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Adelaide – North stretches from Grand Junction Road to Virginia in the north-west and Gawler in the north east, encompassing most of the major greenfields growth areas of Adelaide, and includes the Council areas of Salisbury, Playford, Tea Tree Gully and parts of Port Adelaide-Enfield, Barossa, Light Regional and Adelaide Plains Regional Councils. In addition to significant residential population, it has large amounts of industry, both the General Aviation Parafield airport and the RAAF Edinburgh base, and horticulture.

Much of the growth is in large greenfields developments of standard density detached dwellings. Key sites are the Riverlea development near Virginia, Angle Vale, Playford Alive, Concordia and Roseworthy. In addition, plans have also been launched for the Kudla region (between the current northern fringe of the Adelaide plains residential footprint and Gawler) as well as the Dry Creek salt pans, next to Barker Inlet/Torrens Island and Gulf St Vincent. Towards the end of the forecast period and other development opportunities are used, this SA4 will increasingly take the bulk of population growth in Adelaide and South Australia.

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Adelaide North

The Adelaide North SA4 population is forecast to pass 550,000 in 2038.

The Riverlea, Angle Vale and Playford North developments will continue to deliver significant growth across the forecast period. Concordia is expected to start delivering housing from about 2031 and the Kudla / Salt Pans developments after that.

Smaller regeneration developments are expected in Oakden, the Smithfield Barracks and in Golden Grove, as well as relatively high levels of infill as the larger blocks originally provided in the 1950s and 1960s are subdivided. Little higher density development is expected beyond some townhouse style buildings.

Infrastructure (water, sewer) limitations are present across the region limiting the speed and ease of development. This was recognised by the February 2026 agreement between the SA State Government and the Australian government to provide extra finance to facilitate upgrades in a timely fashion.

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	2021	2026	2031	2036	2041	2046
Forecast Population	461,134	496,135	520,387	543,496	565,051	585,531
Change (five year)	-	35,001	24,253	23,108	21,556	20,479
Average Annual Change (%)	-	1.47%	0.96%	0.87%	0.78%	0.71%
Forecast Dwellings	182,768	196,903	210,650	224,437	238,056	251,539
Change (five year	-	14,135	13,747	13,788	13,619	13,483
Average Annual Change (%)	-	1.50%	1.36%	1.28%	1.19%	1.11%

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