đ Largest Cities in Australia
Significant urban areas ranked by estimated resident population (June 2025).
Melbourne22%
Sydney22%
Brisbane11%
Perth10%
Adelaide6.1%
Gold CoastâTweed Heads3.2%
NewcastleâMaitland
CanberraâQueanbeyan
Sunshine Coast
Central Coast
Wollongong
Geelong
Hobart
Townsville
60 others5.4%
1
MelbourneVictoria
5,328,274
2
SydneyNew South Wales
5,219,674
3
BrisbaneQueensland
2,745,086
4
PerthWestern Australia
2,430,757
5
AdelaideSouth Australia
1,470,938
6
Gold CoastâTweed HeadsQueensland New South Wales
761,634
7
NewcastleâMaitlandNew South Wales
541,634
8
CanberraâQueanbeyanAustralian Capital Territory New South Wales
521,049
9
Sunshine CoastQueensland
424,741
10
Central CoastNew South Wales
354,189
11
WollongongNew South Wales
322,343
12
GeelongVictoria
314,381
13
HobartTasmania
233,736
14
TownsvilleQueensland
190,551
15
CairnsQueensland
164,149
16
ToowoombaQueensland
153,781
17
DarwinNorthern Territory
145,019
18
BallaratVictoria
120,939
19
BendigoVictoria
106,493
20
AlburyâWodongaNew South Wales Victoria
102,435
21
LauncestonTasmania
92,993
22
MackayQueensland
89,761
23
BunburyWestern Australia
84,332
24
RockhamptonQueensland
83,508
25
BundabergQueensland
79,283
26
Coffs HarbourNew South Wales
77,244
27
Hervey BayQueensland
63,312
28
Wagga WaggaNew South Wales
58,117
29
SheppartonâMooroopnaVictoria
55,332
30
MilduraâBurongaVictoria New South Wales
54,379
31
Port MacquarieNew South Wales
53,369
32
GladstoneQueensland
48,505
33
BallinaNew South Wales
48,465
34
WarragulâDrouinVictoria
47,510
35
TamworthNew South Wales
46,024
36
BusseltonWestern Australia
46,023
37
TraralgonâMorwellVictoria
44,085
38
OrangeNew South Wales
43,213
39
BowralâMittagongNew South Wales
42,529
40
DubboNew South Wales
42,452
41
GeraldtonWestern Australia
42,104
42
NowraâBomaderryNew South Wales
40,264
43
BathurstNew South Wales
39,013
44
AlbanyWestern Australia
38,287
45
WarrnamboolVictoria
36,689
46
DevonportTasmania
32,938
47
MorissetâCooranbongNew South Wales
31,333
48
KalgoorlieâBoulderWestern Australia
31,016
49
Victor HarborâGoolwaSouth Australia
30,900
50
Alice SpringsNorthern Territory
30,875
51
Mount GambierSouth Australia
30,875
52
Nelson BayNew South Wales
29,024
53
MaryboroughQueensland
28,658
54
BurnieâSomersetTasmania
28,643
55
LismoreNew South Wales
27,856
56
Bacchus MarshVictoria
27,182
57
TareeNew South Wales
26,858
58
GoulburnNew South Wales
25,647
59
GympieQueensland
24,591
60
ArmidaleNew South Wales
24,436
61
GisborneVictoria
24,163
62
EchucaâMoamaVictoria New South Wales
23,393
63
MoeâNewboroughVictoria
22,612
64
YeppoonQueensland
22,522
65
WhyallaSouth Australia
21,641
66
ForsterâTuncurryNew South Wales
21,272
67
GriffithNew South Wales
20,774
68
St Georges BasinâSanctuary PointNew South Wales
20,492
69
WangarattaVictoria
20,019
70
Camden HavenNew South Wales
19,995
71
Murray BridgeSouth Australia
19,938
72
GraftonNew South Wales
19,905
73
KarrathaWestern Australia
19,659
74
Mount IsaQueensland
18,162
75
Batemans BayNew South Wales
17,849
76
UlladullaNew South Wales
17,567
77
Broken HillNew South Wales
17,515
78
SingletonNew South Wales
17,396
79
Port HedlandWestern Australia
17,300
80
MedowieNew South Wales
17,178
81
Port LincolnSouth Australia
17,064
82
HorshamVictoria
16,882
83
Airlie BeachâCannonvaleQueensland
16,597
84
BroomeWestern Australia
16,506
85
KempseyNew South Wales
16,272
86
WarwickQueensland
16,197
87
BairnsdaleVictoria
15,917
88
UlverstoneTasmania
15,471
89
EmeraldQueensland
15,238
90
SaleVictoria
15,232
91
Port PirieSouth Australia
14,195
92
Port AugustaSouth Australia
14,134
93
MudgeeNew South Wales
12,965
94
MuswellbrookNew South Wales
12,595
95
EsperanceWestern Australia
12,580
96
ColacVictoria
12,558
97
LithgowNew South Wales
12,124
98
CastlemaineVictoria
11,640
99
Byron BayNew South Wales
11,482
100
PortlandVictoria
11,124
Highlights
Within Australia, Melbourne ranks first in 2025 with 5,328,274, followed by Sydney (5,219,674) and Brisbane (2,745,086).
Across 100 entries, values run from 5,328,274 (Melbourne) to 11,124 (Portland), with a median of 30,875.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, estimated resident population (June 2025) (via Wikipedia), 2025. Unit: people.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, estimated resident population (June 2025) (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026