Australia: Administrative Division

Contents: States and Local Government Areas

The population of the Australian states and local government areas (LGAs) according to official estimates.

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 2001-06-30	Population Estimate 2006-06-30	Population Estimate 2011-06-30	Population Estimate 2016-06-30	Population Estimate 2021-06-30
Australian Capital Territory (ACT)	Territory	321,538	335,170	367,985	403,104	453,558	→
Canberra	Capital Territory	321,538	335,170	367,985	403,104	453,558	→
New South Wales	Federal State	6,530,349	6,742,690	7,218,529	7,732,858	8,093,815	→
Albury	City	45,265	47,566	49,451	52,171	56,036	→
Armidale Regional (incl. Guyra)	Area	27,906	27,377	28,573	29,310	29,332	→
Ballina	Area	37,856	39,537	40,747	42,993	46,172	→
Balranald	Area	2,751	2,507	2,353	2,330	2,207	→
Bathurst Regional	Area	35,504	36,916	39,960	42,244	43,653	→
Bayside (Rockdale - Botany Bay)	Area	129,075	133,205	144,985	164,534	176,061	→
Bega Valley	Area	30,425	31,829	33,128	33,941	35,761	→
Bellingen	Area	12,634	12,716	12,923	12,951	13,197	→
Berrigan	Area	8,075	8,160	8,297	8,609	8,612	→
Blacktown	City	263,103	278,894	312,346	348,030	399,711	→
Bland	Area	6,603	6,212	6,021	6,024	5,542	→
Blayney	Area	6,478	6,741	7,217	7,343	7,508	→
Blue Mountains	City	76,528	75,600	78,553	78,835	78,360	→
Bogan	Area	3,156	2,939	3,009	2,764	2,481	→
Bourke	Area	3,919	3,185	3,053	2,762	2,417	→
Brewarrina	Area	2,148	2,004	1,874	1,710	1,488	→
Broken Hill	City	20,929	19,753	19,151	18,114	17,661	→
Burwood	Area	30,393	32,199	34,176	38,536	40,397	→
Byron	Area	29,453	30,125	30,712	33,399	36,077	→
Cabonne	Area	12,447	12,634	13,211	13,577	13,760	→
Camden	Area	45,163	50,628	58,439	80,264	119,951	→
Campbelltown	City	149,192	146,538	151,173	161,566	177,689	→
Canada Bay	Area	61,940	68,309	80,065	92,534	89,667	→
Canterbury-Bankstown	Area	307,592	310,578	335,940	361,862	372,322	→
Carrathool	Area	3,290	2,863	2,681	2,793	2,871	→
Central Coast (incl. Gosford City)	City	294,596	303,051	322,657	336,611	348,379	→
Central Darling	Area	2,432	2,000	2,059	1,881	1,760	→
Cessnock	City	46,823	47,426	52,485	56,720	64,082	→
Clarence Valley	Area	48,247	49,149	51,287	51,622	54,180	→
Cobar	Area	4,990	4,941	4,782	4,687	4,098	→
Coffs Harbour	City	62,582	66,657	70,972	74,670	78,738	→
Coolamon	Area	4,090	4,097	4,236	4,390	4,401	→
Coonamble	Area	4,797	4,305	4,226	4,051	3,834	→
Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional	Area	11,397	11,254	11,308	11,291	11,387	→
Cowra	Area	12,989	12,754	12,523	12,659	12,753	→
Cumberland (incl. Holroyd City, Auburn City (parts))	Area	...	180,403	203,181	225,691	236,996	→
Dubbo Regional (Western Plains Regional)	Area	47,176	47,148	49,079	51,404	55,518	→
Dungog	Area	8,338	8,245	8,556	9,101	9,525	→
Edward River (Deniliquin - Conargo)	Area	10,074	9,287	8,888	8,991	8,437	→
Eurobodalla	Area	33,639	35,855	37,082	37,919	40,453	→
Fairfield	City	187,825	186,117	196,479	205,675	209,030	→
Federation (Corowa - Urana)	Area	12,121	12,497	12,509	12,445	12,821	→
Forbes	Area	10,062	9,540	9,469	9,817	9,383	→
Georges River (Hurstville - Kogarah)	Area	125,777	130,586	141,726	153,161	152,703	→
Gilgandra	Area	4,761	4,618	4,515	4,298	4,319	→
Glen Innes Severn	Area	8,818	8,987	8,911	8,934	8,922	→
Goulburn Mulwaree	Area	26,401	26,695	28,363	30,261	32,138	→
Greater Hume Shire	Area	10,455	9,999	10,072	10,519	11,105	→
Griffith	City	24,412	24,450	25,395	26,356	27,182	→
Gunnedah	Area	12,306	11,782	12,519	12,491	13,085	→
Gwydir	Area	5,716	5,428	5,102	5,326	4,911	→
Hawkesbury	City	62,412	61,725	64,353	66,346	67,581	→
Hay	Area	3,620	3,483	3,085	2,984	2,883	→
Hilltops	Area	18,014	18,213	18,793	18,756	19,216	→
Hornsby	Area	...	136,162	143,273	147,385	152,225	→
Hunters Hill	Area	13,296	13,662	13,897	14,656	13,591	→
Inner West (Marrickville - Ashfield - Leichhardt)	Area	166,693	167,602	180,301	191,194	183,772	→
Inverell	Area	16,784	16,947	17,689	17,815	17,919	→
Junee	Area	5,859	5,943	6,132	6,414	6,450	→
Kempsey	Area	27,164	28,032	29,128	29,431	30,816	→
