Adelaide Population 2024

January 26, 2024 by Babji

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia, located on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east and Gulf St Vincent to the west. Adelaide population in 2024 is estimated to be 1.43 million, city covering area of 3,259.8 sq km (1,258.6 sq mi), largest city of South Australia and fifth most populous city in Australia. The city center is close to the River Torrens and hosts many governmental and financial institutions. Adelaide region was inhabited by the Indigenous Kaurna people before British explorers, The region is one of the Aboriginal people land in South Australia. The Adelaide was founded in 1836 and named in honor of Queen Adelaide, was Queen of the United Kingdom as the wife of King William IV. Greater Adelaide region including the Adelaide Hills or the Adelaide city centre.

According to 2018, Average Salary in Adelaide or median income is estimated to be $53,140 per annum, Persons born Overseas are 701,335 people in 2016, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Speakers are 2.4%.

Description	Year	Adelaide	Australia
Estimated resident population	2020	2,125,114	25,697,298
Working age population (aged 15-64 years) (%)	2019	66.1	65.4
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population	2016	41,724	798,365
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Speakers(%)	2016	2.4	10.3
Persons born overseas	2016	701,335	6,149,388
Children enrolled in preschool	2019	20,128	135,301
Age pension	2019	179,368	2,533,359
Median total income ($)	2018	53,140	49,805
Total number of businesses	2020	185,714	2,422,404
Number of jobs	2018	1,662,888	19,563,645
Taxpayers who report having private health insurance	2018	873,286	8,124,494
Total Passenger vehicles	2020	1,332,596	14,679,246
Land area (ha)	2020	641,622.2	768,812,631.9

Contents
Population Ranking
Religion

Adelaide city UN Urban Agglomeration Population Prospects - 1950 to 2035

Year	Adelaide Population
1950	429,277
1955	483,545
1960	556,045
1965	667,897
1970	817,496
1975	917,225
1980	963,796
1985	1,012,618
1990	1,069,744
1995	1,107,105
2000	1,120,236
2005	1,146,806
2010	1,206,709
2011	1,221,639
2015	1,271,874
2020*	1,328,119
2025*	1,379,280
2035*	1,536,809

Source: population.un.org/wpp/, 1950 to 2035 Adelaide city Population(UA)

Adelaide Population Ranking & Density

The population density of Adelaide is 422.3 persons per sq km., As per 2019 estimates, the median age for males is 37.7 years, for females is 40 years. 64.8 percent are working age population in Adelaide aged between 15 and 64. Adelaide population in 2023 is estimated to be 1.41 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 1.405 million, Population of Adelaide in 2021 is estimated to be 1.402 million.

Description	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Total Population	1,313,419	1,324,057	1,334,438	1,345,860	1,360,474	1,376,601
Population density (persons/sq km)	402.9	406.2	409.4	412.9	417.3	422.3
Male	646,436	651,439	656,041	661,509	668,545	-
Female	666,983	672,618	678,397	684,351	691,215	-
Median age - males (years)	37.4	37.4	37.5	37.6	37.7	-
Median age - females (years)	39.8	39.8	39.9	40	40	-
Median age - persons (years)	38.6	38.6	38.7	38.8	38.8	-
Working age population (aged 15-64 years)	866,640	868,679	871,582	875,518	881,221	-
Working age population (aged 15-64 years) (%)	66	65.6	65.3	65.1	64.8	-

Greater Adelaide

Greater Adelaide region has twenty three local government areas. It includes the city of Adelaide and the regional areas of Mount Barker and Gawler.

Births and Fertility

Total Births in Adelaide is estimated to be 15,585 in 2019 and Fertility rate is 1.63 which is decreased from 1.741 in 2016 census.

Description	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Births	15,511	15,679	15,174	14,982	15,585
Total fertility rate	1.76	1.74	1.69	1.65	1.63
Deaths	10,090	9,845	10,310	9,984	10,234
Standardised death rate (per 1000 population)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.3

Immigration to Adelaide

According to 2020 Census, 13,665 is the Net Overseas migration, out of these 25,686 are Overseas arrivals and 12,021 are departures. -2,387 people are net internal migration, out of these 25,901 are internal arrivals and 28,288 are departures.

