as dusk descends. Farmhouses, their corrugated iron roofs gleaming dully, are scattered across the terrain like seeds dropped from a careless hand, each a small beacon of human presence against the immensity of the countryside. The silence here is not empty, but rather a deep, resonant quietude, punctuated by the calls of unseen birds and the almost imperceptible sigh of the wind through sparse vegetation.
The story of Brentwood is deeply interwoven with the agricultural heritage of this region, a place carved from the wilder country by generations of diligent hands. For many years, the land’s bounty, primarily wheat and barley, formed the bedrock of its economy, the golden harvests a promise of prosperity. You can still see the sturdy, weathered grain silos standing sentinel, monuments to a bygone era of abundant yields. While farming remains a vital thread, the character of Brentwood has also begun to broaden, with a quiet tourism drawing visitors who seek the unpretentious charm and wide-open spaces of the peninsula. The close-knit nature of its inhabitants, a reflection of the shared history and the practical realities of life in a place so dependent on the rhythms of the land and the seasons, lends Brentwood a distinctive, unhurried pace, where neighbourly waves are a common currency and the local pub serves as a gentle hub of everyday life.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Brentwood, South Australia with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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 Brentwood, in the Yorke Peninsula Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Brentwood includes the postcode (5575), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Yorke Peninsula Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer Regional 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 Brentwood is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | June 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. |