South Australia Population 2024

Age groups	Male	Female	Population
0-4 years	49,910	47,163	97,072
5-14 years	100,505	95,419	195,930
15-19 years	51,516	49,169	100,686
20-24 years	55,223	52,766	107,986
25-34 years	108,274	109,837	218,107
35-44 years	104,188	105,275	209,468
45-54 years	112,117	114,770	226,891
55-64 years	104,169	109,756	213,923
65-74 years	81,316	87,533	168,852
75-84 years	42,437	50,821	93,258
85 years and over	16,340	28,143	44,479
Total persons	825,997	850,652	1,676,653

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Religions in South Australia

At the 2016 census, overall 49.11% of responses identified some variant of Christianity out of these Catholicism (18%), Anglicanism (10%) and Uniting Church (7.1%). The other major groups are 35.4% stated they have no religion, 8.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 1.36 % follows Hinduism, 1.70 follows Islam and 0.52% follows Sikhism.

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Ethnic groups in South Australia

The table below indicates the Indigenous people status in 2016:

The table below shows the Ancestry by Country of Birth: 28.9% of the population was born overseas at the 2016 census. The five largest groups of overseas-born were from England (5.8%), India (1.6%), China (1.5%), Italy (1.1%) and Vietnam (0.9%). The table below shows Country of Birth by persons: Country of Birth of Person by year of Arrival in Australia:

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Literacy

Below table is the Age of persons attending an educational institution:

Below table is the highest year of school completed:

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Languages in South Australia

At the 2016 census, 78.2% of the population spoke only English at home. The other languages most commonly spoken at home were 2.42% speak Chinese that includes Cantonese, Mandarin, 1.37% Greek, 1.73% Italian, 1.1% Vietnamese, 0.32% Tagalog, 0.33% Spanish, 0.24% Serbian, 0.33% Polish, 0.21% Korean, 0.43% Hindi, 0.38% German, 0.55% Arabic.

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South Australia population in 2023 is estimated to be 1.829 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 1.82 million, population in 2021 is estimated to be 1,773,243 people. Marital status of South Australian state as per 2016 census:

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Income Distribution

The manufacturing industry plays an key role in South Australians state economy, and large part in exports. The manufacturing industry consists of automotive manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, Defence technology and electronic systems. South Australian state economy relies on exports more than any other state in Australia. Median age of persons is 40, Median mortgage repayment $1,491 monthly, Median total personal income is $600 weekly, Median rent is $260 weekly, Median total family income is $1,510 weekly, Average number of persons per bedroom is 0.8, Median total household income is $ 1,206 weekly and Average household size is 2.4.

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History

Indigenous Australians inhabited the area now known as South Australia, Evidence of human activity in South Australia dates back as far as 49,000 years. As per adelaideaz, Artefacts excavated in this region to push back the earliest known dates on the development of key bone and stone axe technologies and the use of ochre in Australia. The South Australian terrain consists largely of arid and semi arid rangelands, with several low mountain ranges. European settlers begin to immigrate into the state of South Australia for about four decades after Australia was first colonized. Originally, the region was part of the New South Wales colony of 1788. However, the British parliament passed an act allowing the establishment of another state in 1834. According to Kangaroo Island, The first European settlers of the Kangaroo Island were deserters from 9 English whaling ships and sealers arrived on the Island in the early 1836. Profits of whaling are encouraged, A report by Hart, Hagen & Baker noted 30 foreign whaling ships in South Australian waters in 1841. Kangaroo Island located 110 km south-west of Adelaide and its largest Australian Island. The early explorers of Kangaroo Island found no evidence of Aboriginal inhabitants. It was not until the early 1900's that Aboriginal campsites were found was inhabited from around 10,000 years. It was not until July 1836 that the first official settlers arrived aboard the Duke of York. As the first free settlement in Australia, the new settlement of Kingscote was dogged by the lack of water and suitable building timber. After four years, island was abandoned and moved in favour of Adelaide. South Australia grew on the back of agricultural industries like wine, and the mining industry in the late 19th century.