Kiama	Area	19,793	19,626	20,806	22,110	22,961	→
Ku-ring-gai	Area	106,965	104,459	114,604	122,472	124,659	→
Kyogle	Area	9,739	9,491	9,537	9,114	9,344	→
Lachlan	Area	7,651	6,932	6,802	6,444	6,149	→
Lake Macquarie	City	186,353	188,503	196,811	202,332	213,967	→
Lane Cove	Area	31,880	31,527	33,233	37,694	39,601	→
Leeton	Area	11,832	11,562	11,406	11,407	11,481	→
Lismore	City	42,721	43,338	44,348	44,122	44,344	→
Lithgow	City	20,451	20,186	20,850	21,484	20,854	→
Liverpool	City	158,027	169,868	188,088	211,983	234,373	→
Liverpool Plains	Area	7,977	7,717	7,761	7,847	7,608	→
Lockhart	Area	3,550	3,237	3,098	3,173	3,328	→
Lord Howe Island	Unincorporated Area	366	357	392	414	444	→
Maitland	City	56,055	63,505	69,924	79,063	90,553	→
Mid-Coast (incl. Greater Taree)	Area	81,291	84,579	88,818	91,801	96,425	→
Mid-Western Regional	Area	22,003	21,641	23,020	24,546	25,704	→
Moree Plains	Area	16,108	14,407	14,043	13,627	12,961	→
Mosman	Area	27,680	27,570	29,351	30,260	28,461	→
Murray River	Area	10,997	11,020	11,257	11,872	12,780	→
Murrumbidgee (incl. Jerilderie)	Area	4,548	4,219	3,888	3,929	3,564	→
Muswellbrook	Area	15,099	15,639	16,328	16,462	16,463	→
Nambucca Valley	Area	18,026	18,299	19,235	19,580	20,375	→
Narrabri	Area	14,422	13,477	13,438	13,367	12,809	→
Narrandera	Area	6,686	6,149	6,115	5,949	5,731	→
Narromine	Area	7,060	6,691	6,832	6,617	6,448	→
Newcastle	City	141,001	146,623	155,550	160,707	169,317	→
Northern Beaches (Warringah - Pittwater - Manly)	Area	229,816	233,600	251,696	265,468	264,481	→
North Sydney	Area	58,337	61,512	66,747	71,809	69,460	→
Oberon	Area	5,257	5,179	5,209	5,349	5,564	→
Orange	City	36,701	36,374	39,419	41,210	43,736	→
Parkes	Area	14,927	14,600	15,083	14,924	14,453	→
Parramatta	City	...	180,919	203,205	234,444	258,315	→
Penrith	City	176,277	176,067	184,589	201,597	219,149	→
Port Macquarie-Hastings	Area	64,960	69,947	75,232	80,073	86,585	→
Port Stephens	Area	58,509	62,132	67,214	71,115	75,282	→
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional	Area	44,289	50,070	54,844	57,790	63,364	→
Randwick	City	124,456	125,346	137,792	148,922	135,275	→
Richmond Valley	Area	21,014	21,728	22,717	23,256	23,589	→
Ryde	City	98,516	100,344	108,712	121,270	129,773	→
Shellharbour	City	59,383	62,243	66,218	70,391	76,443	→
Shoalhaven	City	86,856	90,505	96,203	101,942	108,497	→
Singleton	Area	21,066	22,535	23,523	23,576	24,719	→
Snowy Monaro Regional	Area	19,440	20,008	20,386	20,558	21,659	→
Snowy Valleys (Tumut - Tumbarumba)	Area	15,084	14,684	14,756	14,611	14,901	→
Strathfield	Area	29,253	33,030	37,239	42,415	45,930	→
Sutherland Shire	Area	212,458	211,230	220,250	226,461	230,903	→
Sydney	City	128,901	164,597	183,281	222,717	214,851	→
Tamworth Regional	Area	53,557	54,887	58,228	60,990	63,652	→
Temora	Area	6,288	6,008	5,953	6,210	6,012	→
Tenterfield	Area	6,842	6,666	6,990	6,697	6,798	→
The Hills Shire	Area	...	136,015	147,779	162,975	192,509	→
Tweed	Area	73,980	81,531	88,437	93,742	97,151	→
Unincorporated Far West	Unincorporated Area	854	738	727	698	576	→
Upper Hunter Shire	Area	13,430	13,333	14,206	14,344	14,254	→
Upper Lachlan Shire	Area	7,210	7,209	7,422	7,853	8,491	→
Uralla	Area	6,052	5,894	6,241	6,147	5,993	→
Wagga Wagga	City	56,280	58,518	61,781	63,906	67,860	→
Walcha	Area	3,282	3,259	3,119	3,130	3,018	→
Walgett	Area	8,261	7,129	6,797	6,317	5,590	→
Warren	Area	3,293	2,814	2,862	2,797	2,586	→
Warrumbungle Shire	Area	10,762	10,034	9,898	9,562	9,254	→
Waverley	Area	62,853	64,294	68,698	72,013	69,388	→
Weddin	Area	3,826	3,722	3,759	3,677	3,589	→
Wentworth	Area	7,156	6,926	6,837	6,932	7,487	→
Willoughby	City	61,399	66,481	71,139	77,888	76,034	→
Wingecarribee	Area	42,384	43,532	46,126	48,998	52,456	→
Wollondilly	Area	38,178	40,969	44,607	49,854	54,176	→
Wollongong	City	188,275	190,909	202,068	210,394	214,657	→
Woollahra	Area	52,677	52,995	56,320	57,744	53,891	→
Yass Valley	Area	12,002	13,500	15,615	16,568	17,234	→
Northern Territory	Territory	201,743	209,057	231,292	245,678	249,200	→
Alice Springs	Town	26,849	26,700	28,489	26,518	28,601	→
