Explore Pooraka, South Australia, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Pooraka, 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.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Pooraka, South Australia, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of South Australia or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Pooraka and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Pooraka.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Pooraka |
| State | South Australia (SA) |
| Local Government Area | City Of Salisbury |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT) |
| Remoteness | Major Cities of Australia |
| Latitude | -34.82339 |
| Longitude | 138.62763 |
| Population | 7,158 |
| Density | 1323.1 /km² |
| Area | 5.4 km² |
| Elevation | 20 m |
| Postcode | 5095 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Adelaide | 12 km north-northeast |
Pooraka is a locality in the City Of Salisbury local government area of South Australia, Australia. It has a population of approximately 7,158. The locality covers an area of 5.4 km², giving a population density of about 1323.1 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 20 m above sea level. It lies approximately 12 km north-northeast of Adelaide. Pooraka is located at 34.8234°S, 138.6276°E. It observes Australian Central Time (ACST/ACDT). Postcode: 5095.
Pooraka exists on a gentle, subtly sloping plain, the earth here a rich, ochreous clay that drinks deeply of the infrequent rains. It lies 11.7 km north-north-east of Adelaide, SA (from Adelaide, SA: bearing 12°T), and is situated 4.6 km south-south-east of Parafield Gardens. The sky above is a vast, uninterrupted canvas, often bleached by the sun to a pale, almost ethereal blue during the day, but transforming into a bruised violet and then a deep, star-pricked indigo as evening descends, a spectacle that imbues the air with a quiet, profound stillness. Low-lying scrubby gums and tenacious wattles dot the landscape, their leaves a muted green, rustling with a dry whisper in the prevailing breezes that carry the scent of distant, sun-baked earth. The character of Pooraka is one of quiet endurance, a place where the land dictates a measured pace, and the horizon stretches out with an unhurried promise.
The history of Pooraka is intertwined with the agricultural ambitions of early settlers, the land here once yielding crops that fed a growing colony, and the echoes of that pastoral past can still be felt in the broad, open fields that now mostly house suburban sprawl and light industrial estates. Its economy has shifted, from the fertile promise of the soil to the hum of manufacturing and warehousing, a testament to its adaptable spirit, though vestiges of its rural beginnings remain in the occasional remnant paddock and the names of streets that recall forgotten farms. This locality is marked by its proximity to larger centres, yet it retains a distinct identity, a place where the daily commute is a familiar rhythm and the weekend often involves tending to gardens that, despite the urbanisation, still seem to yearn for the deep, nourishing embrace of the clay beneath.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Pooraka, 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 Pooraka, in the City Of Salisbury local government area.
Detailed location data for Pooraka includes the postcode (5095), telephone area code (08), and local government area (City Of Salisbury), 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.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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 Pooraka is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |