The locality was established in June 1995 in respect to “the long established name.” Its name is derived from “its proximity” to the Broughton River.[1]
Lower Broughton occupies land between the coastline in the west and the Spencer Highway in the east around a section of the Broughton River.[7][1] Land use within the locality consists of agriculture with a strip of land along the coastline being zoned for conservation.[8][1]
^Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 208, ISBN978-1-86254-680-6