Top 32 Areas in SA

Compared with other Local Government Areas in South Australia, the City of Onkaparinga ranked 21st for annual growth (0.6%) between 2003 to 2004(a). Adelaide (4.6%) experienced the fastest rate of growth followed by Alexandrina (3.7%), Light (2.9%) and Victor Harbor (2.7%).

Highest annual growth, 2003-2004

Rank	Local Government Area	Population		Growth
Rank	Local Government Area	2003	2004	Number	(%)
1	Adelaide	13,724	14,361	637	4.6
2	Alexandrina	19,140	19,848	708	3.7
3	Light	11,382	11,711	329	2.9
4	Victor Harbor	11,764	12,082	318	2.7
5	Mount Barker	24,936	25,591	655	2.6
6	Kangaroo Island	4,382	4,476	94	2.1
7	Barossa	19,980	20,386	406	2.0
8	Salisbury	117,124	119,272	2,148	1.8
9	Gawler	18,749	19,060	311	1.7
10	Copper Coast	11,239	11,419	180	1.6
11	Yankalilla	3,941	4,004	63	1.6
12	Murray Bridge	17,425	17,654	229	1.3
13	Lower Eyre Peninsula	4,240	4,295	55	1.3
14	Tumby Bay	2,627	2,657	30	1.1
15	Mallala	7,666	7,740	74	1.0
16	Port Lincoln	14,265	14,399	134	0.9
17	Streaky Bay	2,001	2,018	17	0.8
18	Grant	7,999	8,066	67	0.8
19	Playford	70,022	70,602	580	0.8
20	Marion	80,039	80,512	473	0.6
21	Onkaparinga	152,833	153,496	663	0.4
22	Burnside	42,772	42,925	153	0.4
23	Mount Gambier	23,558	23,640	82	0.3
24	Holdfast Bay	33,957	34,073	116	0.3
25	Port Adelaide Enfield	103,485	103,830	345	0.3
26	Walkerville	7,071	7,093	22	0.3
27	Yorke Peninsula	11,607	11,637	30	0.3
28	Norwood Payneham St Peters	33,974	34,054	80	0.2
29	West Torrens	52,588	52,680	92	0.2
30	Campbelltown	47,111	47,167	56	0.1
31	Mid Murray	8,434	8,443	9	0.1
32	Charles Sturt	103,496	103,553	57	0.1

Source	ABS 2003-04 Regional Population Growth, Australia 3218.0. (Copyright in the ABS resides with the Commonwealth of Australia. Used with permission)
(a)	The estimates are preliminary for 2004 and final for 2003