Australia: Federal States, Territories & Major Urban Centers

	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

	Name	Adm.	UA C 2006-08-08 r
1	Sydney	NSW	3,641,422
2	Melbourne	VIC	3,371,888
3	Brisbane	QLD	1,676,389
4	Perth	WA	1,256,035
5	Adelaide	SA	1,040,719
6	Gold Coast-Tweed Heads		454,436
7	Canberra-Queanbeyan		356,120
8	Newcastle	NSW	288,732
9	Gosford	NSW	282,726
10	Wollongong	NSW	234,482
11	Sunshine Coast	QLD	184,662

Urban Centers

	Name	Adm.	UA C 1996-06-30 c	UA C 2001-08-07 c	UA C 2006-08-08 r
<	Adelaide	SA	978,100	995,955	1,040,719
<	Albany	WA	20,493	22,256	25,196
<	Albury-Wodonga		67,316	69,664	73,497
<	Alice Springs	NT	22,488	23,384	21,622
<	Armidale	NSW	21,330	20,068	19,485
<	Bacchus Marsh	VIC	12,130	12,107	13,261
<	Bairnsdale	VIC	10,667	10,557	11,282
<	Ballarat	VIC	64,831	72,766	78,221
<	Ballina	NSW	16,599	16,517	16,477
<	Batemans Bay	NSW	10,219	10,181	10,845
<	Bathurst	NSW	26,029	26,920	28,992
<	Bendigo (Greater Bendigo)	VIC	59,936	68,480	76,051
<	Bongaree	QLD	13,026	12,923	14,276
<	Bowral	NSW	10,402	10,325	11,493
<	Brisbane	QLD	1,291,117	1,490,475	1,676,389
<	Broken Hill	NSW	20,963	19,753	18,854
<	Broome	WA	15,906	15,242	11,547
<	Bunbury	WA	24,945	45,153	54,482
<	Bundaberg	QLD	41,025	44,154	46,961
<	Burnie	TAS	18,095	18,064	19,160
<	Busselton	WA	13,963	13,863	15,386
<	Cairns	QLD	92,273	90,085	98,349
<	Cairns Northern Beaches	QLD	17,190	15,245	15,495
<	Canberra-Queanbeyan		322,723	336,805	356,120
<	Cessnock	NSW	17,825	17,791	18,316
<	Coffs Harbour	NSW	22,177	25,828	26,353
<	Colac	VIC	10,182	10,164	10,857
<	Crafers-Bridgewater	SA	13,197	13,130	13,372
<	Darwin	NT	70,251	68,694	66,291
<	Devonport	TAS	22,299	21,528	22,315
<	Drysdale-Clifton Springs	VIC	...	1,724	10,217
<	Dubbo	NSW	30,102	30,860	30,574
<	Echuca-Moama		13,778	13,744	15,689
<	Ellenbrook	WA	...	5,445	11,825
<	Emerald	QLD	10,092	10,037	10,999
<	Forster-Tuncurry	NSW	17,996	17,939	18,372
<	Gawler	SA	16,837	16,779	20,006
<	Geelong (Greater Geelong)	VIC	125,382	129,668	137,220
<	Geraldton	WA	25,243	25,324	27,420
<	Gladstone	QLD	26,415	26,509	28,808
<	Gold Coast-Tweed Heads		311,932	406,619	454,436
<	Gosford (Central Coast)	NSW	227,657	254,579	282,726
<	Goulburn	NSW	21,293	20,846	20,127
<	Grafton	NSW	17,426	17,380	17,501
<	Griffith	NSW	14,209	15,937	16,182
<	Gympie	QLD	10,623	10,583	10,933
<	Hervey Bay	QLD	32,054	35,106	41,225
<	Hobart	TAS	126,118	125,162	128,577
<	Horsham	VIC	13,241	13,201	14,125
<	Kalgoorlie-Boulder	WA	28,087	28,196	28,242
<	Karratha	WA	10,796	10,730	11,728
<	Katoomba	NSW	18,400	17,999	Sydney
<	Kiama	NSW	12,284	12,241	12,286
<	Kingston-Blackmans Bay	TAS	14,827	14,768	17,283
