List of places in South Australia by population

This is a list of places in South Australia by urban centre population.

Largest urban centres or localities by population

Adelaide
State capital

Murray Bridge in the distance

Victor Harbor

Urban centres are defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as being a population cluster of 1,000 or more people.^[1] For statistical purposes, people living in urban centres are classified as urban. These figures represent the populations of the contiguous built-up areas of each city.

Suburbs of Adelaide are not included, with the exception of Gawler, Mount Barker, Crafers-Bridgewater and Nairne, which can all be seen as semi-rural suburbs but also as separate towns.

Rank	Urban centre	Population 2006 Census	Population 2011 Census	Growth Rate	Area of State
1	Adelaide	1,040,719	1,103,979	6.08%	Adelaide Plains
2	Mount Gambier	23,494	25,199	7.26%	Limestone Coast
3	Gawler	20,006	23,957	19.75%	Adelaide Plains
4	Whyalla	21,122	21,736	2.91%	Eyre Peninsula
5	Murray Bridge	14,048	15,967	13.66%	Murraylands
6	Stirling-Bridgewater	13,375	14,617	9.29%	Adelaide Hills
7	Mount Barker	11,540	14,452	25.23%	Adelaide Hills
8	Port Lincoln	13,044	14,088	8.00%	Eyre Peninsula
9	Port Pirie	13,206	13,819	4.64%	Mid North
10	Port Augusta	13,257	13,504	1.86%	Eyre Peninsula
11	Victor Harbor	10,380	13,411	29.20%	Fleurieu Peninsula
12	Goolwa	5,882	10,438 [note 1]	77.46%	Fleurieu Peninsula
13	Strathalbyn	3,894	5,292	35.90%	Fleurieu Peninsula
14	Nuriootpa	4,414	5,215	18.15%	Barossa Valley
15	Naracoorte	4,888	4,908	0.41%	Limestone Coast
16	Millicent	4,771	4,798	0.57%	Limestone Coast
17	Roxby Downs	3,847	4,702	22.23%	Far North
18	Kadina	4,026	4,470	11.03%	Yorke Peninsula
19	Renmark	4,339	4,387	1.11%	Riverland
20	Tanunda	4,153	4,214	1.47%	Barossa Valley
21	Nairne	3,470	4,198	20.98%	Adelaide Hills
22	Berri	4,008	4,103	2.37%	Riverland
23	Loxton	3,431	3,795	10.61%	Riverland
24	Moonta	3,350	3,659	9.22%	Yorke Peninsula
25	Clare	3,063	3,278	7.02%	Clare Valley
26	Wallaroo	3,053	3,160	3.50%	Yorke Peninsula
27	McLaren Vale	2,908	3,043	4.64%	Fleurieu Peninsula
28	Bordertown	2,581	2,549	-1.24%	Limestone Coast
29	Kapunda	2,480	2,484	0.16%	Barossa Valley
30	Angle Vale	1,359	2,363	73.88%	Adelaide Plains
31	Ceduna	2,304	2,289	-0.65%	Eyre Peninsula
32	Mannum	2,042	2,164	5.97%	Murraylands
33	Willunga	2,104	2,094	-0.48%	Fleurieu Peninsula
34	Hahndorf	1,805	2,092	15.90%	Adelaide Hills
35	Lobethal	1,836	1,957	6.59%	Adelaide Hills
36	Angaston	1,865	1,940	4.02%	Barossa Valley
37	Barmera	1,928	1,914	-0.73%	Riverland
38	Williamstown	1,432	1,882	31.42%	Barossa Valley
39	Woodside	1,826	1,842	0.88%	Adelaide Hills
40	Balaklava	1,626	1,827	12.36%	Mid North
41	Two Wells	717	1,764 [note 2]	146.03%	Adelaide Plains
42	Kingscote	1,692	1,763	4.20%	Kangaroo Island
43	Waikerie	1,744	1,633	-6.36%	Riverland
44	Lyndoch	1,415	1,618	14.35%	Barossa Valley
45	Kingston SE	1,630	1,612	-1.10%	Limestone Coast
46	Balhannah	1,028	1,597 [note 3]	55.35%	Adelaide Hills
47	Freeling	1,325	1,591	20.08%	Barossa Valley
48	Coober Pedy	1,472	1,584	7.61%	Far North
49	Lewiston	2,742	1,545 [note 4]	-43.65%	Adelaide Plains
50	Peterborough	1,689	1,486	-12.02%	Mid North
51	Tumby Bay	1,351	1,474	9.10%	Eyre Peninsula
52	Jamestown	1,407	1,406	-0.07%	Mid North
53	Tailem Bend	1,457	1,405	-3.57%	Murraylands
54	Normanville	864	1,356	56.94%	Fleurieu Peninsula
55	Penola	1,317	1,337	1.52%	Limestone Coast
56	Crystal Brook	1,185	1,278	7.85%	Mid North
57	Quorn	1,068	1,206	12.92%	Flinders Ranges
58	Ardrossan	1,122	1,136	1.25%	Yorke Peninsula
59	Keith	1,089	1,069	-1.84%	Limestone Coast
60	Maitland	1,056	1,047	-0.85%	Yorke Peninsula
61	Mount Compass	695	1,042	49.93%	Fleurieu Peninsula
62	McLaren Flat	642	1,034	61.06%	Fleurieu Peninsula
63	Robe	1,246	1,018	-18.30%	Limestone Coast
64	Streaky Bay	1,059	1,005	-5.10%	Eyre Peninsula

