Australia: Federal States, Territories & Major Local Goverment Areas

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	A (km²)	C 1996-06-30 r	C 2001-08-07 r	C 2006-08-08 r
<	Australian Capital Territory	ACT	Terr	Canberra	2,352	299,036	309,998	324,034
<	Christmas Island	CHR	Terr	The Settlement	137	1,906	1,402	1,347
<	Cocos Islands	COC	Terr	West Island	14	655	596	571
<	Jervis Bay	JB	Terr		68	762	525	368
<	New South Wales	NSW	FSt	Sydney	801,315	6,006,206	6,326,579	6,549,177
<	Northern Territory	NT	Terr	Darwin	1,352,178	175,342	188,075	192,898
<	Queensland	QLD	FSt	Brisbane	1,734,174	3,247,363	3,522,044	3,904,532
<	South Australia	SA	FSt	Adelaide	985,338	1,437,193	1,470,057	1,514,337
<	Tasmania	TAS	FSt	Hobart	67,914	464,546	460,672	476,481
<	Victoria	VIC	FSt	Melbourne	227,415	4,414,195	4,660,991	4,932,422
<	Western Australia	WA	FSt	Perth	2,531,562	1,705,949	1,828,294	1,959,088
	Australia	AUS		Canberra	7,702,466	17,752,829	18,769,249	19,855,288

