What are the largest suburbs in South Australia?

The top-ranked suburbs are Mount Gambier, Morphett Vale, Adelaide, Mount Barker, Parafield Gardens, and more, ordered by a category-specific composite score from official government and open data.

What does the index column mean on ranking pages?

The index shows relative strength within the ranking list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader. It is not an overall suburb rating out of 100.

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Largest Suburbs in South Australia

Suburbs ranked by estimated resident population from the latest ABS ERP release, allocated to suburb boundaries via area-weighted SA2 overlap.

Rank	Suburb	Population
#1	Mount Gambier	27,452
#2	Morphett Vale	25,028
#3	Adelaide	22,434
#4	Mount Barker	22,423
#5	Parafield Gardens	18,596
#6	Paralowie	18,547
#7	Murray Bridge	16,477
#8	Prospect	15,613
#9	Port Lincoln	15,088
#10	Mawson Lakes	14,876
#11	Happy Valley	13,135
#12	Hallett Cove	12,906
#13	Craigmore	11,715
#14	Seaton	11,698
#15	Greenwith	11,693
#16	Aldinga Beach	11,430
#17	Andrews Farm	11,303
#18	Aberfoyle Park	11,210
#19	Woodcroft	11,064
#20	Salisbury North	10,901
#21	Flagstaff Hill	10,630
#22	Magill	10,384
#23	Golden Grove	10,025
#24	Athelstone	10,021
#25	Campbelltown	9,863
#26	Munno Para West	9,862
#27	Ingle Farm	9,837
#28	Blakeview	9,555
#29	Rostrevor	9,287
#30	Port Augusta	9,244
#31	Salisbury East	9,197
#32	Salisbury	9,163
#33	Hope Valley	8,387
#34	Davoren Park	8,282
#35	Wynn Vale	8,088
#36	Pooraka	7,949
#37	Strathalbyn	7,816
#38	Findon	7,780
#39	Paradise	7,725
#40	Nuriootpa	7,611
#41	North Adelaide	7,536
#42	Highbury	7,498
#43	Fulham Gardens	7,217
#44	Norwood	7,195
#45	Klemzig	7,184
#46	Modbury Heights	7,138
#47	Glenelg North	7,032
#48	Para Hills	7,001
#49	West Lakes	6,988
#50	Enfield	6,923

Population is ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to suburb boundaries via area-weighted SA2 overlap. Not an official ABS suburb-level figure.

Last updated 29 July 2026 at 1:51 am ACST

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