Barkly	Region	7,315	7,564	7,838	7,426	7,203	→
Belyuen	Shire	230	199	207	175	165	→
Central Desert	Region	4,678	4,454	4,287	4,165	4,124	→
Coomalie	Shire	1,125	1,234	1,275	1,412	1,403	→
Darwin	City	69,635	71,366	78,467	85,323	85,397	→
Darwin Waterfront Precinct	Area	...	...	238	398	316	→
East Arnhem	Region	8,519	9,275	10,466	10,252	10,097	→
Katherine	Town	9,706	9,689	10,488	10,541	10,706	→
Litchfield	Municipality	15,782	16,451	20,218	25,355	23,048	→
MacDonnell	Region	6,675	6,761	6,710	6,753	6,583	→
Palmerston	City	22,418	25,163	29,385	35,978	39,587	→
Roper Gulf	Region	6,327	6,423	7,042	7,329	7,442	→
Tiwi Islands	Region	2,523	2,432	2,970	2,777	2,738	→
Unincorporated Northern Territory	Unincorporated Areas	7,477	8,141	8,833	7,100	7,489	→
Victoria Daly	Region	...	3,441	3,321	3,142	3,224	→
Wagait	Shire	248	326	420	492	465	→
West Arnhem	Region	6,241	6,452	7,133	6,941	7,186	→
West Daly	Region	...	2,986	3,505	3,601	3,426	→
Other Territories	Territories	2,584	2,379	3,117	4,608	4,848	→
Christmas Island	Territory	1,442	1,403	2,167	1,903	1,716	→
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Territory	600	590	561	546	602	→
Jervis Bay	Territory	542	386	389	402	310	→
Norfolk Island	Territory	...	...	...	1,757	2,220	→
Queensland	Federal State	3,571,469	4,007,992	4,476,778	4,845,152	5,217,653	→
Aurukun	Shire	1,074	1,089	1,398	1,323	1,131	→
Balonne	Shire	5,473	4,754	4,862	4,461	4,379	→
Banana	Shire	15,534	15,026	14,812	14,570	14,663	→
Barcaldine	Regional Council	3,483	3,341	3,292	2,909	2,863	→
Barcoo	Shire	454	370	363	272	312	→
Blackall Tambo	Regional Council	2,385	2,063	2,257	1,925	1,920	→
Boulia	Shire	566	434	493	436	470	→
Brisbane	City	885,787	987,831	1,089,879	1,184,752	1,264,024	→
Bulloo	Shire	450	380	418	356	342	→
Bundaberg	Regional Council	77,430	84,816	92,063	94,256	100,118	→
Burdekin	Shire	18,158	17,451	17,775	17,326	16,842	→
Burke	Shire	490	512	557	342	430	→
Cairns	Regional Council	115,373	131,843	150,992	161,573	169,312	→
Carpentaria	Shire	2,246	2,003	2,197	2,051	2,159	→
Cassowary Coast	Regional Council	29,536	28,603	28,636	29,287	29,525	→
Central Highlands	Regional Council	24,581	27,265	29,541	28,690	28,311	→
Charters Towers	Regional Council	12,007	11,729	12,434	12,087	11,923	→
Cherbourg	Shire	1,186	1,182	1,264	1,293	1,212	→
Cloncurry	Shire	3,754	3,248	3,342	3,125	3,705	→
Cook	Shire	3,636	3,565	4,409	4,302	4,631	→
Croydon	Shire	282	264	327	296	269	→
Diamantina	Shire	320	291	292	296	270	→
Doomadgee	Shire	1,178	1,129	1,374	1,475	1,435	→
Douglas	Shire	10,264	10,524	11,186	12,070	12,445	→
Etheridge	Shire	997	869	929	807	724	→
Flinders	Shire	2,050	1,844	1,840	1,582	1,521	→
Fraser Coast	Regional Council	72,781	86,117	97,661	102,962	112,078	→
Gladstone	Regional Council	45,479	52,051	59,461	63,017	64,304	→
Gold Coast	City	379,679	450,075	515,202	575,303	633,764	→
Goondiwindi	Regional Council	10,219	10,364	10,900	10,813	10,404	→
Gympie	Regional Council	38,062	42,628	46,837	50,327	53,851	→
Hinchinbrook	Shire	12,172	11,810	11,817	10,968	10,992	→
Hope Vale	Shire	875	812	1,052	1,014	999	→
Ipswich	City	123,934	141,986	172,200	200,103	233,302	→
Isaac	Regional Council	18,169	20,372	23,188	21,543	22,426	→
Kowanyama	Shire	999	1,063	1,112	983	1,108	→
Livingston	Shire	25,863	29,543	33,394	36,950	39,881	→
Lockhart River	Shire	638	578	520	746	653	→
Lockyer Valley	Regional Council	28,213	31,305	35,880	39,499	41,762	→
Logan	City	234,351	259,116	287,474	314,511	350,740	→
Longreach	Regional Council	4,537	4,174	4,296	3,727	3,693	→
Mackay	Regional Council	89,337	103,567	115,960	117,218	123,183	→
Mapoon	Shire	205	247	281	318	442	→
Maranoa	Regional Council	12,368	12,612	13,437	12,926	12,960	→
Mareeba	Shire	18,125	18,753	20,745	22,038	23,174	→
McKinlay	Shire	1,045	922	1,085	816	838	→
Moreton Bay	Regional Council	283,062	331,713	390,051	439,292	484,428	→
Mornington	Shire	991	1,082	1,220	1,197	1,061	→
Mount Isa	City	20,743	20,374	22,079	19,606	19,226	→
Murweh	Shire	4,936	4,692	4,731	4,386	4,010	→
Napranum	Shire	785	876	908	989	907	→
