List of cities in Australia by population

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This list of Australian cities by population provides rankings of Australian cities according to various systems defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Firstly, they are ranked by Greater Capital City Statistical Area (for capital cities) and Significant Urban Area (for other cities). They are also ranked by Urban Centre and by Local Government Area (known internationally as 'city proper').

Greater Capital City Statistical Areas/Significant Urban 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 socioeconomic definition of each of the eight state and territory capital cities.[1] These correspond to the more common and international usage of metropolitan areas. Significant Urban Areas are similarly defined but include population centres which are not capital cities. In Australia the population of the GCCSA/SUA is the most-often quoted figure for that city's population. The following ranks GCSSAs and SUAs which are not included within the GCCSAs with populations of over 30,000.

Greater Capital City Statistical Areas are in bold, the remainder are Significant Urban Areas.

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Rank GCCSA/SUA State/Territory June 2014[1] Percent
1 Sydney New South Wales 4,840,628 20.61%
2 Melbourne Victoria 4,440,328 18.90%
3 Brisbane Queensland 2,274,460 9.68%
4 Perth Western Australia 2,021,203 8.60%
5 Adelaide South Australia 1,304,631 5.55%
6 Gold Coast-Tweed Heads Queensland/New South Wales 614,379 2.62%
7 Newcastle-Maitland New South Wales 430,755 1.83%
8 Canberra-Queanbeyan Australian Capital Territory/New South Wales 422,510 1.80%
* Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territorya 386,000 1.64%
9 Sunshine Coast Queensland 297,380 1.27%
10 Wollongong New South Wales 289,236 1.23%
11 Hobart Tasmania 219,200 0.93%
12 Geelong Victoria 184,182 0.78%
13 Townsville Queensland 178,649 0.76%
14 Cairns Queensland 146,778 0.62%
15 Darwin Northern Territory 140,400 0.60%
16 Toowoomba Queensland 113,625 0.48%
17 Ballarat Victoria 98,543 0.42%
18 Bendigo Victoria 91,692 0.39%
19 Albury-Wodonga New South Wales/Victoria 87,890 0.37%
20 Launceston Tasmania 86,393 0.37%
21 Mackay Queensland 85,040 0.36%
22 Rockhampton Queensland 80,345 0.34%
23 Bunbury Western Australia 74,494 0.32%
24 Bundaberg Queensland 70,540 0.30%
25 Coffs Harbour New South Wales 68,052 0.29%
26 Wagga Wagga New South Wales 55,364 0.24%
27 Hervey Bay Queensland 51,842 0.22%
28 Mildura-Wentworth Victoria/New South Wales 49,836 0.21%
29 Shepparton-Mooroopna Victoria 49,079 0.21%
30 Gladstone-Tannum Sands Queensland 48,035 0.20%
31 Port Macquarie New South Wales 44,875 0.19%
32 Tamworth New South Wales 41,810 0.18%
33 Traralgon-Morwell Victoria 40,851 0.17%
34 Orange New South Wales 39,766 0.17%
35 Geraldton Western Australia 39,672 0.17%
36 Bowral-Mittagong New South Wales 37,495 0.16%
37 Dubbo New South Wales 36,622 0.16%
38 Busselton Western Australia 35,513 0.15%
39 Bathurst New South Wales 35,391 0.15%
40 Nowra-Bomaderry New South Wales 35,383 0.15%
41 Warrnambool Victoria 33,856 0.14%
42 Albany Western Australia 33,709 0.14%
43 Kalgoorlie-Boulder Western Australia 33,037 0.14%
44 Warragul-Drouin Victoria 32,698 0.14%
45 Devonport Tasmania 30,445 0.13%
^a The Australian Capital Territory GCCSA includes only the portion of Canberra-Queanbeyan which falls within the boundaries of the ACT.

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.

