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List of cities in Australia by population

These lists of Australian cities by population provide rankings of Australian cities and towns according to various systems defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

1. Sydney (5.260m)
2. Melbourne (4.976m)
3. Brisbane (2.569m)
4. Perth (2.192m)
5. Adelaide (1.402m)
6. Gold Coast (707k)
7. Newcastle (510k)
8. Canberra (454k)
12. Geelong (289k)
13. Hobart (251k)
14. Townsville (182k)
15. Cairns (156k)
16. Darwin (149k)
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Australian cities (GCCSAs, bolded; SUAs) by population (rounded to the nearest thousand). Not shown on the map:

9. Sunshine Coast (356k)
10. Central Coast (340k)
11. Wollongong (306k)
17. Toowoomba (144k)
18. Ballarat (112k)
19. Bendigo (103k)
20. Albury–Wodonga (98k)

The eight Greater Capital City Statistical Areas are listed for the state and territory capital cities. All Significant Urban Areas (SUA), representing urban agglomerations of over 10,000 population, are listed next. The fifty largest Urban Centres (built-up area) are then ranked and, lastly, the fifty largest Local Government Areas (the units of local government below the states and territories) are also ranked.

Greater capital city statistical areas by population

Each capital city forms its own Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA), which according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) represents a broad functional definition of each of the eight state and territory capital cities.[1] In Australia, the population of the GCCSA is the most-often quoted figure for the population of capital cities. These units correspond broadly to the international concept of metropolitan areas.

Rank Greater Capital City Statistical Area 30 June 2021 estimated resident population[citation needed] 2011–21 change (no.)[citation needed] 2011–21 change (%)[citation needed] Included SUAs
1 Greater Sydney 5,259,764 +650,815 +14.1 Sydney
Central Coast
2 Greater Melbourne 4,976,157 +806,791 +19.4 Melbourne
Bacchus Marsh
GisborneMacedon
Melton
3 Greater Brisbane 2,568,927 +421,491 +19.6 Brisbane
4 Greater Perth 2,192,229 +358,662 +19.6 Perth
Yanchep
5 Greater Adelaide 1,402,393 +138,302 +10.9 Adelaide
6 Australian Capital Territory[a] (Canberra) 453,558 +85,573 +23.3 CanberraQueanbeyan
(ACT part only)
7 Greater Hobart 251,047 +34,774 +16.1 Hobart
8 Greater Darwin 148,801 +19,695 +15.3 Darwin
Notes
  1. ^ The GCCSA for Canberra covers the entire ACT, and is formally titled as such.

Significant urban areas by population

The following table ranks the SUAs, including those of the capital cities (which are smaller than their respective GCCSAs, except for Canberra's, which includes adjacent Queanbeyan, in New South Wales). Capitals are in bold. Significant Urban Areas are defined to represent significant towns and cities, or agglomerations of smaller towns, that have at least 10,000 total population. Significant Urban Areas may contain more than one distinct Urban Centre.

70% of the Australian population live in the top eight most populous cities (images below).