Noosa	Shire	43,496	48,082	51,038	53,922	56,873	→
North Burnett	Regional Council	10,450	10,378	10,374	10,646	10,144	→
Northern Peninsula Area	Regional Council	2,055	2,063	2,463	2,945	2,886	→
Palm Island	Shire	2,269	2,070	2,538	2,581	2,180	→
Paroo	Shire	2,172	1,991	1,937	1,668	1,708	→
Pormpuraaw	Shire	618	621	715	785	632	→
Quilpie	Shire	1,086	1,012	1,007	825	702	→
Redland	City	115,832	130,760	143,711	152,216	161,730	→
Richmond	Shire	1,128	935	847	806	769	→
Rockhampton	Regional Council	70,480	74,204	78,939	81,322	82,904	→
Scenic Rim	Regional Council	30,030	34,231	37,437	40,984	43,595	→
Somerset	Regional Council	17,866	19,608	22,200	25,153	25,391	→
South Burnett	Regional Council	27,651	29,699	31,803	32,625	33,325	→
Southern Downs	Regional Council	31,064	32,411	34,649	35,638	36,641	→
Sunshine Coast	Regional Council	198,931	236,654	267,241	302,841	346,648	→
Tablelands	Regional Council	21,894	23,228	24,372	25,217	26,488	→
Toowoomba	Regional Council	134,955	145,992	155,473	164,168	175,316	→
Torres	Shire	3,531	3,373	3,477	3,799	3,533	→
Torres Strait Island	Regional Council	4,244	4,548	4,578	4,775	4,300	→
Townsville	City	142,012	159,482	180,114	191,348	195,515	→
Weipa	Town	2,131	2,902	3,423	4,040	4,176	→
Western Downs	Regional Council	28,715	29,122	32,365	34,049	34,360	→
Whitsunday	Regional Council	27,396	30,255	32,416	34,538	37,660	→
Winton	Shire	1,585	1,423	1,380	1,154	1,132	→
Woorabinda	Shire	1,014	886	976	999	1,041	→
Wujal Wujal	Shire	366	336	287	292	284	→
Yarrabah	Shire	2,236	2,468	2,595	2,702	2,598	→
South Australia	Federal State	1,503,461	1,552,529	1,639,614	1,712,843	1,803,192	→
Adelaide	City	13,211	17,479	20,920	23,552	25,551	→
Adelaide Hills	District Council	38,549	39,165	39,699	39,632	41,250	→
Adelaide Plains (Mallala)	District Council	7,354	8,118	8,483	8,912	9,977	→
Alexandrina	District Council	18,091	21,208	24,125	26,562	29,257	→
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkunytjatjara	Aboriginal Council	2,661	2,310	2,660	2,498	2,554	→
Barossa	District Council	19,418	21,096	22,525	24,200	25,569	→
Barunga West	District Council	2,585	2,590	2,496	2,592	2,676	→
Berri Barmera	District Council	11,273	11,239	10,733	10,835	10,747	→
Burnside	City	42,403	43,414	44,092	45,216	46,444	→
Campbelltown	City	46,544	47,383	49,788	51,080	55,475	→
Ceduna	District Council	3,625	3,702	3,595	3,566	3,651	→
Charles Sturt	City	102,897	103,364	108,680	114,980	123,146	→
Clare and Gilbert Valleys	District Council	8,347	8,370	8,871	9,244	9,366	→
Cleve	District Council	...	2,000	1,814	1,816	1,776	→
Coober Pedy	District Council	2,414	1,984	1,760	1,818	1,624	→
Coorong	District Council	5,893	5,838	5,657	5,525	5,599	→
Copper Coast	District Council	10,988	11,649	13,126	14,472	15,336	→
Elliston	District Council	1,150	1,164	1,066	1,070	1,038	→
Flinders Ranges	District Council	1,804	1,767	1,722	1,693	1,686	→
Franklin Harbour	District Council	...	1,245	1,238	1,334	1,323	→
Gawler	Town	18,235	19,241	20,987	23,355	25,304	→
Goyder	District Council	4,254	4,271	4,225	4,240	4,138	→
Grant	District Council	7,359	7,613	7,954	8,417	8,862	→
Holdfast Bay	City	33,490	34,371	36,120	36,537	37,868	→
Kangaroo Island	District Council	4,227	4,396	4,522	4,836	4,999	→
Karoonda East Murray	District Council	1,276	1,189	1,050	1,121	1,025	→
Kimba	District Council	1,229	1,147	1,105	1,083	1,053	→
Kingston	District Council	2,339	2,390	2,343	2,415	2,375	→
Light	Regional Council	10,494	12,680	13,984	15,048	16,083	→
Lower Eyre Peninsula	District Council	4,200	4,537	5,013	5,661	6,060	→
Loxton Waikerie	District Council	12,197	11,902	11,478	11,730	11,922	→
Maralinga Tjarutja	Aboriginal Council	136	111	75	62	102	→
Marion	City	78,590	80,646	85,714	90,508	95,650	→
Mid Murray	District Council	8,376	8,216	8,225	8,845	9,355	→
Mitcham	City	62,010	63,676	64,999	66,482	68,180	→
Mount Barker	District Council	23,664	27,393	30,353	33,897	39,627	→
Mount Gambier	City	23,750	24,626	25,773	27,061	27,642	→
Mount Remarkable	District Council	2,998	2,906	2,906	2,920	2,921	→
