Port Augusta is a coastal city in South Australia about 310 kilometres by road from the state capital, Adelaide. Most of the city is on the easter…Port Augusta is a coastal city in South Australia about 310 kilometres by road from the state capital, Adelaide. Most of the city is on the eastern shores of Spencer Gulf, immediately south of the gulf's head, comprising the city's centre and surrounding suburbs, Stirling North, and seaside homes at Commissariat Point, Blanche Harbor and Miranda. The suburb of Port Augusta West is on the western side of the gulf on the Eyre Peninsula. Together, these localities had a population of 13,515 people in the 2021 census.