1. At the 2011 census, the Goolwa urban centre included Middleton, whereas the 2006 census did not
2. At the 2011 census, the area of the Two Wells urban centre was redrawn and enlarged resulting in a disproportionate growth figure
3. In the 2011 census, Oakbank was included in the Balhannah urban centre whereas it was not in the 2006 census
4. At the 2011 census, the area of the Lewiston urban centre was redrawn and significantly reduced, resulting in a disproportionate decrease in the population

25 largest local government areas by population

local government areas are the main units of local government in Australia. They may be termed cities, shires, councils or other names, but they all function similarly.

Rank	Local government area	Population 2006 census	Population 2007 estimate [2]	Growth rate	Stat. division/district
1.	City of Onkaparinga	154,417	155,919	1.0%	Adelaide
2.	City of Salisbury	122,163	124,825	2.2%	Adelaide
3.	City of Port Adelaide Enfield	106,373	107,970	1.5%	Adelaide
4.	City of Charles Sturt	104,069	104,464	0.4%	Adelaide
5.	City of Tea Tree Gully	99,461	99,564	0.1%	Adelaide
6.	City of Marion	81,430	82,229	1.0%	Adelaide
7.	City of Playford	71,903	73,162	1.8%	Adelaide
8.	City of Mitcham	64,282	64,717	0.7%	Adelaide
9.	City of West Torrens	54,371	54,896	1.0%	Adelaide
10.	City of Campbelltown	47,941	48,287	0.7%	Adelaide
11.	City of Burnside	43,902	43,888	-0.1%	Adelaide
12.	Adelaide Hills Council	39,601	39,691	0.2%	Adelaide
13.	City of Unley	37,826	38,104	0.7%	Adelaide
14.	City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters	35,255	35,571	0.9%	Adelaide
15.	City of Holdfast Bay	34,704	35,037	1.0%	Adelaide
16.	District Council of Mount Barker	27,612	28,270	2.4%	Adelaide
17.	City of Mount Gambier	24,494	24,640	0.6%	Mount Gambier
18.	City of Whyalla	22,332	22,612	1.3%	Whyalla
19.	Alexandrina Council	21,505	22,026	2.4%	Alexandrina
20.	Barossa Council	21,407	21,806	1.9%	Barossa
21.	City of Prospect	20,063	20,354	1.5%	Adelaide
22.	Town of Gawler	19,406	19,841	2.2%	Gawler
23.	Rural City of Murray Bridge	18,364	18,595	1.3%	Murray Bridge
24.	City of Adelaide	17,723	18,575	4.8%	Adelaide
25.	Port Pirie Regional Council	17,776	17,869	0.5%	Port Pirie

See also

• Demographics of Australia
• List of cities in Australia
• List of places in Victoria by population
• List of places in Queensland by population

Notes and references

1. "Urban Centres and Localities (UCLs) and Significant Urban Areas (SUAs)" (PDF). Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
2. "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2006-07". Australian Bureau of Statistics.