Murray Bridge	Rural City	17,023	18,159	20,137	21,562	22,348	→
Naracoorte and Lucindale	District Council	8,239	8,354	8,342	8,544	8,896	→
Northern Areas	District Council	4,765	4,760	4,568	4,623	4,659	→
Norwood Payneham St Peters	City	33,546	34,967	36,291	36,396	37,850	→
Onkaparinga	City	150,119	153,244	163,392	169,372	176,628	→
Orroroo/Carrieton	District Council	1,013	959	884	912	891	→
Peterborough	District Council	2,014	1,946	1,758	1,712	1,669	→
Playford	City	68,247	71,385	80,684	90,553	100,573	→
Port Adelaide Enfield	City	101,371	105,579	116,492	124,007	134,202	→
Port Augusta	City	13,700	14,251	14,413	14,359	14,453	→
Port Lincoln	City	13,842	14,060	14,462	14,523	14,880	→
Port Pirie	Municipality	17,568	17,551	17,627	17,767	17,754	→
Prospect	City	19,106	19,959	20,690	21,124	22,497	→
Renmark Paringa	District Council	9,793	9,689	9,429	9,780	10,009	→
Robe	District Council	1,379	1,386	1,431	1,413	1,568	→
Roxby Downs	Municipality	3,618	4,186	4,826	4,052	4,115	→
Salisbury	City	113,849	121,288	132,880	140,346	147,602	→
Southern Mallee	District Council	2,300	2,187	2,123	2,063	2,029	→
Streaky Bay	District Council	1,981	2,067	2,175	2,168	2,241	→
Tatiara	District Council	7,032	7,037	6,740	6,817	7,072	→
Tea Tree Gully	City	99,121	98,456	98,315	99,153	102,067	→
Tumby Bay	District Council	2,580	2,609	2,616	2,675	2,875	→
Unincorporated South Australia	Unincorporated Areas	5,911	3,858	4,556	3,639	3,102	→
Unley	City	36,405	37,211	38,374	38,939	39,082	→
Victor Harbor	City	11,062	12,303	14,176	15,011	16,427	→
Wakefield	District Council	6,576	6,533	6,741	6,950	6,926	→
Walkerville	Municipality	6,995	7,179	7,308	7,781	8,091	→
Wattle Range	District Council	12,234	12,224	11,792	12,022	12,127	→
West Torrens	City	52,056	53,692	57,026	59,408	62,469	→
Whyalla	City	22,049	21,989	22,561	22,511	21,960	→
Wudinna	District Council	1,449	1,346	1,280	1,279	1,163	→
Yankalilla	District Council	3,832	4,245	4,451	5,276	5,928	→
Yorke Peninsula	District Council	11,466	11,474	11,198	11,291	11,828	→
Tasmania	Federal State	473,668	489,302	511,483	517,514	567,909	→
Break O'Day	Municipality	5,839	6,274	6,469	6,198	6,936	→
Brighton	Municipality	12,857	14,236	15,685	16,669	19,263	→
Burnie	City	19,077	19,748	20,164	19,228	20,441	→
Central Coast	Municipality	21,242	21,428	22,332	21,736	23,278	→
Central Highlands	Municipality	2,339	2,327	2,357	2,169	2,580	→
Circular Head	Municipality	8,128	8,243	8,361	8,104	8,335	→
Clarence	City	49,370	50,344	52,825	55,465	62,396	→
Derwent Valley	Municipality	9,372	9,636	9,946	10,087	11,114	→
Devonport	City	24,502	24,901	25,752	25,128	26,922	→
Dorset	Municipality	7,413	7,244	7,158	6,724	6,991	→
Flinders	Municipality	896	896	809	939	938	→
George Town	Municipality	6,557	6,755	6,857	6,873	7,213	→
Glamorgan/Spring Bay	Municipality	4,029	4,371	4,419	4,451	5,118	→
Glenorchy	City	43,805	43,844	45,402	46,722	51,233	→
Hobart	City	47,232	48,989	50,482	52,018	56,084	→
Huon Valley	Municipality	13,987	14,530	15,905	16,563	18,809	→
Kentish	Municipality	5,555	5,965	6,369	6,263	6,778	→
Kingborough	Municipality	29,285	31,404	34,693	36,544	40,815	→
King Island	Municipality	1,741	1,716	1,637	1,594	1,654	→
Latrobe	Municipality	8,324	8,973	10,275	10,927	12,705	→
Launceston	City	62,966	64,802	67,154	66,518	71,906	→
Meander Valley	Municipality	18,248	19,052	19,622	19,553	21,153	→
Northern Midlands	Municipality	12,047	12,561	12,729	12,972	14,030	→
Sorell	Municipality	10,955	12,049	13,346	14,482	16,975	→
Southern Midlands	Municipality	5,788	5,864	6,265	6,083	6,838	→
Tasman	Municipality	2,282	2,326	2,443	2,389	2,643	→
Waratah/Wynyard	Municipality	13,765	13,895	14,304	13,813	14,641	→
West Coast	Municipality	5,572	5,229	4,890	4,210	4,373	→
West Tamar	Municipality	20,495	21,700	22,833	23,092	25,747	→
Victoria	Federal State	4,763,615	5,061,266	5,537,817	6,173,172	6,548,040	→
Alpine	Shire	12,709	12,260	12,068	12,578	13,156	→
Ararat	Rural City	11,544	11,422	11,326	11,745	11,821	→
Ballarat	City	82,333	86,647	95,185	103,500	113,482	→
Banyule	City	117,967	117,963	122,983	127,447	127,376	→