Rank Significant
Urban Area
State/territory Population Growth from 2011 to 2021
Estimated resident population,
June 2021[2]
ERP, June 2011[2]
1 Sydney New South Wales 4,856,693 4,240,340 +14.54%
2 Melbourne Victoria 4,778,716 4,025,375 +18.71%
3 Brisbane Queensland 2,484,947 2,076,608 +19.66%
4 Perth Western Australia 2,150,403 1,804,239 +19.19%
5 Adelaide South Australia 1,383,209 1,245,896 +11.02%
6 Gold CoastTweed Heads Queensland
New South Wales
706,673 581,036 +21.62%
7 NewcastleMaitland New South Wales 509,894 453,265 +12.49%
8 CanberraQueanbeyan Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
482,250 405,014 +19.07%
9 Sunshine Coast Queensland 355,631 281,005 +26.56%
10 Gosford–Wyong New South Wales 340,203 314,941 +8.02%
11 Wollongong New South Wales 305,880 281,700 +8.58%
12 Geelong Victoria 289,400 227,957 +26.95%
13 Hobart Tasmania 230,353 198,534 +16.03%
14 Townsville Queensland 181,665 167,561 +8.42%
15 Cairns Queensland 155,638 139,212 +11.80%
16 Toowoomba Queensland 143,994 126,426 +13.90%
17 Darwin Northern Territory 135,305 116,995 +15.65%
18 Ballarat Victoria 111,702 93,470 +19.51%
19 Bendigo Victoria 102,899 87,340 +17.81%
20 Albury–Wodonga New South Wales
Victoria
97,676 84,195 +16.01%
21 Launceston Tasmania 93,332 86,051 +8.46%
22 Mackay Queensland 85,435 79,683 +7.22%
23 Rockhampton Queensland 80,240 78,598 +2.09%
24 Bunbury Western Australia 79,252 67,860 +16.79%
25 Melton Victoria 78,792 48,792 +61.49%
26 Bundaberg Queensland 74,433 69,095 +7.73%
27 Coffs Harbour New South Wales 74,177 66,689 +11.23%
28 Hervey Bay Queensland 58,235 49,835 +16.86%
29 Wagga Wagga New South Wales 57,233 54,137 +5.72%
30 SheppartonMooroopna Victoria 53,983 47,571 +13.48%
31 MilduraWentworth Victoria
New South Wales
53,677 48,505 +10.66%
32 Port Macquarie New South Wales 50,104 43,275 +15.78%
33 GladstoneTannum Sands Queensland 45,779 43,166 +6.05%
34 Tamworth New South Wales 44,357 40,085 +10.66%
35 WarragulDrouin Victoria 42,870 30,287 +41.55%
36 Orange New South Wales 42,151 37,785 +11.55%
37 Busselton Western Australia 41,906 31,475 +33.14%
38 BowralMittagong New South Wales 41,419 36,266 +14.21%
39 Dubbo New South Wales 41,014 35,281 +16.25%
40 TraralgonMorwell Victoria 40,609 43,128 −5.84%
41 NowraBomaderry New South Wales 38,939 34,604 +12.53%
42 Bathurst New South Wales 37,490 33,754 +11.07%
43 Geraldton Western Australia 36,884 40,279 −8.43%
44 Albany Western Australia 36,300 31,791 +14.18%
45 Warrnambool Victoria 35,754 33,020 +8.28%
46 Mount Gambier South Australia 33,233 28,279 +17.52%
47 Devonport Tasmania 32,611 30,425 +7.18%
48 KalgoorlieBoulder Western Australia 30,425 31,933 −4.72%
49 Victor HarborGoolwa South Australia 28,850 24,422 +18.13%
50 Lismore New South Wales 28,844 29,294 −1.54%
51 Alice Springs Northern Territory 28,601 28,489 +0.39%
52 BurnieWynyard Tasmania 28,537 28,019 +1.85%
53 Nelson Bay New South Wales 28,316 26,116 +8.42%
54 Maryborough Queensland 27,826 26,893 +3.47%
55 Ballina New South Wales 27,782 24,469 +13.54%
56 MorissetCooranbong New South Wales 27,771 22,644 +22.64%
57 Taree New South Wales 26,674 26,307 +1.40%
58 Bacchus Marsh Victoria 25,045 17,488 +43.21%
59 Goulburn New South Wales 24,683 22,202 +11.17%
60 Armidale New South Wales 24,171 23,471 +2.98%
61 Gympie Queensland 22,695 19,971 +13.64%
62 EchucaMoama Victoria
New South Wales
22,478 19,659 +14.34%
63 GisborneMacedon Victoria 22,366 18,570 +20.44%
64 Whyalla South Australia 21,868 22,471 −2.68%
65 ForsterTuncurry New South Wales 20,999 20,273 +3.58%
66 Griffith New South Wales 20,670 18,683 +10.64%
67 Yeppoon Queensland 20,575 16,815 +22.36%
68 St Georges BasinSanctuary Point New South Wales 20,081 16,967 +18.35%
69 Grafton New South Wales 19,331 19,051 +1.47%
70 Murray Bridge South Australia 18,864 17,071 +10.50%
71 Mount Isa Queensland 18,755 21,417 −12.43%
72 Camden Haven New South Wales 18,409 16,267 +13.17%
73 Wangaratta Victoria 17,980 19,877 −9.54%
74 Karratha Western Australia 17,892 17,007 +5.20%
75 Broken Hill New South Wales 17,661 19,151 −7.78%
76 Batemans Bay New South Wales 17,492 16,352 +6.97%
77 MoeNewborough Victoria 17,263 16,955 +1.82%
78 Singleton New South Wales 17,135 16,730 +2.42%
79 Ulladulla New South Wales 16,951 14,758 +14.86%
80 Horsham Victoria 16,944 16,099 +5.25%
81 Port Lincoln South Australia 16,844 15,621 +7.83%
82 Port Hedland Western Australia 16,247 14,372 +13.05%
83 Kempsey New South Wales 15,809 14,796 +6.85%
84 Warwick Queensland 15,759 14,950 +5.41%
85 Broome Western Australia 15,664 13,314 +17.65%
86 Bairnsdale Victoria 15,648 13,458 +16.27%
87 Ulverstone Tasmania 15,430 14,739 +4.69%
88 Yanchep Western Australia 15,348 6,866 +123.54%
89 Sale Victoria 15,259 14,441 +5.66%
90 Emerald Queensland 14,356 13,632 +5.31%
91 Port Pirie South Australia 14,297 14,281 +0.11%
92 Port Augusta South Australia 14,125 14,084 +0.29%
93 Gunnedah New South Wales 13,085 12,066 +8.45%
94 Colac Victoria 12,696 11,981 +5.97%
95 Mudgee New South Wales 12,577 10,832 +16.11%
96 Esperance Western Australia 12,459 11,777 +5.79%
97 Lithgow New South Wales 12,411 12,686 −2.17%
98 Muswellbrook New South Wales 12,379 12,222 +1.28%
99 Portland Victoria 11,182 10,894 +2.64%
100 Swan Hill Victoria 11,169 10,610 +5.27%
101 Parkes New South Wales 10,985 11,318 −2.94%
102 Kingaroy Queensland 10,660 10,074 +5.82%

50 largest urban centres by population

Urban centres are defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as being a population cluster of 1,000 or more people. For statistical purposes, people living in urban centres are classified as urban. The figures below represent the populations of the contiguous built-up areas of each city; with state and territory capitals in bold. These figures are only updated every census, as the ABS does not render population projections for Urban Centres, and as such can only be as up-to-date as the most recent census year.

