411,650
Lower than 66% of capital city areas.
Estimated resident population (ABS), 2025.
Rest of SA · Capital City
Economy & Advantage in Rest of SA
How well-off the area is, how fast its population is growing, and the businesses and new homes here.
A slow increase in residents marks the recent trend for the Rest of SA, where the population grew by just 2.7% since 2021. This modest rise is much lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the state average.
Population growth
Annual population estimates and change since the census.
The population grew by 2.7% since 2021, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and slightly below the South Australian growth rate of 5.6%. In total, 411,650 people live across this region.
2.7%
Lower than 87% of capital city areas.
Population growth since the 2021 Census, from ABS annual estimates.
Sources
- Regional Population (Estimated Resident Population) — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Economy & Advantage in Rest of SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/4RSAU/rest-of-sa/topic/economy-advantage