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These lists of Australian cities by population provide rankings of Australian cities and towns according to various systems defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The eight Greater Capital City Statistical Areas are listed for the state and territory capital cities.
- Sydney. Sydney is the largest city in Australia ranked by population, and it’s also one of the most popular tourist destinations as well as university cities.
- Melbourne. Australia’s second-largest is known for its quality of life, and Melbourne is consistently ranked at the top of the most liveable cities in the world.
- Brisbane. Brisbane is the biggest city in Australia in terms of total area, but it’s “only” ranked third by population, which means it’s less densely populated than Sydney and Melbourne.
- Perth. Perth is the capital city of the largest Australian state – Western Australia. It’s also the largest city in that state with a population of more than 1.8 million people.
May 3, 2018 · As mentioned, Central Coast and Melton are considered separate cities to Sydney and Melbourne respectively. Traralgon and Morwell are combined, but Moe , which many would consider part of the same urban area in the Latrobe Valley , is far enough apart to be separate (and outside the top 50).
May 13, 2020 · For this reason, Sydney, though it still (just) tops the list, is only about 20,000 larger than Melbourne (#2). This definition of Sydney EXCLUDES the Central Coast (#10 on this list), while the Greater Capital City region INCLUDES it.
There is no correlation between the area of states and territories and population. For example, Victoria is the smallest mainland state but is the second most populous, and the area includes one of the country's most populated cities, Melbourne.
May 30, 2023 · As previously mentioned, Melbourne takes the #1 spot ahead of Sydney on a Significant Urban Area basis, but with the revision to the boundary it already was bigger in 2021 on the current boundary version. Both cities actually had downward revisions in population after the 2021 Census results.
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