Rank
(2016)
Urban Centre Estimated resident population SUA
(if part of a larger SUA)
Ranking in state or territory, 2016
2016 census [3][4] 2011 census 2006 census ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas WA Vic
1 Sydney 4,321,535 3,908,642 [5] 3,641,422 [6] 1
2 Melbourne 4,196,198 3,707,530 [7] 3,371,888 [8] 1
3 Brisbane 2,054,614 1,874,427 [9] 1,676,389 [10] 1
4 Perth 1,874,578 1,627,576 [11] 1,256,035 [12] 1
5 Adelaide 1,165,632 1,103,979 [13] 1,040,719 [14] 1
6 Gold CoastTweed Heads (Gold Coast part) 540,559 478,107 [15] Gold Coast–Tweed Heads 2
7 CanberraQueanbeyan (Canberra part) 395,790 355,596 [16] Canberra–Queanbeyan 1
8 Newcastle 322,278 308,308 [17] 288,732 [18] Newcastle–Maitland 2
9 Central Coast 307,742 297,713 [19] 282,726 [20] 3
10 Wollongong 261,896 245,942 [21] 234,482 [22] 4
11 Sunshine Coast 243,377 209,263 [23] 184,662 [24] 3
12 Hobart 178,009 170,975 [25] 128,557 [26] 1
13 Townsville 168,729 157,748 [27] 128,808 [28] 4
14 Geelong 157,104 143,291 [29] 137,220 [30] 2
15 Cairns 144,730 133,893 [31] 98,349 [32] 5
16 Darwin 118,456 103,016 [33] 89,905 [34][35] 1
17 Toowoomba 100,032 96,597 [36] 95,265 [37] 6
18 Ballarat 93,759 85,935 [38] 78,221 [39] 3
19 Bendigo 92,379 82,794 [40] 76,051 [41] 4
20 Maitland 78,015 67,132 [42] 61,431 [43] Newcastle–Maitland 5
21 Mackay 75,710 74,219 [44] 66,874 [45] 7
22 Launceston 75,329 74,085 [46] 71,395 [47] 2
23 Bunbury 71,090 64,385 [48] 54,482 [49] 2
24 Rockhampton 61,214 61,724 [50] 60,827 [51] 8
25 Gold CoastTweed Heads (Tweed Heads part) 59,776 55,553 [52] Gold Coast–Tweed Heads 6
26 Melton 54,456 45,624 [53] 35,490 [54] 5
27 Hervey Bay 52,073 48,680 [55] 41,225 [56] 9
28 Bundaberg 50,148 49,750 [57] 46,961 [58] 10
29 Wagga Wagga 48,263 46,913 [59] 46,735 [60] 7
30 Coffs Harbour 48,225 45,580 [61] 26,353 [62] 8
31 Albury–Wodonga (Albury part) 47,974 45,627 [63] Albury–Wodonga 9
32 SheppartonMooroopna 46,199 42,741 [64] 38,773 [65] 6
33 Port Macquarie 44,814 41,491 [66] 39,219 [67] 10
34 Orange 37,182 34,992 [68] 31,544 [69] 11
35 CanberraQueanbeyan (Queanbeyan part) 36,248 35,878 [70] Canberra–Queanbeyan 12
36 Albury–Wodonga (Wodonga part) 35,130 31,605 [71] Albury–Wodonga 7
37 Sunbury 34,425 33,062 [72] 29,566 [73] Melbourne 8
38 Dubbo 34,339 32,327 [74] 30,574 [75] 13
39 Tamworth 33,885 36,131 [76] 33,475 [77] 14
40 Bathurst 33,587 31,294 [78] 28,992 [79] 15
41 MilduraBuronga (Mildura part) 33,444 31,361 [80] Mildura–Wentworth 9
42 Gladstone 33,418 32,073 [81] 28,808 [82] Gladstone–Tannum Sands 11
43 Geraldton 31,982 31,349 [83] 27,420 [84] 3
44 NowraBomaderry 30,853 27,988 [85] 27,478 [86] 16
45 Warrnambool 30,709 29,284 [87] 10
46 KalgoorlieBoulder 29,875 30,840 [88] 28,242 [89] 4
47 Albany 29,373 26,643 [90] 25,196 [91] 5
48 Blue Mountains 29,319 28,769 [92] Sydney 17
49 Lismore 27,569 27,474 [93] 27,069 [94] 18
50 Gawler 26,472 23,957 [95] 20,006 [96] Adelaide 2

List of local government areas by population

Local government areas (LGAs) are the main units of local government in Australia. They may be termed cities, councils, regions, shires, towns, or other names, and all function similarly. Local government areas cover around 90 per cent of the nation. Significant sections of South Australia and New South Wales are unincorporated, that is, have no defined local government, along with the ACT and smaller sections of Northern Territory and Victoria. Brisbane is the only state capital city with its respective LGA (City of Brisbane) covering a significant portion of its urban area. Other capital cities have its central LGAs covering a much smaller proportion of their total urban areas.

