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 and Localities by population

Adelaide, state capital

Blue Lake at Mount Gambier

Murray Bridge in the distance

Victor Harbor

View from Hummock Hill, Whyalla

Gawler Street, Mount Barker

Aerial view of Port Lincoln

View of Port Pirie

Urban Centres and Localities (UCLs) represent areas of concentrated urban development with populations of 200 people or more. Areas in a state or territory that are not included in an UCL are considered to be ‘rural’. UCLs are not an official definition of towns.

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	Population 2021 Census
1	Adelaide	1,066,103	1,040,719	1,103,979	1,165,632	1,245,011
2	Gawler	16,779	20,006	23,957	26,472	28,562
3	Mount Gambier	22,656	23,494	25,199	26,148	26,734
4	Mount Barker	9,116	11,540	14,452	16,629	21,554
5	Whyalla	21,211	21,122	21,736	21,501	20,880
6	Murray Bridge	12,998	14,048	15,967	16,804	17,457
7	Victor Harbor	8,923	10,380	13,411	15,265	16,709
8	Crafers-Bridgewater	13,130	13,375	14,617	15,125	15,783
9	Port Lincoln	12,630	13,044	14,088	14,064	14,404
10	Port Pirie	13,254	13,206	13,819	13,740	13,708
11	Port Augusta	13,153	13,257	13,504	12,896	12,788
12	Goolwa	4,327	5,882	6,385	7,717	8,756
13	Strathalbyn	3,204	3,894	5,292	5,486	6,429
14	Nuriootpa	3,846	4,414	5,215	5,691	6,204
15	Naracoorte	4,745	4,888	4,908	5,074	5,223
16	Nairne	2,770	3,470	4,198	4,842	5,082
17	Millicent	4,430	4,771	4,798	4,734	4,760
18	Renmark	4,448	4,339	4,387	4,634	4,703
19	Kadina	3,742	4,026	4,470	4,587	4,666
20	Moonta	3,068	3,350	3,659	4,174	4,627
21	Tanunda	3,836	4,153	4,214	4,324	4,394
22	Wallaroo	2,710	3,053	3,795	3,988	4,241
23	Berri	4,214	4,008	4,103	4,088	4,143
24	Angle Vale	1,229	1,359	2,363	2,818	4,088
25	Loxton	3,352	3,431	3,795	3,838	3,947
26	Roxby Downs	3,608	3,847	4,702	3,588	3,671
27	Clare	2,921	3,063	3,278	3,327	3,379
28	McLaren Vale	2,584	2,908	3,043	3,096	3,277
29	Two Wells	634	717	1,764	1,926	2,947
30	Bordertown	2,440	2,581	2,549	2,669	2,840
31	Kapunda	2,301	2,480	2,484	2,598	2,633
32	Mannum	2,189	2,042	2,164	2,398	2,537
33	Freeling	1,137	1,325	1,591	2,052	2,516
34	Hahndorf	1,836	1,805	2,092	2,180	2,313
35	Willunga	1,894	2,104	2,094	2,143	2,300
36	Ceduna	2,564	2,304	2,289	2,157	2,290
37	Normanville	1,012	1,303	1,637	1,906	2,262
38	Williamstown	1,280	1,432	1,882	2,163	2,238
39	Angaston	1,930	1,865	1,940	2,044	2,184
40	Lewiston	2,059	2,742	1,545	1,589	2,174
40	Lobethal	1,679	1,836	1,957	2,135	2,174
42	Balaklava	1,531	1,626	1,827	1,902	1,956
43	Kingscote	1,671	1,692	1,763	1,790	1,915
44	Barmera	1,942	1,928	1,914	1,935	1,895
45	Woodside	1,565	1,826	1,842	1,870	1,890
46	Lyndoch	1,245	1,415	1,618	1,799	1,883
47	Virginia	307	319	750	783	1,687
48	Waikerie	1,769	1,744	1,633	1,632	1,670
49	Balhannah	1,488	1,501	1,597	1,546	1,660
50	Kingston SE	1,475	1,630	1,612	1,648	1,637
51	Tumby Bay	1,223	1,351	1,474	1,417	1,511
52	Coober Pedy	2,438	1,472	1,584	1,625	1,437
53	Peterborough	1,679	1,689	1,486	1,416	1,428
54	Tailem Bend	1,391	1,457	1,405	1,410	1,412
55	Jamestown	1,356	1,407	1,406	1,392	1,389
56	Penola	1,219	1,317	1,337	1,312	1,376
57	Crystal Brook	1,266	1,185	1,278	1,324	1,322
58	Mount Compass	498	695	1,042	1,119	1,232
59	Ardrossan	1,078	1,122	1,136	1,167	1,188
60	McLaren Flat	No Data	642	1,034	1,121	1,175
61	Robe	949	1,246	1,018	998	1,156
62	Quorn	988	1,068	1,206	1,131	1,150
63	Keith	1,130	1,089	1,069	1,076	1,140
64	Meadows	771	752	705	804	1,126
65	Port Broughton	725	908	982	1,034	1,116
66	Maitland	992	1,056	1047	1,029	1,079
67	Middleton	No Data	No Data	No Data	932	1,057
68	Greenock	684	685	839	954	1,045
69	Paringa	808	946	915	984	1,026
70	Cowell	791	942	942	990	1,004
71	Roseworthy	538	668	664	948	987
72	Macclesfield	806	832	967	958	977
73	Streaky Bay	1,077	1,059	1,005	979	967
74	Birdwood	730	734	825	891	932
75	Uraidla*	453	461	903	916	931
	Summertown*	433	382