Local Goverment Areas

	Name	Status	Adm.	C C 1996-06-30 r	C C 2001-08-07 r	C C 2006-08-08 r
<	Adelaide	City	SA	12,239	12,902	16,659
<	Adelaide Hills (Woodside-Bridgewater)	DCA	SA	37,280	36,977	37,858
<	Albany	City	WA	27,439	28,994	31,575
<	Albury	City	NSW	48,343	43,336	46,281
<	Alice Springs	Town	NT	23,884	24,662	23,890
<	Armadale	City	WA	50,118	50,334	50,536
<	Ashfield	Area	NSW	39,769	38,975	39,667
<	Auburn	Area	NSW	50,713	55,697	64,957
<	Ballarat	City	VIC	77,259	79,604	85,197
<	Bankstown	City	NSW	157,908	164,811	170,489
<	Banyule (Heidelberg-Templestowe)	City	VIC	113,616	114,756	114,866
<	Bathurst	Area	NSW	33,503	34,152	35,844
<	Baulkham Hills	Area	NSW	120,242	139,303	159,392
<	Bayside (Brighton-Sandrigham)	City	VIC	82,694	85,446	87,935
<	Bayswater	City	WA	44,091	54,398	55,801
<	Belmont	City	WA	26,222	28,682	30,331
<	Bendigo	City	VIC	82,622	85,820	93,253
<	Blacktown	City	NSW	232,455	255,905	271,709
<	Blue Mountains (Katoomba-Springwood)	City	NSW	72,692	74,034	74,069
<	Boroondara (Camberwell-Hawthron-Kew)	City	VIC	146,659	150,836	154,450
<	Botany Bay	City	NSW	34,286	35,414	35,994
<	Brimbank (Keilor-Sunshine)	City	VIC	149,474	163,301	168,215
<	Brisbane	City	QLD	791,551	870,671	956,128
<	Broken Hill	City	NSW	21,570	19,439	19,360
<	Bunbury	City	WA	26,705	28,251	29,702
<	Bundaberg	RCA	QLD	72,416	75,311	82,956
<	Burnie	City	TAS	19,474	18,234	19,058
<	Burnside	City	SA	38,614	40,805	41,954
<	Burwood	Area	NSW	28,355	29,231	30,927
<	Cairns	RCA	QLD	118,393	121,918	137,632
<	Cambridge	Town	WA	22,657	23,082	23,753
<	Camden	Area	NSW	32,271	44,023	49,646
<	Campbelltown	City	SA	44,556	45,135	46,159
<	Campbelltown	City	NSW	144,030	145,598	143,077
<	Canada Bay (Concord-Drummoyne)	Area	NSW	53,793	59,317	65,744
<	Canberra	City	ACT	299,036	309,998	324,021
<	Canning	City	WA	68,999	73,501	77,304
<	Canterbury	City	NSW	132,230	130,174	129,963
<	Cardinia (Pakenham)	Sh	VIC	41,543	45,893	57,115
<	Casey (Berwick-Cranbourne-Hallam)	City	VIC	144,717	176,627	214,959
<	Central Coast (Ulverstone-Penguin)	Mun	TAS	20,884	20,023	20,663
<	Cessnock	City	NSW	44,735	44,981	46,206
<	Charles Sturt (Hindmarsh-Woodville-Henley-Grange)	City	SA	99,532	100,006	100,528
<	Clarence	City	TAS	48,420	48,024	49,637
<	Cockburn	City	WA	57,562	66,459	74,474
<	Coffs Harbour	City	NSW	56,118	60,278	64,912
<	Dandenong	City	VIC	126,887	124,174	125,520
<	Darebin (Preston-Northcote)	City	VIC	122,327	123,372	128,068
<	Darwin	City	NT	65,304	63,745	66,290
<	Devonport	City	TAS	24,341	22,920	24,010
<	Dubbo	City	NSW	35,878	36,874	37,843
<	Fairfield	City	NSW	181,562	181,245	179,892
<	Frankston	City	VIC	105,733	110,838	117,802
<	Fraser Coast (Hervey Bay-Maryborough)	RCA	QLD	66,700	70,900	84,000
<	Fremantle	City	WA	23,589	24,447	24,837
<	Gawler	Town	SA	16,793	17,827	18,912
<	Geelong	City	VIC	178,488	186,111	197,478
<	Geraldton	City	WA	19,594	18,447	18,916
<	Gladstone	RCA	QLD	42,737	44,155	50,755
<	Glen Eira (Caulfield-Bentleigh)	City	VIC	115,164	118,967	124,084
<	Glenorchy	City	TAS	43,584	42,855	43,413
<	Gold Coast (Southport)	City	QLD	341,893	406,987	472,280