Bass Coast	Shire	25,243	26,941	30,233	33,464	40,641	→
Baw Baw	Shire	35,850	37,814	43,389	49,296	57,580	→
Bayside	City	88,262	90,807	96,119	102,912	102,337	→
Benalla	Rural City	13,886	13,807	13,818	13,982	14,431	→
Boroondara	City	156,246	159,605	167,062	177,276	169,901	→
Brimbank	City	167,213	174,231	191,496	204,190	196,712	→
Buloke	Shire	7,220	6,957	6,465	6,284	6,130	→
Campaspe	Shire	36,011	36,969	36,855	37,595	38,545	→
Cardinia	Shire	46,720	57,950	75,831	97,573	119,521	→
Casey	City	180,444	220,440	261,282	312,789	369,453	→
Central Goldfields	Shire	12,888	12,434	12,579	13,087	13,382	→
Colac Otway	Shire	20,686	20,614	20,799	21,362	22,304	→
Corangamite	Shire	17,293	16,815	16,526	16,243	16,029	→
Darebin	City	127,067	132,299	142,942	155,126	150,335	→
East Gippsland	Shire	38,843	40,544	42,826	45,600	48,453	→
Frankston	City	113,306	120,148	130,350	139,502	140,809	→
Gannawarra	Shire	11,873	11,413	10,453	10,567	10,612	→
Glen Eira	City	122,346	128,474	137,152	148,583	150,685	→
Glenelg	Shire	20,083	20,077	19,848	19,759	20,056	→
Golden Plains	Shire	14,872	16,666	18,958	22,016	24,879	→
Greater Bendigo	City	89,071	94,577	101,995	112,267	121,221	→
Greater Dandenong	City	127,724	130,068	142,167	160,222	160,171	→
Greater Geelong	City	191,534	201,495	215,837	239,529	270,776	→
Greater Shepparton	City	57,610	58,688	61,744	65,072	68,522	→
Hepburn	Shire	14,268	13,926	14,629	15,525	16,476	→
Hindmarsh	Shire	6,496	6,119	5,856	5,784	5,656	→
Hobsons Bay	City	82,854	83,906	87,395	93,445	92,275	→
Horsham	Rural City	18,305	18,770	19,523	19,884	20,369	→
Hume	City	135,147	152,797	174,290	207,041	246,850	→
Indigo	Shire	14,493	15,038	15,317	16,165	17,249	→
Kingston	City	133,063	138,390	148,304	158,941	159,567	→
Knox	City	146,525	150,275	154,625	160,353	160,484	→
Latrobe	City	69,573	70,536	73,788	74,622	77,086	→
Loddon	Shire	8,473	7,922	7,546	7,558	7,700	→
Macedon Ranges	Shire	37,325	39,383	42,883	47,480	51,576	→
Manningham	City	113,194	113,914	116,750	122,570	125,827	→
Mansfield	Shire	6,718	7,357	7,942	8,674	10,112	→
Maribyrnong	City	60,848	65,518	75,154	86,942	86,398	→
Maroondah	City	99,662	101,430	107,323	114,800	116,080	→
Melbourne	City	55,398	80,154	100,240	146,096	153,674	→
Melton	Shire	52,504	80,595	112,643	141,420	181,223	→
Mildura	Rural City	48,865	50,540	51,822	54,658	56,969	→
Mitchell	Shire	27,526	30,723	35,105	41,795	49,684	→
Moira	Shire	26,404	27,477	28,406	29,486	30,351	→
Monash	City	162,135	167,010	177,345	192,625	193,051	→
Moonee Valley	City	104,793	105,717	112,180	122,871	122,965	→
Moorabool	Shire	24,839	26,077	28,670	32,672	37,895	→
Moreland	City	135,540	140,872	154,247	172,294	173,541	→
Mornington Peninsula	Shire	131,574	139,317	149,271	161,528	170,390	→
Mount Alexander	Shire	16,881	17,304	17,872	19,097	20,106	→
Moyne	Shire	15,525	15,708	16,167	16,737	17,291	→
Murrindindi	Shire	13,257	13,663	13,335	14,052	15,134	→
Nillumbik	Shire	60,444	61,515	62,716	64,174	63,454	→
Northern Grampians	Shire	12,857	12,095	12,054	11,570	11,885	→
Port Phillip	City	80,054	89,641	97,276	108,627	103,508	→
Pyrenees	Shire	6,541	6,648	6,759	7,316	7,613	→
Queenscliffe	Borough	3,226	3,086	3,061	2,929	3,235	→
Southern Grampians	Shire	16,873	16,858	16,571	16,123	16,488	→
South Gippsland	Shire	25,762	26,128	27,512	29,122	30,378	→
Stonnington	City	89,424	94,056	98,853	111,003	106,278	→
Strathbogie	Shire	9,558	9,509	9,598	10,357	11,364	→
Surf Coast	Shire	20,556	22,333	26,666	30,465	37,623	→
Swan Hill	Rural City	21,025	20,950	20,865	20,896	21,383	→
Towong	Shire	6,216	6,097	5,918	6,046	6,183	→
Unincorporated Victoria	Unincorporated Areas	451	757	769	892	946	→
Wangaratta	Rural City	26,260	26,776	27,212	28,592	29,740	→
Warrnambool	City	29,180	30,959	32,667	34,242	35,419	→
Wellington	Shire	40,835	40,682	42,068	43,530	45,452	→
West Wimmera	Shire	4,808	4,539	4,287	3,937	3,977	→
Whitehorse	City	146,178	149,017	157,538	169,641	171,167	→
Whittlesea	City	117,390	128,491	160,800	207,058	231,799	→
Wodonga	Rural City	31,964	33,595	36,025	40,100	43,183	→
