ADULTDEALSAUSTRALIA

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. These figures represent the populations of the contiguous built-up areas of each city. State and territory capitals are in bold.

map of cities in Australia Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Urban Centre Sydney, New South Wales Melbourne, Victoria Brisbane, Queensland Perth, Western Australia Adelaide, South Australia Gold Coast-Tweed Heads, Queensland/New South Wales Canberra-Queanbeyan, Australian Capital Territory/New South Wales Newcastle, New South Wales Central Coast, New South Wales Wollongong, New South Wales Sunshine Coast, Queensland Total number of people, 2006 census 3,641,422 [1] 3,371,888 [2] 1,676,389 [3] 1,256,035 [4] 1,040,719 [5] 454,436 [6][7] 356,120 [8][9] 288,732 [10] 282,726 [11] 234,482 [12] 184,662 [13] Newcastle Sydney Illawarra Stat. Division/District (if part of larger SD)

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Geelong, Victoria Townsville-Thuringowa, Queensland Hobart, Tasmania Cairns, Queensland Toowoomba, Queensland Ballarat, Victoria Bendigo, Victoria Albury-Wodonga, New South Wales/Victoria Launceston, Tasmania Mandurah, Western Australia Rockingham, Western Australia Mackay, Queensland Darwin, Northern Territory Maitland, New South Wales Rockhampton, Queensland Bunbury, Western Australia Bundaberg, Queensland Wagga Wagga, New South Wales Hervey Bay, Queensland Port Macquarie, New South Wales Shepparton-Mooroopna, Victoria Melton, Victoria Tamworth, New South Wales Orange, New South Wales Dubbo, New South Wales Mildura, Victoria Sunbury, Victoria Bathurst, New South Wales Gladstone, Queensland Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia Warrnambool, Victoria Nowra-Bomaderry, New South Wales Geraldton, Western Australia Lismore, New South Wales Coffs Harbour, New South Wales Albany, Western Australia Richmond-Windsor, New South Wales Palmerston, Northern Territory Mount Gambier, South Australia

137,220 [14] 128,808 [15] 128,557 [16] 98,349 [17] 95,265 [18] 78,221 [19] 76,051 [20] 73,497 [21][22] 71,395 [23] 67,813 [24] 67,520 [25] 66,874 [26] 66,291 [27] 61,431 [28] 60,827 [29] 54,482 [30] 46,961 [31] 46,735 [32] 41,225 [33] 39,219 [34] 38,773 [35] 35,490 [36] 33,475 [37] 31,544 [38] 30,574 [39] 30,016 [40] 29,566 [41] 28,992 [42] 28,808 [43] 28,242 [44] 28,150 [45] 27,478 [46] 27,420 [47] 27,069 [48] 26,353 [49] 25,196 [50] 25,011 [51] 23,614 [52] 23,494 [53]

Perth

Newcastle

Melbourne

(no Stat. dist.) Sydney Darwin