About Adelaide
Just about the perfect city
Adelaide is a perfectly sized city of just over a million people where
everything is in easy reach of the city centre, with many kilometres of metropolitan beaches, the scenic Adelaide Hills and 400 festivals and
events on the calendar each year.
It’s been rated as one of the world's top five cities in which to live (Economist Intelligence Unit's Liveability Survey 2005), and is a sophisticated city encompassing a wide range of European, Asian and other cultures to create a unique, tolerant, multi-cultural lifestyle.
A place where everyone feels at home
Adelaide is an ideal city for students, providing a lifestyle that is affordable, safe and convenient.
A multicultural city with a population made up of more than 100 different ethnic communities, its founders established a tradition of religious tolerance and political stability that today ensures a peaceful environment for study.
Your interests are met in every possible way, from inexpensive, intimate cafes and meeting places to a vast range of sporting clubs and social institutions, music and cinema venues, cultural events, offbeat fashion, bookshops and libraries.
There’s always something happening
Adelaide has a reputation as one of the world’s great festival cities, hosting more than 500 festivals throughout the year.
Every weekend you can experience international arts, culture, food, wine and music – all the best that life can offer, with Adelaide firmly on the international circuit when it comes to international bands and performers.
The City’s rich artistic life is demonstrated not just in its galleries and theatres, but also in the many cultural festivals, the world’s largest youth arts festival, and international festivals of art, music, film and literature – culminating in the Festival of Arts, the Adelaide Fringe - the second biggest in the world after Edinburgh, a Cabaret Festival and the WOMADelaide World Music Festival.