Estimated resident population Statistical Division/
District
(if part of larger SD)		 Ranking in state or territory, 2011
Rank Urban Centre 2011 Census 2006 Census ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas WA Vic
Steady 1 Sydney 3,908,642 [2] 3,641,422 [3] 1
Steady 2 Melbourne 3,707,530 [4] 3,371,888 [5] 1
Steady 3 Brisbane 1,874,427 [6] 1,676,389 [7] 1
Steady 4 Perth 1,627,576 [8] 1,256,035 [9] 1
Steady 5 Adelaide 1,103,979 [10] 1,040,719 [11] 1
Steady 6 Gold Coast-Tweed Heads 533,660 [12][13] 454,436 [14][15] 2 2
Steady 7 Canberra-Queanbeyan 391,474 [16][17] 356,120 [18][19] 1 3
Steady 8 Newcastle 308,308 [20] 288,732 [21] Newcastle 4
Steady 9 Central Coast 297,713 [22] 282,726 [23] Sydney 5
Steady 10 Wollongong 245,942 [24] 234,482 [25] Illawarra 6
Steady 11 Sunshine Coast 209,263 [26] 184,662 [27] 3
Increase 12 Hobart 170,975 [28] 128,557 [29] 1
Increase 13 Townsville-Thuringowa 157,748 [30] 128,808 [31] 4
Decrease 14 Geelong 143,291 [32] 137,220 [33] 2
Steady 15 Cairns 133,893 [34] 98,349 [35] 5
Increase 16 Darwin-Palmerston 103,016 [36] 89,905 [37][38] 1
Decrease 17 Toowoomba 96,597 [39] 95,265 [40] 6
Steady 18 Ballarat 85,935 [41] 78,221 [42] 3
Steady 19 Bendigo 82,794 [43] 76,051 [44] 4
Steady 20 Albury-Wodonga 77,232 [45][46] 73,497 [47][48] 7 5
Increase 21 Mackay 74,219 [49] 66,874 [50] 7
Decrease 22 Launceston 74,085 [51] 71,395 [52] 2
Decrease 23 Mandurah 69,903 [53] 67,813 [54] Perth (GCCSA only) 2
Steady 24 Maitland 67,132 [55] 61,431 [56] Newcastle 8
Increase 25 Bunbury 64,385 [57] 54,482 [58] 3
Decrease 26 Rockhampton 61,724 [59] 60,827 [60] 8
Steady 27 Bundaberg 49,750 [61] 46,961 [62] 9
Increase 28 Hervey Bay 48,680 [63] 41,225 [64] 10
Decrease 29 Wagga Wagga 46,913 [65] 46,735 [66] 9
Increase 30 Melton 45,624 [67] 35,490 [68] Melbourne 6
Increase 31 Coffs Harbour 45,580 [69] 26,353 [70] 10
Decrease 32 Shepparton-Mooroopna 42,741 [71] 38,773 [72] 7
Decrease 33 Port Macquarie 41,491 [73] 39,219 [74] 11
Decrease 34 Tamworth 36,131 [75] 33,475 [76] 12
Decrease 35 Orange 34,992 [77] 31,544 [78] 13
Increase 36 Mildura-Buronga 33,432 [79][80] 30,823 [81][82] 14 8
Increase 37 Sunbury 33,062 [83] 29,566 [84] 9
Increase 38 Pakenham 32,911 [85] 18,808 [86] Melbourne 10
Decrease 39 Dubbo 32,327 [87] 30,574 [88] 15
Steady 40 Gladstone 32,073 [89] 28,808 [90] 11
Increase 41 Geraldton 31,349 [91] 27,420 [92] 4
Decrease 42 Bathurst 31,294 [93] 28,992 [94] 16
Decrease 43 Kalgoorlie-Boulder 30,840 [95] 28,242 [96] 5
Decrease 44 Warrnambool 29,284 [97] 28,150 [98] 11
Decrease 45 Nowra-Bomaderry 27,988 [99] 27,478 [100] 17
Decrease 46 Lismore 27,474 [101] 27,069 [102] 18
Steady 47 Albany 26,643 [103] 25,196 [104] 6
Steady 48 Mount Gambier 25,199 [105] 23,494 [106] 2
Steady 49 Traralgon 24,590 [107] 21,960 [108] 12
Steady 50 Alice Springs 24,208 [109] 21,622 [110] 2

25 largest local government areas by population

Local government areas are the main units of local government in Australia. They may be termed cities, shires, councils or other names, and all function similarly. Brisbane, which covers multiple LGAs, is the only state capital city with a local government area covering a significant portion of its urban area. Other capital cities are serviced by LGAs which cover a much smaller proportion of their total urban areas.

Estimated resident population Statistical Division/
District		 Ranking in state, 2011
Rank Local government area 2011 Census 2009[111] Qld NSW WA Vic
Steady 1 City of Brisbane 1,041,839 [112] 1,052,458 Brisbane 1
Steady 2 City of Gold Coast 494,501 [113] 515,157 Gold Coast 2
Steady 3 Moreton Bay Region 378,045 [114] 371,162 Brisbane 3
Steady 4 Sunshine Coast Region 306,909 [115] 323,423 Sunshine Coast 4
Steady 5 City of Blacktown 301,099 [116] 299,797 Sydney 1
Steady 6 City of Logan 278,050 [117] 277,568 Brisbane 5
Steady 7 City of Casey 252,382 [118] 247,357 Melbourne 1
Increase 8 City of Greater Geelong 210,875 [119] 216,330 Geelong 2
Decrease 9 Sutherland Shire 210,863 [120] 219,828 Sydney 2
Increase 10 City of Stirling 195,702 [121] 198,803 Perth 1
Decrease 11 City of Wollongong 192,418 [122] 201,438 Wollongong 3
Decrease 12 City of Lake Macquarie 189,006 [123] 199,277 Newcastle 4
Steady 13 City of Fairfield 187,766 [124] 194,543 Sydney 5
Increase 14 City of Brimbank 182,735 [125] 185,890 Melbourne 3
Decrease 15 City of Bankstown 182,352 [126] 186,108 Sydney 6
Increase 16 City of Liverpool 180,143 [127] 182,261 Sydney 7
Decrease 17 City of Penrith 178,467 [128] 184,611 Sydney 8
Steady 18 City of Townsville 174,492 [129] 181,743 Northern 6
Increase 19 The Hills Shire 169,872 [130] 176,487 Sydney 9
Decrease 20 City of Sydney 169,505 [131] 177,920 Sydney 10
Steady 21 City of Monash 169,280 [132] 176,069 Melbourne 4
Increase 22 City of Hume 167,562 [133] 167,540 Melbourne 5
Increase 23 City of Parramatta 166,858 [134] 167,540 Sydney 11
Increase 24 City of Gosford 162,440 [135] 166,626 Sydney 12
Increase 25 City of Wyndham 161,575 [136] 143,879 Melbourne 6

Apart from the City of Brisbane and City of Sydney listed above, the populations of the central local government areas in other capitals is relatively small. As at the 2011 Census, Melbourne had 93,105,[137] Darwin 72,930,[138] Hobart 48,703,[139] Adelaide 19,639,[140] and Perth 16,714.[141] Generally speaking, there are many suburban local government areas in most Australian capitals that are significantly larger in population than the central business district local government area.

See also

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