Struan is a locality located within the

Naracoorte Lucindale Council The Naracoorte Lucindale Council is a local government area in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Limestone Coast region in the south-east of the state adjacent to the Victorian border. It was created on 1 December 1998 foll ...

in the

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region of

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. The railway between Wolseley and Mount Gambier passed through here but closed on 12 April 1995.

Climate

Struan has a

warm-summer mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...

( Köppen: Csb), with very warm, dry summers and cool, relatively wet winters. Average maxima vary from in February to in July and average minima fluctuate between in February and in July. Mean average annual

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is , spread between 156.1 precipitation days. Annually, the town only experiences 41.6 clear days, whilst having 113.1 cloudy days. Extreme temperatures have ranged from on 16 July 1979 to on 20 February 1983. Sun data was taken from Kybybolite Research Centre NE.

Demographics

As of the

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, 40 people resided in Struan, down from 45 in the . The

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age of persons in Struan was 46 years. There were equal amount of males and females, with 50% of the population being male and female. The average household size was 2.7 people per household.

References

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