which are the largest cities in australia

which are the largest cities in australia

List of cities in Australia by population

Rank	GCCSA/SUA	State/Territory	June 2017[2]	2011 Census[3] Population	Growth	Percentage of national population (June 2017)
1	Sydney	New South Wales	5,131,326	4,391,674	+16.84%	20.86%
2	Melbourne	Victoria	4,850,740	3,999,982	+21.27%	19.72%
3	Brisbane	Queensland	2,408,223	2,065,996	+16.56%	9.79%
4	Perth	Western Australia	2,043,138	1,728,867	+18.18%	8.31%
5	Adelaide	South Australia	1,333,927	1,262,940	+5.62%	5.42%
6	Gold Coast–Tweed Heads	Queensland/New South Wales	693,321	557,822	+18.91%	2.70%
7	Newcastle–Maitland	New South Wales	491,183	398,770	+20.67%	1.96%
8	Canberra–Queanbeyan	Australian Capital Territory/New South Wales	447,457	391,645	+14.25%	1.82%
9	Sunshine Coast	Queensland	375,399	270,770	+20.18%	1.32%
10	Wollongong	New South Wales	299,203	268,944	+11.25%	1.22%
11	Geelong	Victoria	260,138	173,454	+49.98%	1.06%
12	Hobart	Tasmania	226,884	211,656	+7.19%	0.92%
13	Townsville	Queensland	195,346	162,292	+11.12%	0.73%
14	Cairns	Queensland	165,925	133,911	+13.45%	0.62%
15	Darwin	Northern Territory	146,612	120,586	+21.58%	0.60%
16	Toowoomba	Queensland	145,631	105,984	+27.97%	0.55%
17	Ballarat	Victoria	103,481	91,801	+12.72%	0.42%
18	Bendigo	Victoria	97,096	86,079	+12.80%	0.39%
19	Albury–Wodonga	New South Wales/Victoria	91,923	82,083	+11.99%	0.37%
20	Mackay	Queensland	91,788	82,220	+5.56%	0.35%
21	Rockhampton	Queensland	90,427	77,293	+4.05%	0.33%
22	Launceston	Tasmania	88,871	73,681	+7.04%	0.32%
23	Bunbury	Western Australia	86,478	65,608	+13.52%	0.30%
24	Bundaberg	Queensland	84,857	64,243	+10.30%	0.29%
25	Coffs Harbour	New South Wales	79,878	67,341	+4.81%	0.29%
26	Hervey Bay	Queensland	76,181	52,042	+8.00%	0.23%
27	Wagga Wagga	New South Wales	68,492	48,680	+9.88%	0.22%
28	Tamworth	New South Wales	66,473	47,536	+8.28%	0.21%
29	Shepparton–Mooroopna	Victoria	64,942	46,505	+9.97%	0.21%
30	Port Macquarie	New South Wales	62,948	41,723	+12.52%	0.19%
31	Gladstone–Tannum Sands	Queensland	62,932	41,966	+7.19%	0.18%
32	Mildura	Victoria	60,347	38,735	+9.32%	0.17%
33	Traralgon–Morwell	Victoria	41,626	39,705	+4.84%	0.17%
34	Orange	New South Wales	40,079	36,468	+9.90%	0.16%
35	Bowral–Mittagong	New South Wales	39,300	34,858	+12.74%	0.16%
36	Busselton	Western Australia	38,289	30,286	+26.42%	0.15%
37	Geraldton	Western Australia	37,931	35,749	+6.10%	0.15%
38	Dubbo	New South Wales	37,666	33,997	+10.79%	0.15%
39	Nowra–Bomaderry	New South Wales	37,027	33,338	+11.07%	0.15%
40	Warragul–Drouin	Victoria	36,538	29,944	+22.02%	0.15%
41	Bathurst	New South Wales	36,448	32,479	+12.22%	0.15%
42	Warrnambool	Victoria	34,912	32,380	+7.82%	0.14%
43	Albany	Western Australia	34,151	30,656	+11.40%	0.14%
44	Kalgoorlie–Boulder	Western Australia	30,541	30,842	−0.99%	0.12%
45	Devonport	Tasmania	30,153	29,051	+3.79%	0.12%
