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

Blue Lake at Mt Gambier

Murray Bridge in the distance

Victor Harbor

View from Hummock Hill, Whyalla

Gawler St, Mt Barker

Aerial view of Port Lincoln

View of Port Pirie

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 2001 Census	Population 2006 Census	Population 2011 Census	Population 2016 Census
1	Adelaide	1,066,103	1,040,719	1,103,979	1,165,632
2	Gawler	16,779	20,006	23,957	26,472
3	Mount Gambier	22,656,	23,494	25,199	26,148
4	Whyalla	21,211	21,122	21,736	21,501
5	Murray Bridge	12,998	14,048	15,967	16,804
6	Mount Barker	9,116	11,540	14,452	16,629
7	Victor Harbor	8,923	10,380	13,411	15,265
8	Crafers-Bridgewater	13,130	13,375	14,617	15,125
9	Port Lincoln	12,630	13,044	14,088	14,064
10	Port Pirie	13,254	13,206	13,819	13,740
11	Port Augusta	13,153	13,257	13,504	12,896
12	Goolwa	4,327	5,882	6,385	7,717
13	Nuriootpa	3,846	4,414	5,215	5,691
14	Strathalbyn	3,204	3,894	5,292	5,486
15	Naracoorte	4,745	4,888	4,908	5,074
16	Nairne	2,770	3,470	4,198	4,842
17	Millicent	4,430	4,771	4,798	4,734
18	Renmark	4,448	4,339	4,387	4,634
19	Kadina	3,742	4,026	4,470	4,587
20	Tanunda	3,836	4,153	4,214	4,324
21	Moonta	3,068	3,350	3,659	4,174
22	Berri	4,214	4,008	4,103	4,088
23	Wallaroo	2,710	3,053	3,795	3,988
24	Loxton	3,352	3,431	3,795	3,588
25	Roxby Downs	3,608	3,847	4,702	3,588
26	Clare	2,921	3,063	3,278	3,327
27	McLaren Vale	2,584	2,908	3,043	3,096
28	Angle Vale	1,229	1,359	2,363	2,818
29	Bordertown	2,440	2,581	2,549	2,669
30	Kapunda	2,301	2,480	2,484	2,598
31	Mannum	2,189	2,042	2,164	2,398
32	Hahndorf	1,836	1,805	2,092	2,180
33	Williamstown	1,280	1,432	1,882	2,163
34	Ceduna	2,564	2,304	2,289	2,157
35	Willunga	1,894	2,104	2,094	2,143
36	Lobethal	1,679	1,836	1,957	2,135
37	Freeling	1,137	1,325	1,591	2,052
38	Angaston	1,930	1,865	1,940	2,044
39	Barmera	1,942	1,928	1,914	1,935
40	Two Wells	634	717	1,764	1,926
41	Normanville	1,012	1,303	1,637	1,906
42	Balaklava	1,531	1,626	1,827	1,902
43	Woodside	1,565	1,826	1,842	1,870
44	Lyndoch	1,245	1,415	1,618	1,799
45	Kingscote	1,671	1,692	1,763	1,790
46	Kingston SE	1,475	1,630	1,612	1,648
47	Waikerie	1,769	1,744	1,633	1,632
48	Coober Pedy	2,438	1,472	1,584	1,625
49	Lewiston	2,059	2,742	1,545	1,589
50	Balhannah	1,488	1,501	1,597	1,546
51	Tumby Bay	1,223	1,351	1,474	1,417
52	Peterborough	1,679	1,689	1,486	1,416
53	Tailem Bend	1,391	1,457	1,405	1,410
54	Jamestown	1,356	1,407	1,406	1,392
55	Crystal Brook	1,266	1,185	1,278	1,324
56	Penola	1,219	1,317	1,337	1,312
57	Ardrossan	1,078	1,122	1,136	1,167
58	Quorn	988	1,068	1,206	1,131
59	McLaren Flat	N/A	642	1,034	1,121
60	Mount Compass	498	695	1,042	1,119
61	Keith	1,130	1,089	1,069	1,076
62	Maitland	992	1,056	1047	1,029
63	Port Broughton	725	908	982	1,036

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 2016 census	Population 2018 estimate[2]	Growth rate	Stat. division/district
1.	City of Onkaparinga	166,766	171,489	2.8%	Adelaide
2.	City of Salisbury	137,979	142,555	3.3%	Adelaide
3.	City of Port Adelaide Enfield	121,230	126,120	4.0%	Adelaide
4.	City of Charles Sturt	111,759	117,382	5.0%	Adelaide
5.	City of Tea Tree Gully	97,734	99,694	2.0%	Adelaide
6.	City of Playford	90,669	93,426	3.0%	Adelaide
7.	City of Marion	88,618	92,308	4.2%	Adelaide
8.	City of Mitcham	66,834	67,253	0.6%	Adelaide
9.	City of West Torrens	57,901	60,105	3.8%	Adelaide
10.	City of Campbelltown	50,164	51,469	2.6%	Adelaide
11.	City of Burnside	43,911	45,706	4.1%	Adelaide
12.	Adelaide Hills Council	38,863	39,794	2.4%	Adelaide
13.	City of Unley	37,721	39,145	3.8%	Adelaide
14.	City of Holdfast Bay	36,681	37,032	1.0%	Adelaide
15.	City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters	35,362	36,750	3.9%	Adelaide
16.	District Council of Mount Barker	33,397	35,545	6.4%	Adelaide
17.	City of Mount Gambier	26,276	27,176	3.4%	Mount Gambier
18.	Alexandrina Council	25,873	27,037	4.5%	Alexandrina
19.	Barossa Council	23,558	24,808	5.3%	Barossa
20.	City of Adelaide	22,063	24,794	12.3%	Adelaide
21.	Town of Gawler	23,034	24,018	4.3%	Gawler
22.	Rural City of Murray Bridge	20,858	22,165	6.3%	Murray Bridge
23.	City of Whyalla	21,828	21,766	-0.3%	Whyalla
24.	City of Prospect	20,527	21,259	3.6%	Adelaide
25.	Port Pirie Regional Council	17,364	17,630	1.5%	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, 2017-18". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019. Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2018.