The populations of the central local government areas in other capitals are relatively small. As of June 2020, Darwin had a population of 82,030, Hobart 55,250, Perth 30,971, and Adelaide 26,177.[97] Most Australian capital cities have suburban local government areas significantly larger in population than the central local government area.

Rank
(2021)
Local government area Estimated resident population[97] Ranking in state, 2021
2021 2019 Qld NSW WA Vic SA
  1 City of Brisbane 1,272,461 1,253,647 1
  2 City of Gold Coast 643,461 620,437 2
  3 Moreton Bay Region 486,645 469,442 3
  4 City of Blacktown 387,104 374,372 1
  5 City of Canterbury-Bankstown 378,425 377,836 2
  6 City of Casey 368,861 353,962 1
  7 City of Logan 348,020 334,353 4
  8 Central Coast Council 347,158 343,922 3
  9 Sunshine Coast Region 343,590 328,390 5
  10 City of Wyndham 289,571 270,607 2
  11 Northern Beaches Council 272,184 273,409 4
  12 City of Greater Geelong 269,508 258,938 3
  13 City of Parramatta 258,799 257,094 5
  14 City of Hume 243,738 233,545 4
  15 City of Sydney 242,237 245,942 6
  16 Cumberland Council 239,834 241,453 7
  17 City of Whittlesea 237,932 220,297 5
  18 City of Ipswich 236,708 222,311 6
  19 City of Liverpool 234,917 227,545 8
  20 Sutherland Shire 234,275 230,579 9
  21 City of Stirling 223,260 221,238 1
  22 City of Wollongong 220,659 218,076 10
  23 City of Penrith 219,173 212,944 11
  24 City of Wanneroo 215,878 208,360 2
  25 City of Lake Macquarie 210,031 205,875 12
  26 City of Fairfield 207,922 211,654 13
  27 City of Brimbank 201,680 209,568 6
  28 Inner West Council 199,759 200,720 14
  29 City of Townsville 197,992 195,022 7
  30 City of Monash 197,980 202,896 7
  31 The Hills Shire 188,557 177,927 15
  32 City of Merri-bek 184,707 185,811 8
  33 Bayside Council 182,369 178,351 16
  34 City of Melton 179,107 164,936 9
  35 City of Boroondara 176,632 183,197 10
  36 City of Whitehorse 175,970 178,779 11
  37 City of Onkaparinga 175,711 172,945 1
  38 City of Campbelltown 175,687 170,912 17
  39 Toowoomba Region 171,135 168,992 8
  40 City of Melbourne 169,860 178,994 12
  41 City of Newcastle 168,880 165,541 18
  42 Shire of Mornington Peninsula 168,865 167,619 13
  43 Cairns Region 168,853 166,849 9
  44 City of Kingston 164,680 165,804 14
  45 City of Greater Dandenong 163,266 168,261 15
  46 City of Knox 162,769 164,553 16
  47 City of Darebin 162,501 164,224 17
  48 Redland City 161,463 158,801 10
  49 City of Joondalup 160,579 159,898 3
  50 Georges River Council 159,266 159,431 19

Definitions

 
Sydney statistical areas

Illustrated are the various statistical areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for Sydney and its surrounds. The extent of the Greater Sydney greater capital city statistical area is designated by thick grey line and black text. The greater capital city statistical areas are the eight unique statistical divisions delineating the broadest possible concept of each state or territory capital city, constructed from one or more whole labour market areas (designated SA4 in the Australian Statistical Geography Standard). The rest of NSW area includes the entire remainder of the state, as each state or territory has only one GCCSA.

The significant urban areas are designated by solid orange lines with stippled fill and red text. Significant urban areas are statistical divisions designed to represent significant towns and cities or associated collections of smaller towns, with total populations of 10,000 people or more. They consist of single, or clusters of, urban centres/localities (see below), and are constructed from one or more SA2 units, which are collations of suburbs and localities designed for consistent statistical output between censuses.

The Urban Centres/Localities are designated by dashed red lines with pink fill. Urban centres/localities are statistical divisions delineating the contiguous built up, or urban areas of cities, towns and most small settlements. They are constructed from the smallest statistical output areas (SA1).

Also represented are 31 outlined coloured areas. These are the 31 local government areas that are commonly understood as comprising Sydney, albeit unofficially.

