Regions

About our regions

State Government departments and agencies use consistent boundaries to define 12 administrative regions in South Australia.

To coordinate regional development, the Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA) divides the state into 8 regions.

These are classified as greater Adelaide and the following country regions:

The traditional Aboriginal owners have freehold title and certain rights over more than 103,000 square kilometres in the APY Lands. This allows descendants from Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara, and Ngaanyatjarra to determine how the land is managed.

There are 7 main communities within the APY Lands and around 20 homelands. These support over 2,000 Anangu people who have a deep cultural and spiritual bond with their country.

Regional facts and statistics

The Eyre and Western region boast a third of SA's coastlines, which includes our national seafood capital.

The Far North includes 80% of SA's land mass and holds majority of the world's opal mines.

The Murray and Mallee region produces all of SA's oranges and is home to the southern hemisphere's largest winery.

Learn more about our regions.

Download regional infographics (PDF)

Projects and initiatives

Contact us

For general enquiries, email us or find your local contact.

PIRSA.RegionsSA@sa.gov.au Find your local regional advisor
Page last reviewed: 10 Oct 2023

 


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