Australia Cities Map

Explore city map of Australia show all the major cities. Australia's major cities are diverse and vibrant, each contributing uniquely to the nation's identity. Sydney, the largest city, is home to approximately 5.3 million people and serves as the financial hub. Melbourne, with around 5.1 million residents, is renowned for its cultural and artistic scenes. Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, has a population of 2.4 million and is known for its outdoor lifestyle. Perth, with 2.1 million people, is a key player in the mining industry. Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, and Darwin, though smaller, each play crucial roles in their respective regions, offering a mix of economic activities and cultural richness.

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Population of Greater Capital City Statistical Areas

Rank	Greater Capital City Statistical Area	State / Territory	Population Growth (2011 to 2022)	Estimated Population June 2022	Estimated Population June 2011	Included SUAs
1	Greater Sydney	New South Wales	+14.93%	5,297,089	4,608,949	Sydney, Central Coast
2	Greater Melbourne	Victoria	+20.67%	5,031,195	4,169,366	Melbourne, Bacchus Marsh, Gisborne
3	Greater Brisbane	Queensland	+22.38%	2,628,083	2,147,436	Brisbane
4	Greater Perth	Western Australia	+21.32%	2,224,475	1,833,567	Perth
5	Greater Adelaide	South Australia	+12.21%	1,418,455	1,264,091	Adelaide
6	Australian Capital Territory	Australian Capital Territory	+24.11%	456,692	367,985	Canberra-Queanbeyan (ACT part only)
7	Greater Hobart	Tasmania	+16.84%	252,693	216,273	Hobart
8	Greater Darwin	Northern Territory	+15.86%	149,582	129,106	Darwin

