Geography

Cities in Australia

Major cities in Australia ranked by population.

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Rank
SignificantUrban Area
State or territory
Estimated resident population
Ten-yeargrowth rate
June 2024June 2014
1MelbourneVictoria5,245,1824,388,223
2SydneyNew South Wales5,143,2564,462,430
3BrisbaneQueensland2,693,6492,208,619
4PerthWestern Australia2,363,5621,956,188
5AdelaideSouth Australia1,449,3661,283,724
6Gold Coast–Tweed HeadsQueensland New South Wales750,997615,373
7Newcastle–MaitlandNew South Wales534,033467,451
8Canberra–QueanbeyanAustralian Capital Territory New South Wales510,641425,909
9Sunshine CoastQueensland417,982326,780
10Central CoastNew South Wales351,237327,056
11WollongongNew South Wales318,258288,848
12GeelongVictoria308,915241,426
13HobartTasmania233,592203,192
14TownsvilleQueensland189,356175,762
15CairnsQueensland163,214146,329
16ToowoombaQueensland152,087131,367
17DarwinNorthern Territory138,567127,724
18BallaratVictoria119,28498,125
19BendigoVictoria106,02292,457
20Albury–WodongaNew South Wales Victoria101,37087,982
21LauncestonTasmania93,19485,523
22MackayQueensland89,19381,454
23RockhamptonQueensland82,87679,096
24BunburyWestern Australia82,62672,650
25BundabergQueensland78,62670,221
26Coffs HarbourNew South Wales76,47968,580
27Hervey BayQueensland62,18451,929
28Wagga WaggaNew South Wales57,96354,977
29Shepparton–MooroopnaVictoria55,21249,632
30Mildura–BurongaVictoria New South Wales54,51050,196
31Port MacquarieNew South Wales52,66145,227
32GladstoneQueensland48,02145,415
33BallinaNew South Wales47,84441,777
34Warragul-DrouinVictoria46,71033,205
35TamworthNew South Wales45,87841,272
36BusseltonWestern Australia44,88135,845
37Traralgon-MorwellVictoria44,01340,999
38OrangeNew South Wales42,97739,041
39Bowral-MittagongNew South Wales42,27837,366
40DubboNew South Wales42,11236,323
41GeraldtonWestern Australia41,45038,792
42Nowra-BomaderryNew South Wales40,05635,676
43BathurstNew South Wales38,64234,881
44AlbanyWestern Australia37,57133,555
45WarrnamboolVictoria36,49634,084
46DevonportTasmania32,93229,961
47Kalgoorlie-BoulderWestern Australia30,71932,232
48Mount GambierSouth Australia30,66329,178
49Morisset-CooranbongNew South Wales30,45923,488
50Victor Harbor–GoolwaSouth Australia30,32425,517
51Alice SpringsNorthern Territory29,69327,486
52Nelson BayNew South Wales28,83426,872
53Burnie-SomersetTasmania28,68427,340
54MaryboroughQueensland28,59827,162
55LismoreNew South Wales27,98329,229
56TareeNew South Wales26,81226,382
57Bacchus MarshVictoria26,57619,632
58GoulburnNew South Wales25,30422,897
59ArmidaleNew South Wales24,38623,856
60GympieQueensland24,01720,903
61GisborneVictoria23,62619,913
62Echuca-MoamaVictoria New South Wales23,14720,414
63Moe-NewboroughVictoria22,44921,390
64YeppoonQueensland22,12018,076
65WhyallaSouth Australia21,76422,624
66Forster-TuncurryNew South Wales21,19820,503
67GriffithNew South Wales20,69019,309
68St Georges Basin-Sanctuary PointNew South Wales20,35617,940
69WangarattaVictoria20,06918,437
70GraftonNew South Wales19,72019,046
71Murray BridgeSouth Australia19,71017,754
72Camden HavenNew South Wales19,48216,502
73KarrathaWestern Australia19,05117,698
74Mount IsaQueensland18,35620,844
75Batemans BayNew South Wales17,72216,332
76Broken HillNew South Wales17,54118,627
77SingletonNew South Wales17,44716,625
78UlladullaNew South Wales17,43515,189
79Port LincolnSouth Australia17,04416,057
80Port HedlandWestern Australia17,00714,693
81HorshamVictoria16,95616,307
82MedowieNew South Wales16,61513,597
83Airlie Beach-CannonvaleQueensland16,28012,583
84BroomeWestern Australia16,23814,639
85KempseyNew South Wales16,23215,006
86WarwickQueensland16,15615,484
87BairnsdaleVictoria15,79014,157
88UlverstoneTasmania15,40914,539
89SaleVictoria15,38614,729
90EmeraldQueensland15,18213,973
91Port PirieSouth Australia14,18114,484
92Port AugustaSouth Australia14,11414,184
93MudgeeNew South Wales12,79611,638
94ColacVictoria12,66012,245
95MuswellbrookNew South Wales12,61112,309
96EsperanceWestern Australia12,51512,385
97LithgowNew South Wales12,23512,976
98CastlemaineVictoria11,53810,308
99Byron BayNew South Wales11,2449,852
100PortlandVictoria11,17810,922
101KingaroyQueensland11,00910,525
102Swan HillVictoria10,83910,959
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