Saturday 9 January 2021

The 50 largest Australian cities and towns by population



A couple of years ago, I did a blog post about Australia’s top 33 cities by population. This was a very popular blog which was a ranking of the biggest cities in Australia and so I’ve updated it here (and expanded it to the top 50 largest Australian cities) with the latest population figures from the ABS as at 2013. For more up to date population and population forecasts for NSW, read our blog on the Top 20 fastest growing suburbs in NSW. Watch this space for other states.

So, without further ado, on to the list!

The 50 largest Australian cities and towns by population, 2013

This is based on the top 50 Significant Urban Areas in Australia  at June 2013 Estimated Resident Population, and 5 year growth 2008-2013.

RankSignificant Urban AreaState20135 year growth5 year % growth
1SydneyNSW4,373,433326,5688.1%
2MelbourneVic4,181,021392,67510.4%
3BrisbaneQld2,143,121215,08211.2%
4PerthWA1,901,582269,82516.5%
5AdelaideSA1,263,88871,1956.0%
6Gold Coast – Tweed HeadsQld/NSW605,13460,77311.2%
7Newcastle – MaitlandNSW425,89524,4596.1%
8Canberra – QueanbeyanACT/NSW418,85634,9349.1%
9Central CoastNSW320,26615,6435.1%
10Sunshine CoastQld292,35426,73210.1%
11WollongongNSW286,58114,2925.2%
12HobartTas206,5608,2784.2%
13GeelongVic181,85311,1176.5%
14TownsvilleQld176,03519,68912.6%
15CairnsQld145,00314,80611.4%
16DarwinNT119,59711,90011.0%
17ToowoombaQld112,5886,0295.7%
18BallaratVic96,9409,04710.3%
19BendigoVic90,2806,9678.4%
20Albury – WodongaNSW/Vic86,2744,7345.8%
21LauncestonTas86,1882,1392.5%
22MackayQld83,9249,23412.4%
23RockhamptonQld79,2986,2088.5%
24BunburyWA72,46410,77917.5%
25BundabergQld70,3593,5135.3%
26Coffs HarbourNSW67,5193,3015.1%
27Wagga WaggaNSW54,6791,7883.4%
28MeltonVic54,48313,09331.6%
29Hervey BayQld51,1684,63210.0%
30Mildura – WentworthVic/NSW49,4411,8453.9%
31Shepparton – MooroopnaVic48,6373,3337.4%
32Gladstone – Tannum SandsQld46,3775,59913.7%
33Port MacquarieNSW44,1802,6846.5%
34TamworthNSW41,3042,6416.8%
35Traralgon – MorwellVic40,9101,9695.1%
36OrangeNSW39,2263,3679.4%
37GeraldtonWA38,9313,85911.0%
38Bowral – MittagongNSW36,9941,8555.3%
39EllenbrookWA36,20712,77854.5%
40DubboNSW36,0891,8705.5%
41Nowra – BomaderryNSW34,8852,0616.3%
42BathurstNSW34,8702,8568.9%
43BusseltonWA34,2415,92120.9%
44WarrnamboolVic33,6251,6155.0%
45Kalgoorlie – BoulderWA33,4842,7969.1%
46AlbanyWA33,1132,3737.7%
47Warragul – DrouinVic31,9354,71817.3%
48DevonportTas30,4318472.9%
49LismoreNSW29,5375581.9%
50Alice SpringsNT28,7201,2544.6%
Please note that the geographic classification of urban centres has changed since we wrote our previous blog Australia’s top 33 cities by population. Consequently the tables are not directly comparable (see more detail about geography changes below).

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