Major Urban Areas by Population

Rank	Major Urban Area	State / Territory	Estimated Population June 2022	Population Growth ( 2011 to 2022 )	Estimated Population June 2011
1	Melbourne	Victoria	4,929,201	+20.58%	4,087,822
2	Sydney	New South Wales	4,892,217	+15.37%	4,240,340
3	Brisbane	Queensland	2,545,882	+22.6%	2,076,608
4	Perth	Western Australia	2,205,223	+21.36%	1,817,023
5	Adelaide	South Australia	1,399,088	+12.3%	1,245,896
6	Gold Coast-Tweed Heads	Queensland, New South Wales	716,186	+23.26%	581,036
7	Newcastle-Maitland	New South Wales	517,811	+14.24%	453,265
8	Canberra-Queanbeyan	Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales	493,435	+21.83%	405,032
9	Sunshine Coast	Queensland	397,205	+30.74%	303,824
10	Central Coast	New South Wales	345,481	+9.7%	314,941
11	Wollongong	New South Wales	309,345	+9.81%	281,700
12	Geelong	Victoria	295,077	+29.44%	227,957
13	Hobart	Tasmania	252,693	+27.28%	198,534
14	Townsville	Queensland	184,313	+10%	167,561.0
15	Cairns	Queensland	158,178	+13.62%	139,212
16	Toowoomba	Queensland	146,955	+16.24%	126,426
17	Darwin	Northern Territory	135,982	+16.23%	116,995
18	Ballarat	Victoria	114,103	+22.07%	93,470
19	Bendigo	Victoria	103,733	+18.77%	87,340
20	Albury-Wodonga	New South Wales, Victoria	98,607	+17.12%	84,195
21	Launceston	Tasmania	93,575	+8.74%	86,051
22	Mackay	Queensland	86,890	+9.04%	79,683
23	Rockhampton	Queensland	81,130	+3.22%	78,598
24	Bunbury	Western Australia	80,106	+18.05%	67,860
25	Bundaberg	Queensland	75,883	+9.82%	69,095
26	Coffs Harbour	New South Wales	75,016	+12.49%	66,689
27	Hervey Bay	Queensland	59,678	+19.75%	49,835.0
28	Wagga Wagga	New South Wales	57,368	+5.97%	54,137
29	Shepparton-Mooroopna	Victoria	54,280	+14.1%	47,571.0
30	Mildura-Buronga	Victoria, New South Wales	53,948	+11.22%	48,505
31	Port Macquarie	New South Wales	51,154	+18.21%	43,275
32	Ballina	New South Wales	46,651	+14.69%	40,674
33	Gladstone	Queensland	46,400	+7.49%	43,166
34	Tamworth	New South Wales	44,947	+12.13%	40,085
35	Warragul-Drouin	Victoria	44,265	+46.15%	30,287
36	Traralgon-Morwell	Victoria	43,462	+7.03%	40,609
37	Busselton	Western Australia	42,786	+35.94%	31,475
38	Orange	New South Wales	42,351	+12.08%	37,785
39	Bowral-Mittagong	New South Wales	41,699	+14.98%	36,266
40	Dubbo	New South Wales	41,299	+17.06%	35,281
41	Geraldton	Western Australia	40,666	+10.25%	36,884
42	Nowra-Bomaderry	New South Wales	39,418	+13.91%	34,604
43	Bathurst	New South Wales	37,856	+12.15%	33,754
44	Albany	Western Australia	36,577	+15.05%	31,791
45	Warrnambool	Victoria	35,847	+8.56%	33,020
46	Devonport	Tasmania	32,757	+7.66%	30,425
47	Kalgoorlie-Boulder	Western Australia	30,443	−4.67%	31,933
48	Mount Gambier	South Australia	30,441	+7.65%	28,279
49	Victor Harbor-Goolwa	South Australia	29,428	+20.5%	24,422
50	Alice Springs	Northern Territory	28,922	+1.52%	28,489
51	Burnie-Somerset	Tasmania	28,648	+2.24%	28,019
52	Lismore	New South Wales	28,633	−2.26%	29,294
53	Morisset-Cooranbong	New South Wales	28,586	+26.24%	22,644
54	Nelson Bay	New South Wales	28,515	+9.19%	26,116
55	Maryborough	Queensland	28,010	+4.15%	26,893
56	Taree	New South Wales	26,666	+1.36%	26,307
57	Bacchus Marsh	Victoria	25,595	+46.36%	17,488
58	Goulburn	New South Wales	24,829	+11.83%	22,202
59	Armidale	New South Wales	24,155	+2.91%	23,471
60	Gympie	Queensland	23,162	+15.98%	19,971
61	Echuca-Moama	Victoria, New South Wales	22,730	+15.62%	19,659
62	Gisborne	Victoria	22,543	+21.39%	18,570
63	Moe-Newborough	Victoria	22,022	+2.75%	21,432
64	Whyalla	South Australia	21,799	−2.99%	22,471
65	Yeppoon	Queensland	21,193	+26.04%	16,815
66	Forster-Tuncurry	New South Wales	20,976	+3.47%	20,273
67	Griffith	New South Wales	20,510	+9.78%	18,683
68	St Georges Basin-Sanctuary Point	New South Wales	20,292	+19.6%	16,967
69	Wangaratta	Victoria	19,942	+10.91%	17,980
70	Grafton	New South Wales	19,431	+1.99%	19,051
71	Murray Bridge	South Australia	19,067	+11.69%	17,071
72	Mount Isa	Queensland	18,693	−12.72%	21,417
73	Camden Haven	New South Wales	18,633	+14.54%	16,267
74	Karratha	Western Australia	18,229	+7.19%	17,007
75	Batemans Bay	New South Wales	17,588	+7.56%	16,352
76	Broken Hill	New South Wales	17,567	−8.27%	19,151
77	Singleton	New South Wales	17,415	+4.09%	16,730
78	Ulladulla	New South Wales	17,196	+16.52%	14,758
79	Port Lincoln	South Australia	16,920	+8.32%	15,621
80	Horsham	Victoria	16,919	+5.09%	16,099
81	Port Hedland	Western Australia	16,580	+15.36%	14,372
82	Kempsey	New South Wales	16,013	+8.23%	14,796
83	Warwick	Queensland	15,901	+6.36%	14,950
84	Broome	Western Australia	15,774	+18.48%	13,314
85	Bairnsdale	Victoria	15,761	+17.11%	13,458
86	Medowie	New South Wales	15,532	+22.43%	12,686
87	Ulverstone	Tasmania	15,503	+5.18%	14,739
88	Sale	Victoria	15,303	+5.97%	14,441
89	Airlie Beach-Cannonvale	Queensland	15,141	+37.87%	10,982
90	Emerald	Queensland	14,639	+7.39%	13,632
91	Port Pirie	South Australia	14,214	−0.47%	14,281
92	Port Augusta	South Australia	14,130	+0.33%	14,084
93	Colac	Victoria	12,615	+5.29%	11,981
94	Mudgee	New South Wales	12,559	+15.94%	10,832
95	Esperance	Western Australia	12,536	+6.44%	11,777
96	Muswellbrook	New South Wales	12,405	+1.5%	12,222
97	Lithgow	New South Wales	12,367	−2.51%	12,686
98	Castlemaine	Victoria	11,329	+14.2%	9,920
99	Portland	Victoria	11,157	+2.41%	10,894
100	Swan Hill	Victoria	11,020	+3.86%	10,610
101	Byron Bay	New South Wales	10,869	+17.67%	9,237
102	Kingaroy	Queensland	10,779	+7%	10,074