See also

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These lists of Australian cities by population provide rankings of Australian cities and towns according to various systems defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics 1 Sydney 5 260m 2 Melbourne 4 976m 3 Brisbane 2 569m 4 Perth 2 192m 5 Adelaide 1 402m 6 Gold Coast 707k 7 Newcastle 510k 8 Canberra 454k 12 Geelong 289k 13 Hobart 251k 14 Townsville 182k 15 Cairns 156k 16 Darwin 149k class notpageimage Australian cities GCCSAs bolded SUAs by population rounded to the nearest thousand Not shown on the map 9 Sunshine Coast 356k 10 Central Coast 340k 11 Wollongong 306k 17 Toowoomba 144k 18 Ballarat 112k 19 Bendigo 103k 20 Albury Wodonga 98k The eight Greater Capital City Statistical Areas are listed for the state and territory capital cities All Significant Urban Areas SUA representing urban agglomerations of over 10 000 population are listed next The fifty largest Urban Centres built up area are then ranked and lastly the fifty largest Local Government Areas the units of local government below the states and territories are also ranked Contents 1 Greater capital city statistical areas by population 2 Significant urban areas by population 3 50 largest urban centres by population 4 List of local government areas by population 5 Definitions 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksGreater capital city statistical areas by population EditEach capital city forms its own Greater Capital City Statistical Area GCCSA which according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics ABS represents a broad functional definition of each of the eight state and territory capital cities 1 In Australia the population of the GCCSA is the most often quoted figure for the population of capital cities These units correspond broadly to the international concept of metropolitan areas Rank Greater Capital City Statistical Area 30 June 2021 estimated resident population citation needed 2011 21 change no citation needed 2011 21 change citation needed Included SUAs1 Greater Sydney 5 259 764 650 815 14 1 SydneyCentral Coast2 Greater Melbourne 4 976 157 806 791 19 4 MelbourneBacchus MarshGisborne MacedonMelton3 Greater Brisbane 2 568 927 421 491 19 6 Brisbane4 Greater Perth 2 192 229 358 662 19 6 PerthYanchep5 Greater Adelaide 1 402 393 138 302 10 9 Adelaide6 Australian Capital Territory a Canberra 453 558 85 573 23 3 Canberra Queanbeyan ACT part only 7 Greater Hobart 251 047 34 774 16 1 Hobart8 Greater Darwin 148 801 19 695 15 3 DarwinNotes The GCCSA for Canberra covers the entire ACT and is formally titled as such Significant urban areas by population EditThe following table ranks the SUAs including those of the capital cities which are smaller than their respective GCCSAs except for Canberra s which includes adjacent Queanbeyan in New South Wales Capitals are in bold Significant Urban Areas are defined to represent significant towns and cities or agglomerations of smaller towns that have at least 10 000 total population Significant Urban Areas may contain more than one distinct Urban Centre 70 of the Australian population live in the top eight most populous cities images below Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Perth Adelaide Gold Coast Newcastle Canberra Rank SignificantUrban Area State territory Population Growth from 2011 to 2021Estimated resident population June 2021 2 ERP June 2011 2 1 Sydney New South Wales 4 856 693 4 240 340 14 54 2 Melbourne Victoria 4 778 716 4 025 375 18 71 3 Brisbane Queensland 2 484 947 2 076 608 19 66 4 Perth Western Australia 2 150 403 1 804 239 19 19 5 Adelaide South Australia 1 383 209 1 245 896 11 02 6 Gold Coast Tweed Heads QueenslandNew South Wales 706 673 581 036 21 62 7 Newcastle Maitland New South Wales 509 894 453 265 12 49 8 Canberra Queanbeyan Australian Capital Territory New South Wales 482 250 405 014 19 07 9 Sunshine Coast Queensland 355 631 281 005 26 56 10 Gosford Wyong New South Wales 340 203 314 941 8 02 11 Wollongong New South Wales 305 880 281 700 8 58 12 Geelong Victoria 289 400 227 957 26 95 13 Hobart Tasmania 230 353 198 534 16 03 14 Townsville Queensland 181 665 167 561 8 42 15 Cairns Queensland 155 638 139 212 11 80 16 Toowoomba Queensland 143 994 126 426 13 90 17 Darwin Northern Territory 135 305 116 995 15 65 18 Ballarat Victoria 111 702 93 470 19 51 19 Bendigo Victoria 102 899 87 340 17 81 20 Albury Wodonga New South WalesVictoria 97 676 84 195 16 01 21 Launceston Tasmania 93 332 86 051 8 46 22 Mackay Queensland 85 435 79 683 7 22 23 Rockhampton Queensland 80 240 78 598 2 09 24 Bunbury Western Australia 79 252 67 860 16 79 25 Melton Victoria 78 792 48 792 61 49 26 Bundaberg Queensland 74 433 69 095 7 73 27 Coffs Harbour New South Wales 74 177 66 689 11 23 28 Hervey Bay Queensland 58 235 49 835 16 86 29 Wagga Wagga New South Wales 57 233 54 137 5 72 30 Shepparton Mooroopna Victoria 53 983 47 571 13 48 31 Mildura Wentworth VictoriaNew South Wales 53 677 48 505 10 66 32 Port Macquarie New South Wales 50 104 43 275 15 78 33 Gladstone Tannum Sands Queensland 45 779 43 166 6 05 34 Tamworth New South Wales 44 357 40 085 10 66 35 Warragul Drouin Victoria 42 870 30 287 41 55 36 Orange New South Wales 42 151 37 785 11 55 37 Busselton Western Australia 41 906 31 475 33 14 38 Bowral Mittagong New South Wales 41 419 36 266 14 21 39 Dubbo New South Wales 41 014 35 281 16 25 40 Traralgon Morwell Victoria 40 609 43 128 5 84 41 Nowra Bomaderry New South Wales 38 939 34 604 12 53 42 Bathurst New South Wales 37 490 33 754 11 07 43 Geraldton Western