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Population Change, Adelaide Metropolitan Councils

Between the financial years of 2003-04 and 2007-08 the City of Onkaparinga’s population grew by 3.7%. This was 0.4% lower than the Adelaide Statistical Division (4.1%) and South Australia as a whole, with both experiencing a population increase of 4.1%. The City of Onkaparinga maintains its position as the largest Local Government Area (LGA) in South Australia, by 30,547 people or 24.0% larger than its nearest rival the City of Salisbury.

There are two main measures of growth: population increase and growth rate as a percentage of the population. Within the Adelaide Metropolitan area, between 2003-04 and 2007-08, the City of Salisbury had the largest population increase (8,919) followed by the City of Onkaparinga (5,614) and Port Adelaide Enfield (5,540). The highest growth rates in the same period were Adelaide City (20.6%), followed by Mt Barker (11.5%) and Salisbury and Gawler (7.5%).

Metropolitan Adelaide Local Government Areas Population Change

Local Government Area

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Adelaide City

15,745

16,711

17,632

18,499

18,990

Adelaide Hills

39,217

39,391

39,508

39,638

39,703

Burnside

43,361

43,632

43,796

43,826

44,010

Campbelltown

47,278

47,451

47,800

48,194

48,593

Charles Sturt

103,631

103,678

104,271

104,773

105,573

Gawler

18,848

19,098

19,409

19,864

20,257

Holdfast Bay

34,016

34,290

34,673

35,041

35,525

Marion

80,282

80,649

81,352

82,232

82,971

Mitcham

63,479

63,781

64,234

64,734

64,891

Mount Barker

26,131

26,928

27,634

28,322

29,149

Norwood etc.

34,679

34,909

35,274

35,626

35,893

Onkaparinga

152,447

153,179

154,586

156,253

158,061

Playford

70,346

71,109

72,012

73,348

75,323

Pt Adelaide Enfield

104,382

105,108

106,507

108,218

109,922

Prospect

19,759

19,878

20,134

20,447

20,710

Salisbury

118,595

120,523

122,355

125,145

127,514

Tea Tree Gully

99,552

99,289

99,322

99,525

99,886

Unley

36,968

37,111

37,538

37,852

38,146

Walkerville

7,161

7,177

7,242

7,255

7,258

West Torrens

53,256

53,474

54,163

54,743

55,064

*Adelaide Statistical Division

1,169,133

1,177,366

1,189,442

1,203,535

1,217,439

South Australia

1,540,434

1,552,514

1,567,888

1,585,794

1,603,361


Source: ABS Catalog 3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Population Estimates by LGA 2001-2008 Datacube, Table 4. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, South Australia. Downloaded from www.abs.gov.au on 23 June 2009

* The Adelaide Statistical Division consists of the Local Government Areas unified by their proximity to Adelaide
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