Adelaide
30,173 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 16 km², 2 suburbs. Council website: cityofadelaide.com.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
30,173
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +3.2% in a year
Density
1,934/km²
16 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.4M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$38
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
11.8 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
9 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
2
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 32
- Median household income
- $1,473/week
- Median rent
- $400/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,733/month
- Households renting
- 59.5%
- Average household
- 1.8 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 9 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 7 of 10
Suburbs
2 suburbs where Adelaide holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | 18,202 | All | $1.6MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 9 |
| North Adelaide | 6,823 | All | $4.3MJune 2026 | – / 0% | 10 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 2 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending June 2026).
- Lowest suburb median
- $1.6M
- Median of suburb medians
- $2.9M
- Highest suburb median
- $4.3M
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Adelaide · Steve GEORGANAS (ALP)100%
State districts
- Adelaide · Lucy Hood (ALP)100%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every South Australia council on the council map or the South Australia council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.