Australia 36 884 40 279 8 43 44 Albany Western Australia 36 300 31 791 14 18 45 Warrnambool Victoria 35 754 33 020 8 28 46 Mount Gambier South Australia 33 233 28 279 17 52 47 Devonport Tasmania 32 611 30 425 7 18 48 Kalgoorlie Boulder Western Australia 30 425 31 933 4 72 49 Victor Harbor Goolwa South Australia 28 850 24 422 18 13 50 Lismore New South Wales 28 844 29 294 1 54 51 Alice Springs Northern Territory 28 601 28 489 0 39 52 Burnie Wynyard Tasmania 28 537 28 019 1 85 53 Nelson Bay New South Wales 28 316 26 116 8 42 54 Maryborough Queensland 27 826 26 893 3 47 55 Ballina New South Wales 27 782 24 469 13 54 56 Morisset Cooranbong New South Wales 27 771 22 644 22 64 57 Taree New South Wales 26 674 26 307 1 40 58 Bacchus Marsh Victoria 25 045 17 488 43 21 59 Goulburn New South Wales 24 683 22 202 11 17 60 Armidale New South Wales 24 171 23 471 2 98 61 Gympie Queensland 22 695 19 971 13 64 62 Echuca Moama VictoriaNew South Wales 22 478 19 659 14 34 63 Gisborne Macedon Victoria 22 366 18 570 20 44 64 Whyalla South Australia 21 868 22 471 2 68 65 Forster Tuncurry New South Wales 20 999 20 273 3 58 66 Griffith New South Wales 20 670 18 683 10 64 67 Yeppoon Queensland 20 575 16 815 22 36 68 St Georges Basin Sanctuary Point New South Wales 20 081 16 967 18 35 69 Grafton New South Wales 19 331 19 051 1 47 70 Murray Bridge South Australia 18 864 17 071 10 50 71 Mount Isa Queensland 18 755 21 417 12 43 72 Camden Haven New South Wales 18 409 16 267 13 17 73 Wangaratta Victoria 17 980 19 877 9 54 74 Karratha Western Australia 17 892 17 007 5 20 75 Broken Hill New South Wales 17 661 19 151 7 78 76 Batemans Bay New South Wales 17 492 16 352 6 97 77 Moe Newborough Victoria 17 263 16 955 1 82 78 Singleton New South Wales 17 135 16 730 2 42 79 Ulladulla New South Wales 16 951 14 758 14 86 80 Horsham Victoria 16 944 16 099 5 25 81 Port Lincoln South Australia 16 844 15 621 7 83 82 Port Hedland Western Australia 16 247 14 372 13 05 83 Kempsey New South Wales 15 809 14 796 6 85 84 Warwick Queensland 15 759 14 950 5 41 85 Broome Western Australia 15 664 13 314 17 65 86 Bairnsdale Victoria 15 648 13 458 16 27 87 Ulverstone Tasmania 15 430 14 739 4 69 88 Yanchep Western Australia 15 348 6 866 123 54 89 Sale Victoria 15 259 14 441 5 66 90 Emerald Queensland 14 356 13 632 5 31 91 Port Pirie South Australia 14 297 14 281 0 11 92 Port Augusta South Australia 14 125 14 084 0 29 93 Gunnedah New South Wales 13 085 12 066 8 45 94 Colac Victoria 12 696 11 981 5 97 95 Mudgee New South Wales 12 577 10 832 16 11 96 Esperance Western Australia 12 459 11 777 5 79 97 Lithgow New South Wales 12 411 12 686 2 17 98 Muswellbrook New South Wales 12 379 12 222 1 28 99 Portland Victoria 11 182 10 894 2 64 100 Swan Hill Victoria 11 169 10 610 5 27 101 Parkes New South Wales 10 985 11 318 2 94 102 Kingaroy Queensland 10 660 10 074 5 82 50 largest urban centres by population EditUrban centres are defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as being a population cluster of 1 000 or more people For statistical purposes people living in urban centres are classified as urban The figures below represent the populations of the contiguous built up areas of each city with state and territory capitals in bold These figures are only updated every census as the ABS does not render population projections for Urban Centres and as such can only be as up to date as the most recent census year Rank 2016 Urban Centre Estimated resident population SUA if part of a larger SUA Ranking in state or territory 20162016 census 3 4 2011 census 2006 census ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas WA Vic1 Sydney 4 321 535 3 908 642 5 3 641 422 6 12 Melbourne 4 196 198 3 707 530 7 3 371 888 8 13 Brisbane 2 054 614 1 874 427 9 1 676 389 10 14 Perth 1 874 578 1 627 576 11 1 256 035 12 15 Adelaide 1 165 632 1 103 979 13 1 040 719 14 16 Gold Coast Tweed Heads Gold Coast part 540 559 478 107 15 Gold Coast Tweed Heads 27 Canberra Queanbeyan Canberra part 395 790 355 596 16 Canberra Queanbeyan 18 Newcastle 322 278 308 308 17 288 732 18 Newcastle Maitland 29 Central Coast 307 742 297 713 19 282 726 20 310 Wollongong 261 896 245 942 21 234 482 22 411 Sunshine Coast 243 377 209 263 23 184 662 24 312 Hobart 178 009 170 975 25 128 557 26 113 Townsville 168 729 157 748 27 128 808 28 414 Geelong 157 104 143 291 29 137 220 30 215 Cairns 144 730 133 893 31 98 349 32 516 Darwin 118 456 103 016 33 89 905 34 35 117 Toowoomba 100 032 96 597 36 95 265 37 618 Ballarat 93 759 85 935 38 78 221 39 319 Bendigo 92 379 82 794 40 76 051 41 420 Maitland 78 015 67 132 42 61 431 43 Newcastle Maitland 521 Mackay 75 710 74 219 44 66 874 45 722 Launceston 75 329 74 085 46 71 395 47 223 Bunbury 71 090 64 385 48 54 482 49 224 Rockhampton 61 214 61 724 50 60 827 51 825 Gold Coast Tweed Heads Tweed Heads part 59 776 55 553 52 Gold Coast Tweed Heads 626 Melton 54 456 45 624 53 35 490 54 527 Hervey Bay 52 073 48 680 55 41 225 56 928 Bundaberg 50 148 49 750 57 46 961 58 1029 Wagga Wagga 48 263 46 913 59 46 735 60 730 Coffs Harbour 48 225 45 580 61 26 353 62 831 Albury Wodonga Albury part 47 974 45 627 63 Albury Wodonga 932 Shepparton Mooroopna 46 199 42 741 64 38 773 65 633 Port Macquarie 44 814 41 491 66 39 219 67 1034 Orange 37 182 34 992 68 31 544 69 1135 Canberra Queanbeyan Queanbeyan part 36 248 35 878 70 Canberra Queanbeyan 1236 Albury Wodonga Wodonga part 35 130 31 605 71 Albury Wodonga 737 Sunbury 34 425 33 062 72 29 566 73 Melbourne 838 Dubbo 34 339 32 327 74 30 574 75 1339 Tamworth 33 885 36 131 76 33 475 77 1440 Bathurst 33 587 31 294 78 28 992 79 