Adelaide

Adelaide is a big city in Australia. Green parks go all the way around its middle.

The Kaurna People are the Traditional Custodians of this land.

Adelaide is the capital of the state of South Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated that 1,491,015 people lived in Greater Adelaide on 30 June 2025, about 18,600 more than a year before.

The city lies at the foot of the Mount Lofty Ranges, on Gulf St Vincent. The City of Adelaide recognizes the Kaurna People of the Adelaide Plains as the Traditional Custodians of the land.

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population 2024–25: Greater Adelaide's estimated resident population was 1,491,015 at 30 June 2025, up 18,647 (1.3%) in a year; net overseas migration (17,800) and natural increase (3,200) were positive, net internal migration negative (−2,400). Greater Adelaide's center of population lay near the banks of the River Torrens, north of Botanic Park.

Universalis (Alain Huetz de Lemps): Adelaide, capital of South Australia, lies at the foot of the Mount Lofty Ranges on Gulf St Vincent.

Look down from the sky! A river curves past the city. Train tracks run beside it.

Green parks wrap around the tall buildings, and houses spread out to the hills.

This photo was taken from the air on 3 August 2005, looking southeast over Adelaide's city center. In the front, a river curves past railway tracks. Behind them, office towers stand in a neat grid of streets, with strips of green park land around the edges. Beyond, rows of houses stretch away to the hills.

The Adelaide Park Lands cover 932 hectares, with 29 parks and 6 city squares, the City of Adelaide says.

Commons: 'Aerial view of the Adelaide city centre looking south-east', dated 3 August 2005, 11.22 am, photograph by Doug Barber, originally posted to Flickr, CC BY-SA 3.0 (license confirmed by a Commons reviewer on 28 September 2009).

City of Adelaide: the Park Lands embrace the city in a leafy figure of eight and cover 932 hectares, with 29 parks and 6 city squares; the council manages about 80% of them and the South Australian Government the rest, including the Botanic Garden and Botanic Park. On 7 November 2008 the Adelaide Park Lands and City Layout were added to the National Heritage List.

People play sports, walk dogs and have picnics in Adelaide's parks. Big festivals happen there too.

The Park Lands are where people in Adelaide play sports, exercise and relax, the City of Adelaide says, and they hold big events such as the Adelaide Fringe festival and WOMADelaide.

Inside the ring of parks is the City, Adelaide's center for government and business, with the Parliament, the university, the town hall and big shops, Universalis says. Beyond the parks spread wide suburbs of houses with gardens.

Universalis: the original town became 'the City', the center of administration and business, with Parliament, the university, the town hall, the law courts, banks and department stores; beyond the belt of parks spread large residential districts of detached houses with gardens; a satellite town, Elizabeth, was built further north to limit congestion.

Wikidata: Adelaide Festival Centre, opened 1973-06-02, 0.92 km NNW of the city point; Adelaide Oval, opened 1871, capacity 53,500, 1.37 km NNW; Adelaide Botanic Garden (1857) 1.59 km NE. ABS: the densest areas in June 2025 were near the central business district, at about 3,100 people per square kilometer.