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Largest cities in Australia

Melbourne, Australia has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 4,874,520 people (ABS Regional population, 2024-25 — 32180DS0004 Table 2: Estimated resident population, Significant Urban Areas, 2021-06-30).

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Australia cities ranked by their own published resident population.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-09-26

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

Showing all 30 rows

Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Melbourne, Australia4,874,520 people2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-06-30
2Brisbane, Australia2,487,568 people2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-06-30
3Perth, Australia2,098,239 people2026-07-22
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
4Adelaide, Australia1,368,209 people2026-07-22
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
5Gold Coast - Tweed Heads, Australia701,928 people2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-06-30
6Newcastle - Maitland, Australia510,175 people2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-06-30
7Canberra - Queanbeyan, Australia490,517 people2026-07-22
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
8Sunshine Coast, Australia387,472 people2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-06-30
9Central Coast, Australia345,066 people2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-06-30
10Wollongong, Australia305,976 people2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-06-30
11Geelong, Australia289,566 people2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-06-30
12Hobart, Australia226,653 people2026-07-22
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
13Townsville, Australia190,551 people2026-09-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
14Cairns, Australia155,574 people2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-06-30
15Toowoomba, Australia143,942 people2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-06-30
16Darwin, Australia127,215 people2026-07-22
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
17Ballarat, Australia111,973 people2026-07-22
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
18Bendigo, Australia103,034 people2026-07-22
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
19Albury - Wodonga, Australia97,793 people2026-07-22
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
20Launceston, Australia90,953 people2026-07-22
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
21Mackay, Australia85,408 people2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-06-30
22Rockhampton, Australia80,216 people2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-06-30
23Bundaberg, Australia79,283 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-06-30
24Coffs Harbour, Australia77,244 people2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-06-30
25Bunbury, Australia76,452 people2026-07-22
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
26Hervey Bay, Australia58,228 people2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-06-30
27Wagga Wagga, Australia57,260 people2026-09-24
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-06-30
28Shepparton - Mooroopna, Australia53,841 people2026-07-22
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
29Mildura - Wentworth, Australia53,620 people2026-07-22
Source Scope: city · Period: 2021-08-10
30Port Macquarie, Australia53,369 people2026-09-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31

What the numbers say

  • Melbourne, Australia leads at 4,874,520 people.
  • Port Macquarie, Australia sits at the other end with 53,369 people.
  • The middle of this ranking is 143,942 people, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 4,821,151 people.

Quick answer

What does Largest cities in Australia show?

Melbourne, Australia has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 4,874,520 people (ABS Regional population, 2024-25 — 32180DS0004 Table 2: Estimated resident population, Significant Urban Areas, 2021-06-30).

How this list is built

Every row is a published population observation measured in people, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2021 and 2025. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
city
Observation period
2021-06-30 to 2025-12-31
Last checked
2026-09-26
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 10). Largest cities in Australia [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a17f9231a013cb24ae51a60a9e4819a6]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/australia-largest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-10-10. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX citation
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_largest-cities-in-australia_f2aae84bc1c6,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Largest cities in Australia},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-10},
  version = {a17f9231a013cb24ae51a60a9e4819a6},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/australia-largest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-10. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

  1. ABS Regional population, 2024-25 — 32180DS0004 Table 2: Estimated resident population, Significant Urban AreasAustralian Bureau of Statistics · Checked 2026-09-24
  2. 2021 Census General Community Profile — Significant Urban Areas, AustraliaAustralian Bureau of Statistics · Checked 2026-07-22
  3. Regional population 2024–25, Table 2. Estimated resident population, Significant Urban Areas, AustraliaAustralian Bureau of Statistics · Checked 2026-09-26