Point Lowly is a suburb of Far North, South
Australia and is about 227 kms north-northwest of
SA's capital city of Adelaide. In the 2011 Australian
census the population of Point Lowly was 299 when
there were 131 Females and 168 Males living there.
The median age for people living in Point Lowly
was 37.
Point Lowly is the tip of a small peninsula north
north-east of Whyalla in the Upper Spencer Gulf
region of South Australia. The wider peninsula is
shared by a combination of defence, industrial,
residential, recreational and tourism interests.
Point Lowly marks the entrance to the narrow
basin of upper Spencer Gulf. Wind generated
waves dominate the upper Spencer Gulf coastline
which is protected from the ocean swell. The area
has regular dodge tides every fortnight. During a
dodge tide there is no tidal movement for a period
of a day or two.