85,925
Lower than 91% of region (sa4) areas.
Estimated resident population (ABS), 2025.
South Australia - Outback · Region (SA4)
Economy & Advantage in South Australia - Outback
How well-off the area is, how fast its population is growing, and the businesses and new homes here.
A growth gap of over five percentage points separates South Australia - Outback from the rest of the state. This sparsely populated region has seen its population rise by only 0.4%, leaving it far behind the state's overall growth rate.
Population growth
Annual population estimates and change since the census.
The population has grown by just 0.4% since 2021, which is among the lowest rates for areas of this size. This is well below the South Australian growth figure of 5.6%.
0.4%
Lower than 99% of region (sa4) 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 South Australia - Outback [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/406/south-australia-outback/topic/economy-advantage