Wyndham	City	86,604	115,161	166,699	227,008	296,193	→
Yarra	City	68,522	72,808	78,903	92,894	91,543	→
Yarra Ranges	Shire	141,674	143,393	148,901	155,226	157,419	→
Yarriambiack	Shire	8,184	7,609	7,183	6,743	6,511	→
Western Australia	Federal State	1,906,274	2,050,581	2,353,409	2,555,978	2,749,864	→
Albany	City	31,362	33,171	34,873	37,285	40,115	→
Armadale	City	52,391	52,299	65,395	82,021	97,650	→
Ashburton	Shire	5,969	7,608	10,227	13,311	7,785	→
Augusta-Margaret River	Shire	10,228	11,052	12,228	14,819	17,298	→
Bassendean	Town	14,055	13,896	15,179	15,613	16,505	→
Bayswater	City	58,446	59,632	66,840	68,791	71,796	→
Belmont	City	29,919	31,560	37,358	41,448	43,873	→
Beverley	Shire	1,579	1,646	1,604	1,748	1,735	→
Boddington	Shire	1,437	1,427	2,247	1,882	1,759	→
Boyup Brook	Shire	1,649	1,563	1,617	1,722	1,874	→
Bridgetown-Greenbushes	Shire	4,205	4,134	4,421	4,697	5,376	→
Brookton	Shire	1,048	1,037	969	1,002	961	→
Broome	Shire	13,249	14,326	15,737	16,959	18,209	→
Broomehill-Tambellup	Shire	1,260	1,208	1,178	1,164	1,089	→
Bruce Rock	Shire	1,132	1,004	1,002	941	1,016	→
Bunbury	City	30,616	31,450	32,580	32,574	34,148	→
Busselton	Shire	23,192	26,711	31,523	37,766	42,006	→
Cambridge	Town	24,433	24,939	26,652	27,991	29,836	→
Canning	City	77,474	80,933	90,736	93,733	99,351	→
Capel	Shire	7,136	10,666	15,059	17,375	18,780	→
Carnamah	Shire	807	792	554	564	573	→
Carnarvon	Shire	6,751	6,051	6,076	5,713	5,526	→
Chapman Valley	Shire	880	943	1,198	1,441	1,613	→
Chittering	Shire	2,948	3,669	4,533	5,536	6,100	→
Claremont	Town	9,166	9,393	9,924	10,632	11,645	→
Cockburn	City	69,359	77,832	95,036	108,302	122,211	→
Collie	Shire	9,109	9,012	9,343	8,856	9,088	→
Coolgardie	Shire	4,284	4,005	4,138	3,695	3,638	→
Coorow	Shire	1,381	1,259	1,091	1,058	1,091	→
Corrigin	Shire	1,302	1,200	1,104	1,193	1,028	→
Cottesloe	Town	7,428	7,652	8,236	8,109	8,246	→
Cranbrook	Shire	1,072	1,132	1,110	1,107	1,137	→
Cuballing	Shire	725	817	891	882	927	→
Cue	Shire	396	342	279	199	228	→
Cunderdin	Shire	1,457	1,317	1,347	1,469	1,342	→
Dalwallinu	Shire	1,889	1,441	1,303	1,454	1,436	→
Dandaragan	Shire	2,952	3,018	3,292	3,262	3,473	→
Dardanup	Shire	8,991	10,837	12,852	14,241	15,199	→
Denmark	Shire	4,734	4,797	5,373	6,018	6,467	→
Derby-West Kimberley	Shire	8,501	8,095	8,966	8,364	8,414	→
Donnybrook-Balingup	Shire	4,710	4,951	5,462	5,956	6,312	→
Dowerin	Shire	840	736	700	699	733	→
Dumbleyung	Shire	753	677	626	684	699	→
Dundas	Shire	1,262	1,127	1,184	788	699	→
East Fremantle	Town	6,787	7,074	7,443	7,680	8,065	→
East Pilbara	Shire	5,650	7,667	12,257	10,953	10,377	→
Esperance	Shire	13,369	13,644	13,879	14,527	14,398	→
Exmouth	Shire	2,315	2,205	2,458	2,788	3,205	→
Fremantle	City	25,769	26,124	28,651	30,310	33,109	→
Gingin	Shire	4,274	4,577	4,822	5,325	5,751	→
Gnowangerup	Shire	1,585	1,432	1,307	1,237	1,260	→
Goomalling	Shire	970	973	1,017	1,045	985	→
Gosnells	City	83,662	94,958	112,435	122,011	131,381	→
Greater Geraldton (incl. Geraldton-Greenough, Mullewa)	City	34,019	35,736	38,340	39,567	41,198	→
Halls Creek	Shire	3,766	3,762	3,893	3,593	4,041	→
Harvey	Shire	18,526	20,450	23,878	26,890	29,631	→
Irwin	Shire	3,071	3,218	3,672	3,604	3,771	→
Jerramungup	Shire	1,249	1,186	1,091	1,127	1,196	→
Joondalup	City	156,410	156,570	162,205	160,918	165,075	→
Kalamunda	Shire	48,743	51,423	56,492	59,201	60,803	→
Kalgoorlie-Boulder	City	29,771	30,086	32,208	30,840	30,674	→
Karratha (Roebourne)	City	15,118	20,054	23,634	22,211	23,421	→
Katanning	Shire	4,501	4,404	4,290	4,200	4,226	→
Kellerberrin	Shire	1,221	1,230	1,211	1,242	1,178	→
Kent	Shire	641	599	529	568	506	→
Kojonup	Shire	2,308	2,272	2,030	2,010	1,965	→
Kondinin	Shire	1,033	1,019	1,068	894	872	→
Koorda	Shire	490	470	448	428	373	→
Kulin	Shire	910	922	855	783	791	→
Kwinana	Town	21,807	23,986	30,697	40,058	47,658	→
Lake Grace	Shire	1,615	1,530	1,405	1,300	1,300	→
Laverton	Shire	1,207	783	1,288	1,222	1,432	→
Leonora	Shire	2,007	1,501	2,628	1,491	1,717	→
Mandurah	City	48,996	58,811	73,440	83,322	93,414	→
Manjimup	Shire	10,351	9,718	9,463	9,341	9,351	→