46	Mount Gambier	South Australia	29,472	27,756	+6.18%	0.12%
47	Lismore	New South Wales	28,764	28,285	+1.69%	0.12%
48	Nelson Bay	New South Wales	27,606	25,074	+10.10%	0.12%
49	Maryborough	Queensland	27,347	26,214	+4.32%	0.11%
50	Burnie–Wynyard	Tasmania	26,993	26,869	+0.46%	0.11%
51	Alice Springs	Northern Territory	26,674	25,186	+5.91%	0.11%
52	Victor Harbor–Goolwa	South Australia	26,358	23,850	+10.52%	0.11%
53	Taree	New South Wales	26,314	25,421	+3.51%	0.11%
54	Ballina	New South Wales	25,656	23,509	+9.13%	0.10%
55	Morisset–Cooranbong	New South Wales	24,694	21,774	+13.41%	0.10%
56	Armidale	New South Wales	24,326	22,464	+8.29%	0.10%
57	Goulburn	New South Wales	23,588	21,484	+9.66%	0.10%
58	Whyalla	South Australia	21,978	21,991	−0.06%	0.09%
59	Gympie	Queensland	21,501	19,510	+10.21%	0.09%
60	Forster–Tuncurry	New South Wales	21,020	19,500	+7.80%	0.09%
61	Echuca–Moama	Victoria	20,851	19,309	+7.99%	0.08%
62	Griffith	New South Wales	19,972	17,900	+11.58%	0.08%
63	Grafton	New South Wales	19,089	18,359	+3.98%	0.08%
64	Wangaratta	Victoria	19,067	17,686	+7.81%	0.08%
65	St Georges Basin–Sanctuary Point	New South Wales	18,770	12,611	+48.84%	0.08%
66	Yeppoon	Queensland	18,764	16,372	+14.61%	0.08%
67	Mount Isa	Queensland	18,563	20,569	−9.75%	0.08%
68	Murray Bridge	South Australia	18,382	16,708	+10.02%	0.07%
69	Broken Hill	New South Wales	17,780	18,517	−3.98%	0.07%
70	Camden Haven	New South Wales	17,343	15,741	+10.18%	0.07%
71	Moe–Newborough	Victoria	16,726	16,674	+0.31%	0.07%
72	Karratha	Western Australia	16,477	16,476	+0.01%	0.07%
73	Singleton	New South Wales	16,461	16,135	+2.02%	0.07%
74	Batemans Bay	New South Wales	16,452	15,733	+4.57%	0.07%
75	Horsham	Victoria	16,426	15,894	+3.35%	0.07%
76	Port Lincoln	South Australia	16,342	15,221	+7.36%	0.07%
77	Ulladulla	New South Wales	15,890	14,149	+12.31%	0.06%
78	Warwick	Queensland	15,328	14,607	+4.94%	0.06%
79	Kempsey	New South Wales	15,190	14,494	+4.80%	0.06%
80	Bairnsdale	Victoria	15,155	13,243	+14.44%	0.06%
81	Sale	Victoria	14,826	14,258	+3.98%	0.06%
82	Broome	Western Australia	14,539	12,766	+13.89%	0.06%
83	Ulverstone	Tasmania	14,429	14,109	+2.27%	0.06%
84	Port Hedland	Western Australia	14,314	13,772	+3.94%	0.06%
85	Port Pirie	South Australia	14,286	14,043	+1.73%	0.06%
86	Emerald	Queensland	14,047	13,219	+6.26%	0.06%
87	Port Augusta	South Australia	13,988	13,658	+2.42%	0.06%
88	Lithgow	New South Wales	13,059	12,249	+6.61%	0.05%
89	Colac	Victoria	12,465	11,778	+5.83%	0.05%
90	Muswellbrook	New South Wales	12,401	11,791	+5.17%	0.05%
91	Esperance	Western Australia	12,222	11,432	+6.91%	0.05%
92	Mudgee	New South Wales	12,186	10,483	+16.25%	0.05%
93	Parkes	New South Wales	11,231	10,941	+2.65%	0.05%
94	Swan Hill	Victoria	11,061	10,430	+6.05%	0.04%
95	Portland	Victoria	10,937	10,715	+2.07%	0.04%
96	Kingaroy	Queensland	10,484	9,808	+6.89%	0.04%