149,718
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Estimated resident population (ABS), 2025.
Salisbury · Sub-region (SA3)
Economy & Advantage in Salisbury
How well-off the area is, how fast its population is growing, and the businesses and new homes here.
Slowly shifting demographics define the economic landscape in Salisbury, where a population of nearly 150,000 people lives and works. While the area remains one of the larger regions in the state, recent growth has lagged well behind both the state and national figures.
Population growth
Annual population estimates and change since the census.
Salisbury has grown by 2.4% since 2021, a rate that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the South Australian figure of 5.6%.
2.4%
Lower than 82% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Salisbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40204/salisbury/topic/economy-advantage