1541 Mildura Buronga Mildura part 33 444 31 361 80 Mildura Wentworth 942 Gladstone 33 418 32 073 81 28 808 82 Gladstone Tannum Sands 1143 Geraldton 31 982 31 349 83 27 420 84 344 Nowra Bomaderry 30 853 27 988 85 27 478 86 1645 Warrnambool 30 709 29 284 87 1046 Kalgoorlie Boulder 29 875 30 840 88 28 242 89 447 Albany 29 373 26 643 90 25 196 91 548 Blue Mountains 29 319 28 769 92 Sydney 1749 Lismore 27 569 27 474 93 27 069 94 1850 Gawler 26 472 23 957 95 20 006 96 Adelaide 2List of local government areas by population EditLocal government areas LGAs are the main units of local government in Australia They may be termed cities councils regions shires towns or other names and all function similarly Local government areas cover around 90 per cent of the nation Significant sections of South Australia and New South Wales are unincorporated that is have no defined local government along with the ACT and smaller sections of Northern Territory and Victoria Brisbane is the only state capital city with its respective LGA City of Brisbane covering a significant portion of its urban area Other capital cities have its central LGAs covering a much smaller proportion of their total urban areas The populations of the central local government areas in other capitals are relatively small As of June 2020 Darwin had a population of 82 030 Hobart 55 250 Perth 30 971 and Adelaide 26 177 97 Most Australian capital cities have suburban local government areas significantly larger in population than the central local government area Rank 2021 Local government area Estimated resident population 97 Ranking in state 20212021 2019 Qld NSW WA Vic SA 1 City of Brisbane 1 272 461 1 253 647 1 2 City of Gold Coast 643 461 620 437 2 3 Moreton Bay Region 486 645 469 442 3 4 City of Blacktown 387 104 374 372 1 5 City of Canterbury Bankstown 378 425 377 836 2 6 City of Casey 368 861 353 962 1 7 City of Logan 348 020 334 353 4 8 Central Coast Council 347 158 343 922 3 9 Sunshine Coast Region 343 590 328 390 5 10 City of Wyndham 289 571 270 607 2 11 Northern Beaches Council 272 184 273 409 4 12 City of Greater Geelong 269 508 258 938 3 13 City of Parramatta 258 799 257 094 5 14 City of Hume 243 738 233 545 4 15 City of Sydney 242 237 245 942 6 16 Cumberland Council 239 834 241 453 7 17 City of Whittlesea 237 932 220 297 5 18 City of Ipswich 236 708 222 311 6 19 City of Liverpool 234 917 227 545 8 20 Sutherland Shire 234 275 230 579 9 21 City of Stirling 223 260 221 238 1 22 City of Wollongong 220 659 218 076 10 23 City of Penrith 219 173 212 944 11 24 City of Wanneroo 215 878 208 360 2 25 City of Lake Macquarie 210 031 205 875 12 26 City of Fairfield 207 922 211 654 13 27 City of Brimbank 201 680 209 568 6 28 Inner West Council 199 759 200 720 14 29 City of Townsville 197 992 195 022 7 30 City of Monash 197 980 202 896 7 31 The Hills Shire 188 557 177 927 15 32 City of Merri bek 184 707 185 811 8 33 Bayside Council 182 369 178 351 16 34 City of Melton 179 107 164 936 9 35 City of Boroondara 176 632 183 197 10 36 City of Whitehorse 175 970 178 779 11 37 City of Onkaparinga 175 711 172 945 1 38 City of Campbelltown 175 687 170 912 17 39 Toowoomba Region 171 135 168 992 8 40 City of Melbourne 169 860 178 994 12 41 City of Newcastle 168 880 165 541 18 42 Shire of Mornington Peninsula 168 865 167 619 13 43 Cairns Region 168 853 166 849 9 44 City of Kingston 164 680 165 804 14 45 City of Greater Dandenong 163 266 168 261 15 46 City of Knox 162 769 164 553 16 47 City of Darebin 162 501 164 224 17 48 Redland City 161 463 158 801 10 49 City of Joondalup 160 579 159 898 3 50 Georges River Council 159 266 159 431 19Definitions Edit Sydney statistical areas Illustrated are the various statistical areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for Sydney and its surrounds The extent of the Greater Sydney greater capital city statistical area is designated by thick grey line and black text The greater capital city statistical areas are the eight unique statistical divisions delineating the broadest possible concept of each state or territory capital city constructed from one or more whole labour market areas designated SA4 in the Australian Statistical Geography Standard The rest of NSW area includes the entire remainder of the state as each state or territory has only one GCCSA The significant urban areas are designated by solid orange lines with stippled fill and red text Significant urban areas are statistical divisions designed to represent significant towns and cities or associated collections of smaller towns with total populations of 10 000 people or more They consist of single or clusters of urban centres localities see below and are constructed from one or more SA2 units which are collations of suburbs and localities designed for consistent statistical output between censuses The Urban Centres Localities are designated by dashed red lines with pink fill Urban centres localities are statistical divisions delineating the contiguous built up or urban areas of cities towns and most small settlements They are constructed from the smallest statistical output areas SA1 Also represented are 31 outlined coloured areas These are the 31 local government areas that are commonly understood as comprising Sydney albeit unofficially See also EditDemography of Australia List of cities in Australia List of cities in Oceania by population List of largest cities in the world List of places in New South Wales by population List of places in Queensland by population List of places in South Australia by population List of places in