<	Kurri Kurri-Weston	NSW	12,326	12,317	12,532
<	Kwinana	WA	15,674	17,339	19,907
<	Lara	VIC	7,338	9,185	10,525
<	Launceston	TAS	67,701	68,088	71,395
<	Lawson-Hazelbrook	NSW	10,127	9,605	Sydney
<	Lismore	NSW	28,230	27,193	27,069
<	Lithgow	NSW	11,033	11,023	11,298
<	Mackay	QLD	44,880	57,321	66,874
<	Maitland	NSW	50,108	53,391	61,431
<	Mandurah	WA	35,945	46,549	67,813
<	Maryborough	QLD	21,286	21,123	21,501
<	Melbourne	VIC	2,865,329	3,132,900	3,371,888
<	Melton	VIC	30,304	32,007	35,490
<	Mildura	VIC	24,142	27,931	30,016
<	Moe	VIC	15,387	15,352	15,582
<	Morwell	VIC	13,527	13,505	13,399
<	Mount Barker	SA	7,908	9,116	11,540
<	Mount Gambier	SA	22,037	22,656	23,494
<	Mount Isa	QLD	21,751	20,369	18,857
<	Murray Bridge	SA	13,017	12,998	14,048
<	Muswellbrook	NSW	10,036	10,010	10,222
<	Nambour	QLD	12,892	12,822	13,537
<	Newcastle	NSW	270,324	278,773	288,732
<	Nowra-Bomaderry	NSW	23,823	24,700	27,478
<	Ocean Grove-Barwon Heads	VIC	12,655	12,582	14,345
<	Orange	NSW	30,705	31,923	31,544
<	Pakenham	VIC	11,301	11,283	18,808
<	Palmerston	NT	12,233	20,505	23,614
<	Perth	WA	1,096,829	1,162,716	1,256,035
<	Port Augusta	SA	13,194	13,153	13,257
<	Port Hedland	WA	12,776	12,695	11,557
<	Port Lincoln	SA	12,664	12,630	13,044
<	Port Macquarie	NSW	33,709	37,696	39,219
<	Port Pirie	SA	13,263	13,254	13,206
<	Raymond Terrace	NSW	12,514	12,482	12,700
<	Richmond-Windsor	NSW	21,317	25,809	25,011
<	Rockhampton	QLD	57,770	58,950	60,827
<	Rockingham	WA	49,917	60,529	67,520
<	Sale	VIC	12,854	12,793	13,336
<	Sawtell	NSW	13,831	13,734	15,009
<	Shepparton-Mooroopna	VIC	31,945	35,754	38,773
<	Singleton	NSW	12,531	12,495	13,665
<	Sunbury	VIC	22,126	25,086	29,566
<	Sunshine Coast (Caloundra)	QLD	...	165,089	184,662
<	Sydney	NSW	3,276,207	3,455,110	3,641,422
<	Tamworth	NSW	31,865	32,440	33,475
<	Taree (Greater Taree)	NSW	16,702	16,621	16,517
<	Toowoomba	QLD	83,350	88,776	95,265
<	Townsville	QLD	109,914	117,990	128,808
<	Traralgon	VIC	19,614	19,569	21,960
<	Ulladulla	NSW	8,384	9,585	10,298
<	Victor Harbor	SA	7,343	8,923	10,380
<	Wagga Wagga	NSW	42,848	44,272	46,735
<	Wangaratta	VIC	16,342	16,310	16,845
<	Warragul	VIC	10,437	10,405	11,498
<	Warrnambool	VIC	26,052	26,669	28,150
<	Warwick	QLD	12,011	11,981	12,562
<	Whyalla	SA	23,382	21,211	21,122
<	Wollongong	NSW	219,761	227,522	234,482
<	Yeppoon	QLD	10,778	10,656	13,285

Australian Bureau of Statistics (web).
(1996) counted population including overseas visitors.
(2001) counted population excluding overseas visitors.
(2006) usually resident population excluding overseas visitors.

AUSTRALIA: Urban Centers

Contents

Federal States & Territories

Principal Urban Centers

Urban Centers