Meekatharra	Shire	1,458	1,225	1,424	1,110	1,287	→
Melville	City	97,202	96,778	102,135	102,342	106,845	→
Menzies	Shire	350	237	402	518	569	→
Merredin	Shire	3,783	3,408	3,374	3,395	3,221	→
Mingenew	Shire	586	504	489	465	423	→
Moora	Shire	2,705	2,531	2,556	2,477	2,384	→
Morawa	Shire	989	860	911	765	669	→
Mosman Park	Town	8,358	8,760	9,199	9,167	9,482	→
Mount Magnet	Shire	854	734	666	507	698	→
Mount Marshall	Shire	676	650	493	533	467	→
Mukinbudin	Shire	705	601	502	553	593	→
Mundaring	Shire	35,415	36,326	38,364	39,217	40,541	→
Murchison	Shire	161	118	119	158	108	→
Murray	Shire	10,899	12,522	14,773	17,126	18,641	→
Nannup	Shire	1,223	1,282	1,304	1,339	1,574	→
Narembeen	Shire	963	945	839	815	820	→
Narrogin	Shire	5,541	5,331	5,260	5,235	4,937	→
Nedlands	City	21,564	21,394	21,965	22,108	22,948	→
Ngaanyatjarraku	Shire	1,562	1,466	1,508	1,708	1,476	→
Northam	Shire	10,284	10,280	10,830	11,238	11,810	→
Northampton	Shire	3,347	3,334	3,281	3,335	3,335	→
Nungarin	Shire	276	255	236	259	263	→
Peppermint Grove	Shire	1,653	1,691	1,629	1,708	1,639	→
Perenjori	Shire	615	561	930	630	652	→
Perth	City	10,510	15,232	21,416	26,879	29,667	→
Pingelly	Shire	1,217	1,220	1,209	1,183	1,072	→
Plantagenet	Shire	4,707	4,694	5,032	5,103	5,534	→
Port Hedland	Town	12,881	14,084	15,659	15,064	16,660	→
Quairading	Shire	1,140	1,071	1,073	1,038	982	→
Ravensthorpe	Shire	1,510	2,045	2,187	1,764	2,157	→
Rockingham	City	74,185	87,033	109,415	128,992	140,595	→
Sandstone	Shire	134	126	109	93	117	→
Serpentine-Jarrahdale	Shire	11,733	13,246	18,495	27,578	33,346	→
Shark Bay	Shire	926	906	887	963	1,069	→
South Perth	City	37,606	40,517	43,618	43,879	44,982	→
Stirling	City	176,209	183,957	209,043	220,073	234,380	→
Subiaco	City	12,948	14,464	15,873	17,018	17,914	→
Swan	City	83,797	95,206	112,802	136,679	158,691	→
Tammin	Shire	443	417	415	407	401	→
Three Springs	Shire	754	693	633	608	587	→
Toodyay	Shire	4,084	4,330	4,529	4,461	4,713	→
Trayning	Shire	394	410	355	354	307	→
Upper Gascoyne	Shire	356	307	253	282	180	→
Victoria Park	Town	27,751	29,162	34,718	36,647	38,312	→
Victoria Plains	Shire	974	946	926	924	832	→
Vincent	Town	27,071	29,261	33,857	35,674	37,865	→
Wagin	Shire	1,879	1,943	1,901	1,884	1,802	→
Wandering	Shire	333	373	453	458	551	→
Wanneroo	City	84,323	114,943	160,281	194,779	216,450	→
Waroona	Shire	3,538	3,614	3,720	4,162	4,357	→
West Arthur	Shire	910	885	901	824	795	→
Westonia	Shire	249	226	282	306	255	→
Wickepin	Shire	747	762	767	740	712	→
Williams	Shire	959	908	940	1,000	1,050	→
Wiluna	Shire	902	735	1,198	767	570	→
Wongan-Ballidu	Shire	1,599	1,461	1,478	1,354	1,338	→
Woodanilling	Shire	396	415	427	415	468	→
Wyalkatchem	Shire	678	592	542	522	484	→
Wyndham-East Kimberley	Shire	7,240	7,879	8,195	7,478	8,053	→
Yalgoo	Shire	326	263	417	350	364	→
Yilgarn	Shire	1,832	1,477	1,675	1,213	1,206	→
York	Shire	3,246	3,244	3,462	3,605	3,553	→
Australia	Commonwealth	19,274,701	20,450,966	22,340,024	24,190,907	25,688,079

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (web).

Explanation: The 2021 estimates are revised. Census figures are not adjusted for underenumeration.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	12,545,154
Females	12,877,635

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	5,524,997
18-64 years	15,519,701
65+ years	4,378,086

Age Distribution (C 2021)
0-9 years	3,049,955
10-19 years	3,045,863
20-29 years	3,351,215
30-39 years	3,691,907
40-49 years	3,284,806
50-59 years	3,152,855
60-69 years	2,766,557
70-79 years	1,982,688
80-89 years	882,992
90+ years	213,946

Country of Birth (C 2021)
Australia	17,020,422
New Zealand	530,492
British Isles	1,156,163
Chinese Asia	699,277
South Asia	1,128,683
South-East Asia	1,027,629
Other country	2,501,477

Language (C 2021)
English	18,303,662
Other language	5,663,709

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
Indigenous	812,728
Non-Indigenous	23,375,949

Religion (C 2021)
Christian	11,148,814
Muslim	813,392
Buddhist	615,823
Hindu	684,002
Jew	99,956
Other religion / belief	325,421
Secular / no religion	9,886,957