List of places in South Australia by population

This is a list of cities/towns 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 2016 Census	Population 2011 Census	Population 2006 Census	Growth Rate	Area of State
1	Adelaide	1,165,632	1,103,979	1,040,719	6.08%	Adelaide Plains
2	Gawler	26,472	23,957	20,006	19.75%	Adelaide Plains
3	Mount Gambier	26,148	25,199	23,494	7.26%	Limestone Coast
4	Whyalla	21,501	21,736	21,122	2.91%	Eyre Peninsula
5	Murray Bridge	16,804	15,967	14,048	13.66%	Murraylands
6	Mount Barker	16,629	14,452	11,540	25.23%	Adelaide Hills
7	Victor Harbor	15,265	13,411	10,380	29.20%	Fleurieu Peninsula
8	Crafers-Bridgewater	15,125	14,617	13,375	9.29%	Adelaide Hills
9	Port Lincoln	14,064	14,088	13,044	8.00%	Eyre Peninsula
10	Port Pirie	13,740	13,819	13,206	4.64%	Mid North
11	Port Augusta	12,896	13,504	13,257	1.86%	Eyre Peninsula
12	Goolwa	7,717	10,438 [note 1]	5,882	77.46%	Fleurieu Peninsula
13	Nuriootpa	5,691	5,215	4,414	18.15%	Barossa Valley
14	Strathalbyn	5,486	5,292	3,894	35.90%	Fleurieu Peninsula
15	Naracoorte	5,074	4,908	4,888	0.41%	Limestone Coast
16	Nairne	4,842	4,198	3,470	20.98%	Adelaide Hills
17	Millicent	4,734	4,798	4,771	0.57%	Limestone Coast
18	Renmark	4,634	4,387	4,339		Riverland
19	Kadina	4,587	4,470	4,026	11.03%	Yorke Peninsula
20	Tanunda	4,324	4,214	4,153	1.47%	Barossa Valley
21	Moonta	4,174	3,659	3,350	9.22%	Yorke Peninsula
22	Berri	4,088	4,103	4,008	2.37%	Riverland
23	Wallaroo	3,988	3,160{{Census]]
24	Loxton	3,838	3,795	3,431		Riverland
25	Roxby Downs	3,588	4,702	3,847	22.23%	Far North
26	Clare	3,327	3,278	3,063	7.02%	Clare Valley
27	McLaren Vale	3,096	3,043	2,908	4.64%	Fleurieu Peninsula
28	Angle Vale	2,818	2,363	1,359	73.88%	Adelaide Plains
29	Bordertown	2,669	2,549	2,581	−1.24%	Limestone Coast
30	Kapunda	2,598	2,484	2,480	0.16%	Barossa Valley
31	Mannum	2,398	2,164	2,042	5.97%	Murraylands
32	Hahndorf	2,180	2,092	1,805	15.90%	Adelaide Hills
33	Williamstown	2,163	1,882	1,432	31.42%	Barossa Valley
34	Ceduna	2,157	2,289	2,304	−0.65%	Eyre Peninsula
35	Willunga	2,143	2,094	2,104	−0.48%	Fleurieu Peninsula
36	Lobethal	2,135	1,957	1,836	6.59%	Adelaide Hills
37	Freeling	2,052	1,591	1,325	20.08%	Barossa Valley
38	Angaston	2,044	1,940	1,865	4.02%	Barossa Valley
39	Barmera	1,935	1,914	1,928	−0.73%	Riverland
40	Two Wells	1,926	1,764 [note 2]	717	146.03%	Adelaide Plains
41	Normanville	1,906 [note 3]	1,356	864	56.94%	Fleurieu Peninsula
42	Balaklava	1,902	1,827	1,626	12.36%	Mid North
43	Woodside	1,870	1,842	1,826	0.88%	Adelaide Hills
44	Lyndoch	1,799	1,618	1,415	14.35%	Barossa Valley
45	Kingscote	1,790	1,763	1,692	4.20%	Kangaroo Island
46	Kingston SE	1,648	1,612	1,630	−1.10%	Limestone Coast
47	Waikerie	1,632	1,633	1,744	−6.36%	Riverland
48	Coober Pedy	1,625	1,584	1,472	7.61%	Far North
49	Lewiston	1,589	1,545 [note 4]	2,742	−43.65%	Adelaide Plains
50	Balhannah	1,546	1,597 [note 5]	1,028	55.35%	Adelaide Hills
51	Tumby Bay	1,417	1,474	1,351	9.10%	Eyre Peninsula
52	Peterborough	1,416	1,486	1,689	−12.02%	Mid North
53	Tailem Bend	1,410	1,405	1,457	−3.57%	Murraylands
54	Jamestown	1,392	1,406	1,407	−0.07%	Mid North
55	Crystal Brook	1,324	1,278	1,185	7.85%	Mid North
56	Penola	1,312	1,337	1,317	1.52%	Limestone Coast
57	Ardrossan	1,167	1,136	1,122	1.25%	Yorke Peninsula
58	Quorn	1,131	1,206	1,068	12.92%	Flinders Ranges
59	McLaren Flat	1,121	1,034	642	61.06%	Fleurieu Peninsula
60	Mount Compass	1,119	1,042	695	49.93%	Fleurieu Peninsula
61	Keith	1,076	1,069	1,089	−1.84%	Limestone Coast
62	Maitland	1,029	1,047	1,056	−0.85%	Yorke Peninsula
63	Port Broughton	1,036	982	908		Yorke Peninsula

1. At the 2011 census, the Goolwa urban centre included Middleton, whereas the 2006 and 2016 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 2016 census, Carrickalinga was included in the Normanville urban centre whereas it was not in the 2011 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
5. In the 2011 census, Oakbank was included in the Balhannah urban centre whereas it was not in the 2006 census

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 New South Wales by population
• List of places in Victoria by population
• List of places in Queensland by population
• List of places in Western Australia 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.