Population of Fifty Largest Urban Centres

Rank (2016)	Urban Centre	Population 2006 Census	Population 2011 Census	Population 2016 Census
1	Sydney	3,641,422	3,908,642	4,321,535
2	Melbourne	3,371,888	3,707,530	4,196,198
3	Brisbane	1,676,389	1,874,427	2,054,614
4	Perth	1,256,035	1,627,576	1,874,578
5	Adelaide	1,040,719	1,103,979	1,165,632
6	Gold Coast-Tweed Heads (Gold Coast part)		478,107	540,559
7	Canberra-Queanbeyan (Canberra part)		355,596	395,790
8	Newcastle	288,732	308,308	322,278
9	Central Coast	282,726	297,713	307,742
10	Wollongong	234,482	245,942	261,896
11	Sunshine Coast	184,662.0	209,263	243,377.0
12	Hobart	128,557	170,975	178,009
13	Townsville	128,808	157,748	168,729
14	Geelong	137,220	143,291	157,104
15	Cairns	98,349	133,893	144,730
16	Darwin	89,905	103,016	118,456
17	Toowoomba	95,265	96,597	100,032
18	Ballarat	78,221	85,935	93,759
19	Bendigo	76,051	82,794	92,379
20	Maitland	61,431	67,132	78,015
21	Mackay	66,874	74,219	75,710
22	Launceston	71,395	74,085	75,329
23	Bunbury	54,482	64,385	71,090
24	Rockhampton	60,827.0	61,724	61,214.0
25	Gold Coast-Tweed Heads (Tweed Heads part)		55,553	59,776
26	Melton	35,490.0	45,624	54,456.0
27	Hervey Bay	41,225	48,680	52,073
28	Bundaberg	46,961	49,750	50,148
29	Wagga Wagga	46,735	46,913	48,263
30	Coffs Harbour	26,353	45,580	48,225
31	Albury-Wodonga (Albury part)		45,627	47,974
32	Shepparton-Mooroopna	38,773	42,741	46,199
33	Port Macquarie	39,219	41,491	44,814
34	Orange	31,544	34,992	37,182
35	Canberra-Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan part)		35,878	36,248
36	Albury-Wodonga (Wodonga part)		31,605	35,130
37	Sunbury	29,566	33,062	34,425
38	Dubbo	30,574	32,327	34,339
39	Tamworth	33,475	36,131	33,885
40	Bathurst	28,992	31,294	33,587
41	Mildura-Buronga (Mildura part)		31,361	33,444
42	Gladstone	28,808	32,073	33,418
43	Geraldton	27,420	31,349	31,982
44	Nowra-Bomaderry	27,478	27,988	30,853
45	Warrnambool		29,284	30,709
46	Kalgoorlie-Boulder	28,242	30,840	29,875
47	Albany	25,196	26,643	29,373
48	Blue Mountains		28,769	29,319
49	Lismore	27,069	27,474	27,569
50	Gawler	20,006	23,957	26,472

Population of Local Government Areas

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

Major Cities of Australia

Australia is home to several major cities, each with its own unique characteristics and contributions to the nation's economy, culture, and society. The following content provides a detailed overview of Australia's major cities, including data, facts, and figures.

