Population Change in the Statistical Local Areas

he Australian Bureau of Statistics annually produces Estimated Resident Population (ERP) figures, which are the official estimate of the Australian population between Census years.

The City of Onkaparinga ERP is 158,061 for the 2007-08 financial year. Between 2001-02 and 2007-08 there was an estimated increase of 6,350 people, with an average annual increase for the City as a whole of 0.7%.

The *Statistical Local Area (SLA) with the largest estimated growth was South Coast, which comprises thirteen suburbs between Port Noarlunga and Sellicks Beach. The South Coast SLA grew by 1,241 people, with an average annual growth rate of 2.9%.

Statistical Local Area Population Change

SLA	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Hackham	14,208	14,167	14,048	14,025	14,177	14,464	14,560
Hills	11,200	11,399	11,485	11,515	11,619	11,808	11,827
Morphett	24,394	24,160	23,998	23,891	23,754	23,753	23,724
North Coast	17,796	17,813	17,820	17,777	17,794	17,896	18,248
Reservoir	25,364	25,506	25,470	25,677	25,848	25,813	25,876
South Coast	23,712	24,002	24,259	24,915	25,895	26,971	28,212
Woodcroft	35,037	35,133	35,367	35,379	35,499	35,548	35,614
TOTAL	151,711	152,180	152,447	153,179	154,586	156,253	158,061

Statistical Local Area Population Change Graph

Source:

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

* For the suburbs comprising each SLA, please see the Statistical Local Areas Map.