<	Gosford	City	NSW	145,865	154,943	158,158
<	Gosnells	City	WA	73,987	80,452	91,578
<	Griffith	City	NSW	21,616	23,294	23,801
<	Harvey (-Australind-Brunswick Junction)	Sh	WA	15,045	17,336	19,555
<	Hawkesbury (Windsor-Richmond-Pitt Town)	City	NSW	57,380	60,901	60,561
<	Hobart	City	TAS	45,468	45,841	47,701
<	Hobsons Bay (Altona-Williamstown)	City	VIC	74,865	80,709	81,460
<	Holdfast Bay (Brighton-Glenelg)	City	SA	31,295	32,399	33,299
<	Holroyd	City	NSW	80,731	85,562	89,766
<	Hornsby	Area	NSW	137,279	145,854	151,326
<	Horsham	RC	VIC	17,589	17,772	18,493
<	Hume (Broadmeadows-Craigieburn-Sunbury)	City	VIC	116,440	131,512	147,782
<	Hurstville	City	NSW	65,618	70,490	73,724
<	Ipswich	City	QLD	127,121	124,075	140,182
<	Joondalup	City	WA	142,287	148,952	149,672
<	Kalamunda	Sh	WA	46,694	46,727	49,535
<	Kalgoorlie/Boulder	City	WA	28,701	27,461	28,422
<	Kingborough (Kingston)	Mun	TAS	27,399	28,300	30,842
<	Kingston (Moorabin-Chelsea)	City	VIC	124,650	129,250	134,625
<	Knox (Knoxfield)	City	VIC	132,234	142,974	146,741
<	Kogarah	Area	NSW	47,420	49,612	52,537
<	Ku-ring-gai (Gordonj-Turramurra-St Ives)	Area	NSW	99,285	101,228	101,084
<	Kwinana	Town	WA	19,411	20,932	23,199
<	Lake Macquarie	City	NSW	172,725	179,690	183,139
<	Lane Cove	Area	NSW	29,643	30,280	30,427
<	La Trobe (Moe-Morwell-Traralgon)	City	VIC	69,132	67,706	69,328
<	Launceston	City	TAS	62,284	60,287	62,218
<	Leichhardt	Area	NSW	57,473	48,141	48,778
<	Lismore	City	NSW	42,537	41,031	42,210
<	Lithgow	City	NSW	19,557	19,419	19,756
<	Liverpool	City	NSW	120,484	153,516	164,602
<	Logan	City	QLD	158,610	163,922	173,263
<	Mackay	RCA	QLD	83,286	86,257	101,014
<	Maitland	City	NSW	50,324	54,138	61,881
<	Mandurah	City	WA	39,107	45,597	55,815
<	Manly	Area	NSW	35,367	36,684	37,109
<	Manningham (Doncaster)	City	VIC	105,363	108,687	109,915
<	Maribyrnong (Footscray)	City	VIC	59,050	59,514	63,141
<	Marion	City	SA	75,421	76,439	78,701
<	Maroondah (Croyden-Ringwood)	City	VIC	92,927	97,478	99,198
<	Marrickville	Area	NSW	75,868	72,916	71,812
<	Melbourne	City	VIC	37,661	50,573	71,379
<	Melville	City	WA	89,197	91,290	93,004
<	Mildura	RC	VIC	44,801	46,969	49,818
<	Mitcham	City	SA	59,642	60,064	61,853
<	Monash (Waverley)	City	VIC	153,663	156,081	161,239
<	Moonee Valley (Essendon)	City	VIC	106,016	107,010	107,090
<	Moreland (Coburg-Brunswick-Fawkner)	City	VIC	131,079	131,347	135,763
<	Moreton Bay (Caboolture-Pine Rivers-Redcliffe)	RCA	QLD	250,416	280,064	324,789
<	Mornington Peninsula (Sorrento-Rye-Rosebud-Dromana-Mt Martha)	Sh	VIC	114,182	128,263	136,482
<	Mosman	Area	NSW	25,567	25,822	26,235
<	Mount Gambier	City	SA	22,365	22,406	23,493
<	Mount Isa	City	QLD	21,637	20,267	19,664
<	Mundaring	Sh	WA	31,985	33,657	35,096
<	Nedlands	City	WA	19,881	20,155	20,334
<	Newcastle	City	NSW	133,589	136,157	141,752
<	Nillumbik (Eltham-Diamond Creek)	Sh	VIC	55,495	58,931	59,794
<	North Sydney	Area	NSW	52,352	54,729	58,257
<	Norwood Payneham St Peters	City	SA	32,648	32,484	33,729
<	Onkaparinga (Noarlunga-Happy Valley-Willunga)	City	SA	142,036	146,445	149,736
<	Orange	City	NSW	34,108	35,137	35,339
<	Palmerston	City	NT	12,877	20,581	23,719