Tasmania by population List of places in Victoria by population List of places in Western Australia by population List of towns and cities in Australia by year of settlementReferences Edit Statistics c AU o Commonwealth of Australia ou Australian Bureau of 28 July 2017 Main Features Main Features abs gov au a b Statistics Population estimates by LGA Significant Urban Area Remoteness Area and electoral division 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December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Toowoomba 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Ballarat 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Ballarat 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Bendigo 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Bendigo 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Maitland NSW 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Maitland NSW 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Mackay 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 1 January 2014 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Mackay 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Launceston 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Launceston 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Bunbury 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Bunbury 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Rockhampton 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Rockhampton 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Gold Coast Tweed Heads Tweed Heads part 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 12 April 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Melton 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Melton 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Hervey Bay 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Hervey Bay 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Bundaberg 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Bundaberg 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Wagga Wagga 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Wagga Wagga 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Coffs Harbour 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Coffs Harbour 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Albury Wodonga Albury part 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 12 April 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Shepparton Mooroopna 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Shepparton Mooroopna 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Port Macquarie 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Port Macquarie 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Orange 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Orange 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Canberra Queanbeyan Queanbeyan part 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 12 April 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Albury Wodonga Wodonga part 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 12 April 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Sunbury 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Sunbury 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Dubbo 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Dubbo 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Tamworth 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Tamworth 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Bathurst 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Bathurst 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Mildura Buronga Mildura part 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 12 April 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Gladstone 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Gladstone 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Geraldton 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Geraldton 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Nowra Bomaderry 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Nowra Bomaderry 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Warrnambool 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 12 April 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Kalgoorlie Boulder 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Kalgoorlie Boulder 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Albany 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Albany 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Blue Mountains 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 12 April 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Lismore 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Mackay 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 8 December 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics 31 October 2012 Gawler 2011 Census QuickStats Retrieved 17 November 2017 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 October 2007 Gawler 2006 Census QuickStats Retrieved 17 November 2017 a b Population estimates by LGA Significant Urban Area Remoteness Area and electoral division 2001 to 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Bureau of Statistics Retrieved 31 March 2022 External links Edit Table 1 Population growth and turnover in Local Government Areas LGAs 2006 to 2011 Australian Bureau of Statistics 25 November 2009 Retrieved 10 August 2015 Spreadsheet of population data for local 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