Local government areas of South Australia

Local government in the Australian state of South Australia describes the organisations and processes by which towns and districts can manage their own affairs to the extent permitted by section 64A of Constitution Act 1934 (SA).[1]

LGAs sorted by region

The organisations, often called local government areas (LGAs) are constituted and managed in accordance with the Local Government Act 1999 (South Australia). They are grouped below by region, as defined by the Local Government Association of South Australia.[2] Of the areas Maralinga Tjarutja and Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara aboriginal councils both located in the remote north of the state are by far the largest South Australian LGAs, both exceding 100,000 km².[3] Other than these Coorong District Council and Loxton Waikerie are the next largest LGAs.[3] The smallest LGA is Walkerville and then Prospect, both occupying less than 10 km² each.[3] The area with the largest population growth was Playford in Adealide's northern suburbs with a net increase of 1,363 people in the 12 months to June 2018.[3] This was closely followed by Charles Sturt with 1,353 at the same time.[3] Whyalla had the largest net reduction in population of 238,[3] while Port Augusta had a fall of 163. The fastest growth of an LGA in South Australia was found in Maralinga Tjarutja at 4.9 percent, although off a very small base of 61. Other than that, Mount Barker was the next fastest growing at 2.4% followed by City of Adelaide at 2.3%[3]

Metropolitan Adelaide

This group of areas are found around Metropolitan Adelaide along a 70 km stretch of the Gulf St Vincent coast and up to 50 km inland.

Local government area	Council seat	Year est.	Land area			Population		Notes	Map
			km²	sq mi	Density (2018)[3]	2013[4]	2018[4][3]
City of Adelaide	Adelaide	1840	16	6	1592	22,143	24,794	Capital city of South Australia 1840 Established as Adelaide Corporation 1843 Managed by the Colonial government, and then a commission 1852 Re-established 1919 Office of Mayor raised to Lord Mayor
Adelaide Hills Council	Woodside	1997	795	307	50	39,687	39,734	Amalgamation of District Councils of East Torrens, Gumeracha, Onkaparinga and Stirling
City of Burnside	Tusmore	1856	28	11	1,661	44,457	45,706	1856 gazetted as District Council of Burnside 1935 became the Municipality of Burnside 1943 proclaimed the City of Burnside
City of Campbelltown	Rostrevor	1854	24	9	2,114	50,476	51,469	1854 established as the District Council of Payneham 1867 District Council of Stepney (later itself called Payneham) seceded 1868 renamed to District Council of Campbelltown 1946 became the Town of Campbelltown 1960 proclaimed the City of Campbelltown
City of Charles Sturt	Woodville	1997	55	21	2,143	111,324	117,382	Amalgamation of City of Hindmarsh Woodville and the City of Henley and Grange
Town of Gawler	Gawler	1857	41	16	584	21,656	24,018	Established as the Corporation of the Town of Gawler in 1857 following resident dissatisfaction at being governed by three different district councils
City of Holdfast Bay	Brighton	1997	14	5	2,693	36,282	37,032	Amalgamation of Glenelg and Brighton city councils
City of Marion	Sturt	1853	56	22	1,659	87,769	92,308	1853 established as the District Council of Brighton 1886 renamed to the District Council of Marion 1944 gazetted as the municipality, City of Marion
City of Mitcham	Torrens Park	1853	76	29	890	65,644	67,253	First LGA formally founded after the City of Adelaide
City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters	Norwood	1997	15	6	2,433	36,347	36,750	Amalgamation of the City of Kensington and Norwood, the City of Payneham and the Town of St Peters.
City of Onkaparinga	Noarlunga Centre	1997	518	200	331	166,244	171,489	Amalgamation of Cities of Happy Valley and Noarlunga with part of the District Council of Willunga
City of Playford	Elizabeth	1997	345	133	271	85,232	93,426	Amalgamation of the cities of Elizabeth and Munno Para
City of Port Adelaide Enfield	Port Adelaide	1997	92	36	1,375	119,876	126,120	Amalgamation of the cities of Port Adelaide and Enfield
City of Prospect	Prospect	1872	8	3	2,729	20,959	21,259	Separated from District Council of Yatala South
City of Salisbury	Salisbury	1933	160	62	892	135,880	142,555	Amalgamation of District Council of Yatala North and large part of District Council of Munno Para West
City of Tea Tree Gully	Modbury	1858	95	37	1,047	98,558	99,694	1858 established by separation from District Council of Highercombe 1935 reunited with Highercombe under current name
City of Unley	Unley	1871	14	5	2,743	38,552	39,145	Separated from District Council of Mitcham as the Corporate Town of Unley
Town of Walkerville	Gilberton	1855	4	2	2250	7,399	7,944	Separated from District Council of Yatala
City of West Torrens	Hilton	1856	37	14	1,623	58,153	60,105	1856 established as the District Council of West Torrens 1944 became a municipal corporation, the Corporate Town of West Torrens 1950 gained city status as the City of West Torrens 1997 annexed the Town of Thebarton