Migration/Year	2017	2018	2019	2020
Internal arrivals	23,177	26,292	26,734	25,901
Internal departures	29,282	31,344	30,648	28,288
Net internal migration	-6,105	-5,052	-3,914	-2,387
Overseas arrivals	22,011	22,251	24,624	25,686
Overseas departures	10,826	10,592	10,724	12,021
Net overseas migration	11,185	11,659	13,900	13,665

Overseas Born

According to Adelaide 2016 census of Overseas born population, 12.8% are born in Europe, 3.5% are born in Central Asia, 6% are born in East Asia, 1.1% are born in Africa and 0.8% are born in Americas.

Overseas born	Percent (2011)	Percent(2016)
Oceania and Antarctica (excluding Australia)	1	0.9
North-West Europe	10.1	9
Southern and Eastern Europe	4.4	3.8
North Africa and the Middle East	0.9	1.1
South-East Asia	2.9	3.4
North-East Asia	1.9	2.6
Southern and Central Asia	2.3	3.5
Americas	0.8	0.8
Sub-Saharan Africa	1	1.1
Total born overseas	25.3	26.3

Australian citizenship

According to Adelaide 2016 census of Citizenship stats, 84.7% are Australian Citizen, 9.9% are not a citizen and 5.4% are not stated.

Citizenship/Year	Percent (2011)	Percent (2016)
Australian citizen	86	84.7
Not an Australian citizen	9.3	9.9
Not stated	4.7	5.4

Income levels in Adelaide

Estimates of personal income - year ended 30 June

Description	2015	2016	2017	2018
Employee income earners	639,749	636,195	647,216	659,170
Employee income earners - median age (years)	39	40	39	39
Total employee income ($)	34,370.5	35,073.9	36,223	38,086
Median employee income ($)	46,688	48,066	48,792	50 518
Mean employee income ($)	53,725	55,131	55,967	57,779

According to 2018 census estimates, 659,170 are total employee income earners, Median employee income is $50 518. 31.1% earn below $500, 22% earn personal income between $1000 to $2000 per week, 24.8% of the population earn between $500 to $1000, 6% earn more than $2000 per week.

Persons earning	Percent(2016)
$1-$499 per week	31.1
$500-$999 per week	24.8
$1000-$1999 per week	22
$2000-$2999 per week	3.9
$3000 or more per week	2.1
Nil income	8.5
Persons with a negative income	0.5
Not stated	6.9

Education

51.6% of Adelaide population are with High school education of 12 grade increased from 47.1% of 2011 census, followed by 14.5% are 10 grade and 16.3% are studied upto 11th grade.

High School Education	Percent (2011)	Percent(2016)
12 or equivalent	47.1	51.6
11 or equivalent	17.5	16.3
10 or equivalent	16	14.5
9 or equivalent	5.4	4.8
8 or below	6	4.9
Did not go to school	0.9	1
Not stated	7.2	6.8

Higher Education	Percent (2011)	Percent(2016)
Non-school qualifications	53.7	57.7
Postgraduate degree	3.3	4.4
Graduate diploma/graduate certificate	1.7	2
Bachelor degree	13.2	14.8
Advanced diploma/diploma	7.8	8.8
Certificate	18.1	19.3
Inadequately described	9.6	8.4

Marital Staus

According to 2016 census stats, Social marital status & registered marital status of persons aged 15 years and over.

Social marital status	Percent (2011)	Percent(2016)
Registered marriage	440,225	449,278
De facto marriage	84,798	95,531
Not married	394,380	417,464
Married	47.5	47
Never married	34.4	35
Widowed	6.2	5.8
Divorced	9.1	9.2
Separated	2.9	3.1

Religion wise Adelaide Population

According to 2016 Adelaide census, 48.2 percent follows Christianity, followed by Buddhism with 2.2%, Islam with 2.1%, and Hinduism with 1.7%. 35.9% are with no-religion beliefs and 8.5% are not stated.

Religion	Percent (2011)	Percent (2016)
Buddhism	2.2	2.2
Christianity	56.7	48.2
Hinduism	1.1	1.7
Islam	1.5	2.1
Judaism	0.1	0.1
Other religions	0.9	1.1
Other spiritual beliefs	0.9	0.2
No religion, secular beliefs	28.1	35.9
Not stated (%)	8.5	8.5