76	Burra	1,097	978	893	907	922
77	Mallala	693	737	754	733	887
78	Meningie	902	940	921	852	860
79	Milang	446	512	635	761	831
80	Cleve	703	738	754	789	796
81	Riverton	668	723	810	793	795
81	Yankalilla	439	555	547	707	795
83	Minlaton	756	773	744	800	759
84	Cummins	666	705	719	726	748
85	Gumeracha	643	731	715	701	721
86	Cockatoo Valley	No Data	479	515	617	688
87	Coffin Bay	452	584	615	606	667
87	Yorketown	646	685	680	642	667
89	Wasleys	230	235	372	348	661
89	Willyaroo	No Data	No Data	362	582	661
91	Port MacDonnell	No Data	623	650	671	660
92	Echunga	513	533	567	571	630
93	Gladstone	624	629	610	629	623
94	Mount Pleasant	565	593	587	586	618
95	Hamley Bridge	652	631	633	613	615
96	Kimba	686	636	670	629	608
97	Eudunda	603	640	632	560	601
98	Port Wakefield	493	476	556	560	593
99	Pinnaroo	595	587	558	547	575
100	Lameroo	485	516	537	562	567
101	One Tree Hill	No Data	579	575	579	543
102	Beachport	410	346	382	436	530
103	Laura	503	570	499	478	522
104	Pukatja (Ernabella)	453	332	504	497	519
105	Orroroo	598	543	540	537	516
105	Wudinna	531	513	557	549	516
107	Houghton	435	472	557	502	511
107	Kanmantoo	No Data	No Data	503	512	511
109	Edithburgh	433	395	466	454	497
110	Port Vincent	455	472	490	469	494
111	Stansbury	538	522	543	567	480
112	Callington	338	387	408	455	478
113	Wilmington	238	220	493	419	472
114	Nangwarry	496	503	514	483	456
115	Myponga	No Data	No Data	219	393	443
116	Blyth	284	306	377	430	442
117	Kersbrook	316	367	432	390	417
118	Springton	277	330	411	378	398
119	Saddleworth	386	425	391	363	397
120	Truro	318	365	395	404	396
121	Amata	277	319	467	455	393
122	Boston	No Data	No Data	337	337	390
123	Clayton Bay	No Data	No Data	240	298	386
124	Auburn	335	318	389	387	370
125	Snowtown	394	405	400	390	356
126	Indulkana	225	315	310	256	338
127	Karoonda	312	358	330	351	337
128	Elliston	239	201	292	326	333
129	Tarpeena	374	406	355	337	329
130	Point Turton	No Data	205	245	305	327
131	Morgan	419	426	323	339	326
132	Mount Burr	373	380	377	314	324
132	Mount Torrens	317	337	338	299	324
132	Mundulla	No Data	No Data	420	314	324
135	Port Victoria	326	345	316	278	321
136	Charleston	No Data	No Data	321	321	317
137	Yalata	No Data	No Data	294	224	302
138	Southend	No Data	No Data	248	254	292
139	Napperby	256	249	300	284	291
140	Lucindale	281	301	247	230	288
141	Kalangadoo	295	305	271	288	287
142	Port Germein	280	249	296	308	282
143	American River	No Data	227	216	238	280
144	Allendale East	No Data	No Data	260	276	277
144	Mimili	264	283	281	243	277
144	Tintinara	271	257	276	266	277
147	Swan Reach	273	235	223	209	274
148	Mullaquana	No Data	No Data	252	248	270
149	Penneshaw	No Data	265	276	275	269
150	Booleroo Centre	314	331	328	289	266
151	Kaltjiti (Fregon)	245	No Data	No Data	220	261
152	Andamooka	496	528	592	316	260
153	Owen	221	227	272	261	251
154	Blanchetown	203	231	210	245	247
155	Bute	265	268	265	242	228
156	Parham	No Data	No Data	No Data	264	227
157	Hawker	290	229	246	237	226
157	Tantanoola	259	255	264	231	226
159	Coobowie	No Data	No Data	220	207	222
160	Arno Bay	240	273	227	234	219
161	Yahl	No Data	No Data	207	224	211
162	Wirrabara	236	251	218	230	206
163	Cobdogla	268	232	231	197	197
164	Spalding	198	212	207	215	194
164	Warooka	215	247	198	195	194
166	Clarendon	No Data	266	228	199	193
166	Coonalpyn	209	231	220	195	193
168	Smokey Bay	No Data	No Data	195	217	162
169	Port Neill	No Data	No Data	136	140	154
170	Woomera	598	295	216	146	132
171	Leigh Creek	618	549	505	245	91

*Uraidila and Summertown are recorded separately until 2011 when they are merged.

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	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 the Northern Territory by population
• List of places in Queensland by population
• List of places in Tasmania by population
• List of places in Victoria by population
• List of places in Western Australia by population