Regional South Australia

Eyre Peninsula

Local government area	Council seat	Year est.	Land area			Population		Notes	Map
			km²	sq mi	Density (2018)[4]	2013[4]	2018[4][3]
District Council of Ceduna	Ceduna	1896	5,427	2,095	0.6	3,574	3,466
District Council of Cleve	Cleve	1911	4,507	1,740	0.4	1,806	1,799	Separated from Franklin Harbour
District Council of Elliston	Elliston	1887	6,500	2,510	0.2	1,067	1,019	Boundary changes in 1989
District Council of Franklin Harbour	Cowell	1888	3,583	1,383	0.5	1,295	1,315
District Council of Kimba	Kimba	1924	3,986	1,539	0.2	1,103	1,073
District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula	Cummins	1921	4,771	1,842	1.2	5,300	5,761	Part of District Council of Port Lincoln (proclaimed 1880). District Council of Tumby Bay separated in 1906. Corporation of Port Lincoln separated in 1921. Remainder named District Council of Lincoln. Renamed Lower Eyre Peninsula in 1988.
City of Port Augusta	Port Augusta	1964	1,153	445	11.8	14,496	14,102
City of Port Lincoln	Port Lincoln	1921	30	12	481.6	14,531	14,626	Separated from District Council of Port Lincoln in 1921. Proclaimed a city in 1971.
District Council of Streaky Bay	Streaky Bay	1887	6,232	2,406	0.4	2,194	2,214
District Council of Tumby Bay	Tumby Bay	1906	2,616	1,010	1.0	2,640	2,668	Separated from District Council of Port Lincoln
City of Whyalla	Whyalla	1970	1,033	399	20.3	22,659	21,766
Wudinna District Council	Wudinna	1925	5,394	2,083	0.3	1,272	1,294	Established as the District Council of Minnipa. Later renamed as District Council of Le Hunte. Given present name in 2008.

Central region

Local government area	Council seat	Year est.	Land area			Population		Notes	Map
			km²	sq mi	Density (2018)[4]	2013[4]	2018[4][3]
Adelaide Plains Council	Mallala	1935	933	360	9.7	8,646	9,059	Amalgamation of the district councils of Grace, Dublin and Port Gawler
Barossa Council	Angaston	1996	894	345	27.8	23,138	24,808	Amalgamation of district councils of Angaston, Barossa, Tanunda and, since 1997, part of Mount Pleasant
District Council of Barunga West	Port Broughton	1997	1,590	614	1.6	2,495	2,551	Amalgamation of the District Council of Bute and the District Council of Port Broughton
District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys	Clare	1997	1,892	731	5.0	9,068	9,379	Amalgamation of the district councils of Clare, Riverton and Saddleworth and Auburn
Copper Coast Council	Kadina	1997	773	298	19.2	13,747	14,872	Amalgamation of the District Council of Northern Yorke Peninsula and Corporate Town of Wallaroo
Flinders Ranges Council	Quorn	1997	4,071	1,572	0.4	1,717	1,693	Amalgamation of the District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn and the District Council of Hawker
Regional Council of Goyder	Burra	1997	6,715	2,593	0.6	4,254	4,206	Amalgamation of the district councils of Burra Burra Eudunda, Hallet and Robertstown.
Light Regional Council	Kapunda	1996	1,277	493	12.0	14,440	15,339	Amalgamation of the District Council of Light (1977–1996) and the District Council of Kapunda
District Council of Mount Remarkable	Melrose	1980	3,423	1,322	0.9	2,913	2,910	Amalgamation of District Council of Port Germein and District Council of Wilmington
Northern Areas Council	Jamestown	1997	2,986	1,153	1.5	4,595	4,603	Amalgamation of the district councils of Rocky River, Spalding, and Jamestown
District Council of Orroroo Carrieton	Orroroo	1997	3,322	1,283	0.3	895	854	Amalgamation of the District Council of Orroroo and District Council of Carrieton
District Council of Peterborough	Peterborough	1935	3,020	1,166	0.6	1,728	1,700
Port Pirie Regional Council	Port Pirie	1997	1,761	680	10.0	17,793	17,630	Amalgamation of the City of Port Pirie and the District Council of Crystal Brook-Redhill
Wakefield Regional Council	Balaklava	1997	3,469	1,339	2.0	6,841	6,814	Amalgamation of the District Council of Blyth-Snowtown and District Council of Wakefield Plains
Yorke Peninsula Council	Maitland	1997	5,900	2,278	1.9	11,241	11,328	Established as the District Council of Yorke Peninsula in 1997 by amalgamation of the district councils of Central Yorke Peninsula, Minlaton, Warooka and Yorketown. Renamed in 2013.