<	Parramatta	City	NSW	137,241	142,041	148,324
<	Penrith	City	NSW	163,171	171,887	172,140
<	Perth	City	WA	5,211	7,668	11,572
<	Pittwater (Mona Vale-Newport)	Area	NSW	52,008	53,350	54,158
<	Playford (Munno Para-Elizabeth)	City	SA	63,709	66,843	70,011
<	Port Adelaide Enfield	City	SA	97,826	98,730	102,929
<	Port Phillip (Port Melbourn-St Kilda)	City	VIC	72,135	77,676	85,098
<	Port Stephens (Raymond Terrace-Nelson Bay)	Area	NSW	51,146	56,242	60,484
<	Prospect	City	SA	18,604	18,597	19,294
<	Queanbeyan	City	NSW	27,432	32,264	35,975
<	Randwick	City	NSW	116,645	118,360	119,884
<	Redland	City	QLD	100,133	114,185	127,626
<	Rockdale	City	NSW	84,600	87,677	92,126
<	Rockhampton	RCA	QLD	93,083	92,368	101,172
<	Rockingham	City	WA	59,404	71,367	84,308
<	Ryde	City	NSW	92,107	94,174	96,949
<	Salisbury	City	SA	109,066	111,218	118,423
<	Shellharbour	City	NSW	52,511	57,224	60,336
<	Shepparton	City	VIC	52,930	55,449	57,088
<	Shoalhaven (Nowra-Bomaderry)	City	NSW	77,436	82,877	88,405
<	South Perth	City	WA	34,726	35,453	38,361
<	Stirling	City	WA	174,623	168,883	176,872
<	Stonnington (Prahran-Malvern)	City	VIC	83,989	86,670	89,882
<	Strathfield	Area	NSW	25,856	27,889	31,982
<	Sunshine Coast (Caloundra-Buderim-Noosa)	RCA	QLD	202,845	235,220	276,268
<	Sutherland Shire (Sutherland-Mirande-Cronulla)	Area	NSW	195,860	204,371	205,450
<	Swan	City	WA	69,295	82,243	93,279
<	Swan Hill	RC	VIC	20,438	20,333	20,633
<	Sydney	City	NSW	87,874	128,347	156,572
<	Tamworth	Area	NSW	51,515	51,191	53,590
<	Taree	City	NSW	42,715	42,541	45,144
<	Tea Tree Gully	City	SA	93,272	96,413	95,971
<	Toowoomba	RCA	QLD	117,338	122,584	133,246
<	Townsville	City	QLD	127,666	139,639	154,628
<	Tweed	Area	NSW	63,607	70,905	79,321
<	Unley	City	SA	35,191	35,055	35,998
<	Victoria Park	Town	WA	25,593	26,626	27,955
<	Vincent (North Perth)	Town	WA	24,657	25,020	26,880
<	Wagga Wagga	City	NSW	54,891	53,268	57,016
<	Wangaratta	RC	VIC	25,500	25,189	26,391
<	Wanneroo	City	WA	62,809	80,841	110,940
<	Warringah (Dee Why-Collaroy-Narrabeen)	Area	NSW	125,010	129,124	133,838
<	Warrnambool	City	VIC	26,803	28,421	30,391
<	Waverley	Area	NSW	60,885	59,878	60,716
<	West Tamar (Beaconsfield-Riverside-Legana)	Mun	TAS	19,360	19,460	20,812
<	West Torrens	City	SA	49,925	50,309	52,154
<	Whitehorse (Nunawading-Box Hill)	City	VIC	137,314	141,373	144,768
<	Whittlesea	City	VIC	102,281	113,994	124,647
<	Whyalla	City	SA	23,620	21,058	21,417
<	Willoughby	City	NSW	53,106	58,079	63,605
<	Wodonga	RC	VIC	29,417	30,952	33,010
<	Wollondilly (Picton-Buxton)	Area	NSW	33,670	37,190	40,343
<	Wollongong	City	NSW	177,769	181,223	184,213
<	Woollahra	Area	NSW	49,550	49,653	50,160
<	Wyndham (Werribee)	City	VIC	74,104	85,207	112,693
<	Wyong (-The Entrance-Budgewoi)	Area	NSW	117,190	130,913	139,801
<	Yarra (Richmond-Collinwood-Fitzroy)	City	VIC	64,059	66,454	69,331
<	Yarra Ranges (Lillydale-Dandenong Ranges-Yarra Valley)	Sh	VIC	133,025	138,706	140,216

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AUSTRALIA: Local Government Areas (Census Counts)

Contents

Federal States & Territories

Local Goverment Areas