Sydney

• Population: Approximately 5.3 million (2021)
• Location: New South Wales (NSW)

Key Features:

• Economy: Sydney is Australia's financial hub, hosting the headquarters of numerous multinational corporations and the Australian Securities Exchange. The city contributes significantly to Australia's GDP, with a diverse economy encompassing finance, manufacturing, tourism, and technology.
• Landmarks: Iconic landmarks include the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, and Bondi Beach. Sydney is also known for its vibrant arts scene and cultural festivals.
• Infrastructure: The city boasts an extensive public transportation system, including trains, buses, ferries, and light rail. Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport is one of the busiest in the Southern Hemisphere.

Melbourne

• Population: Approximately 5.1 million (2021)
• Location: Victoria (VIC)

Key Features:

• Economy: Melbourne is a cultural and economic powerhouse, known for its strengths in finance, education, healthcare, and research. It is also a major center for the arts, commerce, industry, and tourism.
• Landmarks: Key landmarks include Federation Square, the Royal Botanic Gardens, and the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). The city is famous for its coffee culture, laneways, and street art.
• Infrastructure: Melbourne has a well-developed public transport network, including trains, trams, and buses. Melbourne Airport is the second busiest in Australia.

Brisbane

• Population: Approximately 2.4 million (2021)
• Location: Queensland (QLD)

Key Features:

• Economy: Brisbane's economy is diverse, with significant contributions from sectors such as mining, agriculture, tourism, and education. The city is a hub for technology and innovation.
• Landmarks: Prominent landmarks include South Bank Parklands, Brisbane River, and the Story Bridge. Brisbane is known for its vibrant nightlife and outdoor lifestyle.
• Infrastructure: The city has a comprehensive public transport system, including trains, buses, and ferries. Brisbane Airport serves as a major gateway to Queensland.

Perth

• Population: Approximately 2.1 million (2021)
• Location: Western Australia (WA)

Key Features:

• Economy: Perth's economy is heavily influenced by the mining and resource sectors, with significant exports of minerals and energy. The city also has thriving healthcare, education, and tourism industries.
• Landmarks: Key attractions include Kings Park, Fremantle, and the Swan River. Perth is renowned for its beaches and outdoor recreational activities.
• Infrastructure: Public transport in Perth includes trains, buses, and ferries. Perth Airport connects the city to domestic and international destinations.

Adelaide

• Population: Approximately 1.3 million (2021)
• Location: South Australia (SA)

Key Features:

• Economy: Adelaide has a diverse economy with strengths in manufacturing, defense, education, and healthcare. The city is also a center for research and innovation.
• Landmarks: Notable landmarks include the Adelaide Oval, Glenelg Beach, and the Adelaide Botanic Garden. Adelaide is known for its festivals and cultural events.
• Infrastructure: The city has an efficient public transport system, including trains, trams, and buses. Adelaide Airport provides connectivity to various destinations.

Canberra

• Population: Approximately 431,000 (2021)
• Location: Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

Key Features:

• Economy: As the capital city of Australia, Canberra's economy is dominated by the public sector, with numerous government agencies and foreign embassies. The city also has significant contributions from education, research, and tourism.
• Landmarks: Major landmarks include Parliament House, the Australian War Memorial, and Lake Burley Griffin. Canberra is known for its planned layout and green spaces.
• Infrastructure: Public transport includes buses and light rail. Canberra Airport connects the city to major Australian cities and some international destinations.

Hobart

• Population: Approximately 232,000 (2021)
• Location: Tasmania (TAS)

Key Features:

• Economy: Hobart's economy is driven by tourism, agriculture, aquaculture, and education. The city is also known for its growing arts and culture scene.
• Landmarks: Key attractions include Mount Wellington, Salamanca Market, and MONA (Museum of Old and New Art). Hobart is known for its historic architecture and natural beauty.
• Infrastructure: Public transport in Hobart includes buses. Hobart Airport provides connectivity to mainland Australia.

Darwin

• Population: Approximately 147,000 (2021)
• Location: Northern Territory (NT)


Key Features:
• Economy: Darwin's economy is heavily influenced by mining, tourism, and defense. The city is also a gateway to Asia and plays a crucial role in trade.
• Landmarks: Important landmarks include Kakadu National Park, Mindil Beach, and the Darwin Waterfront Precinct. Darwin is known for its tropical climate and outdoor lifestyle.
• Infrastructure: Public transport includes buses. Darwin International Airport serves as a major transport hub in the Northern Territory.




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