Southern and Hills region

Local government area	Council seat	Year est.	Land area			Population		Notes	Map
			km²	sq mi	Density (2018)[4]	2013[4]	2018[4][3]
Alexandrina Council	Goolwa	1997	1,827	705	14.8	25,203	27,037	Amalgamation of the District Council of Strathalbyn, the District Council of Port Elliot and Goolwa, and a portion of the District Council of Willunga.
Kangaroo Island Council	Kingscote	1996	4,401	1,699	1.1	4,630	4,933	Amalgamation of the District Council of Kingscote and the District Council of Dudley.
District Council of Mount Barker	Mount Barker	1853	595	230	59.8	31,580	35,545
City of Victor Harbor	Victor Harbor	1975	385	149	39.6	14,525	15,248	Amalgamation of District Council of Encounter Bay and the Corporation of Victor Harbor in 1975. Formerly a district council, became a city in 2000.
District Council of Yankalilla	Yankalilla	1854	751	290	7.3	4,759	5,478

Murray Mallee region

Local government area	Council seat	Year est.	Land area			Population		Notes	Map
			km²	sq mi	Density (2018)[4]	2013[4]	2018[4][3]
Berri Barmera Council	Berri	1996	476	184	22.8	10,804	10,853	Amalgamation of district councils of Barmera and Berri.
The Coorong District Council	Meningie	1995	8,833	3,410	0.6	5,602	5,463	Amalgamation of District Council of Coonalpyn Downs, Peake District Council and Meningie District Council.
Gerard Community Council	Winkie	1974	86	33			~39
District Council of Karoonda East Murray	Karoonda	1979	4,416	1,705	0.3	1,088	1,112	Amalgamation of District Council of Karoonda and District Council of East Murray.
District Council of Loxton Waikerie	Loxton	1997	7,764	2,998	1.5	11,571	11,726	Amalgamation of district councils of Loxton, Waikerie and Browns Well.
Mid Murray Council	Mannum	1997	6,272	2,422	1.4	8,448	8,983	Amalgamation of district councils of Mannum, Morgan, Ridley-Truro and part of the District Council of Mount Pleasant.
Rural City of Murray Bridge	Murray Bridge	1977	1,832	707	12.1	20,726	22,165
Renmark Paringa Council	Renmark	1996	916	354	10.8	9,588	9,869	Amalgamation of Town of Renmark and the District Council of Paringa.
Southern Mallee District Council	Pinnaroo	5,702	2,202	0.4	2,088	2,094

Southeast region

Local government area	Council seat	Year est.	Land area			Population		Notes	Map
			km²	sq mi	Density (2018)[4]	2013[4]	2018[4][3]
District Council of Grant	Mount Gambier	1996	1,898	733	4.5	7,993	8,511	Amalgamation of District Councils of Mount Gambier and Port MacDonnell.
Kingston District Council	Kingston SE	1873	3,340	1,290	0.7	2,380	2,374	Renamed from Lacepede District Council in 2000.
City of Mount Gambier	Mount Gambier	34	13	801.8	26,425	27,176
Naracoorte Lucindale Council	Naracoorte	1993	4,520	1,745	1.9	8,528	8,533	Amalgamation of District Council of Naracoorte, District Council of Lucindale and the Corporate Township of Naracoorte.
District Council of Robe	Robe	1869	1,092	422	1.3	1,425	1,444
Tatiara District Council	Bordertown	1876	6,527	2,520	1.0	6,789	6,794
Wattle Range Council	Millicent	1997	3,926	1,516	3.1	11,935	12,031	Amalgamation of district councils of Beachport, Millicent and Penola.

Outback

Local government area	Council seat	Year est.	Land area			Population		Notes	Map
			km²	sq mi	Density (2018)[4]	2013[4]	2018[4][3]
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara	Umuwa	1981	102,353	39,519		2,622	2,558
District Council of Coober Pedy	Coober Pedy	1987	78	30	23.8	1,811	1,845
Maralinga Tjarutja	Ceduna	2006	102,704	39,654		74	64
Nepabunna Community Council	Nepabunna	1998	76	29			66[5]
Outback Communities Authority	Port Augusta	1978	624,339	241,059			3,959	Covers almost 60 percent of the state's area, mostly in the arid regions of the centre and north.
Municipal Council of Roxby Downs	Roxby Downs	1982	111	43	36.3	4,609	4,014
Yalata Community		1994	4,563	1,762			224[6]

Maps

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  Partial map of LGAs
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  LGA regions
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  Types of LGAs

See also

• District Councils Act 1887
• List of cities and towns in South Australia

References

1. "Constitution Act 1934 – Section 64A". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Government of South Australia. 1934. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
2. "Council Maps". LGASA Official Site. Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
3. "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
4. "People: Population: ERP by LGA (ASGS 2018), 2001 to 2018". ABS.Stat. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
5. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Nepabunna". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
6. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yalata (L)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

External links

• "Shires of Australia". Statoids.
• Local Government Association of South Australia
• Local Government Regions of SA – clickable maps