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States & Territories

The resident population of the states and territories of Australia according to official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Estimate (E) 1991-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 1996-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2001-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2006-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2011-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2016-06-30	Population Estimate (Ep) 2021-06-30
Australia	AUS	CW	Canberra	7,688,126	17,284,036	18,224,767	19,274,701	20,450,966	22,340,024	24,190,907	25,738,142		→
Australian Capital Territory	ACT	Terr	Canberra	2,358	288,586	309,629	321,538	335,170	367,985	403,104	431,611	235800	→
Christmas Island	CHR	Terr	The Settlement	136	...	1,832	1,442	1,403	2,167	1,903	1,979	13600	→
Cocos Islands	COC	Terr	West Island	14	...	592	600	590	561	546	579	1400	→
Jervis Bay	JB	Terr		68	734	671	542	386	389	402	397	6800	→
New South Wales	NSW	FSt	Sydney	800,811	5,898,731	6,176,461	6,530,349	6,742,690	7,218,529	7,732,858	8,188,651	80081100	→
Norfolk Island	NI	Terr	Kingston	39	...	...	...	...	...	1,757	1,749	3900	→
Northern Territory	NT	Terr	Darwin	1,348,094	165,493	184,516	201,743	209,057	231,292	245,678	245,909	134809400	→
Queensland	QLD	FSt	Brisbane	1,730,172	2,960,951	3,303,192	3,571,469	4,007,992	4,476,778	4,845,152	5,221,233	173017200	→
South Australia	SA	FSt	Adelaide	984,275	1,446,299	1,469,079	1,503,461	1,552,529	1,639,614	1,712,843	1,773,396	98427500	→
Tasmania	TAS	FSt	Hobart	68,018	466,802	475,605	473,668	489,302	511,483	517,514	541,315	6801800	→
Victoria	VIC	FSt	Melbourne	227,496	4,420,373	4,534,984	4,763,615	5,061,266	5,537,817	6,173,172	6,649,066	22749600	→
Western Australia	WA	FSt	Perth	2,526,646	1,636,067	1,768,206	1,906,274	2,050,581	2,353,409	2,555,978	2,682,257	252664600	→

Australian Bureau of Statistics (web).

Major Agglomerations

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (Ep) 2021-06-30
1	Sydney	NSW	4,959,107
2	Melbourne	VIC	4,901,863
3	Brisbane	QLD	2,495,825
4	Perth	WA	2,099,530
5	Adelaide	SA	1,359,087
6	Gold Coast	QLD	718,772
7	Newcastle	NSW	505,489
8	Canberra	ACT	462,984

Contents: Agglomerations

The resident population of all Australian agglomerations according to official estimates.

The tabulated agglomerations correspond to "significant urban areas" according their definition of 2016.

Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 1991-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 1996-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2001-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2006-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2011-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2016-06-30	Population Estimate (Ep) 2021-06-30	Area
Adelaide	SA	1,077,904	1,099,570	1,130,517	1,171,362	1,245,896	1,305,526	1,359,087	253725	→
Albany	WA	23,929	25,684	28,557	30,242	31,791	33,784	34,612	29924
Albury (- Wodonga (Vic.))	NSW	68,974	73,175	76,451	80,119	84,195	90,836	97,274	62825
Alice Springs	NT	24,284	25,404	26,849	26,700	28,489	26,518	26,476	32771
Armidale	NSW	24,196	23,314	22,969	22,380	23,471	24,114	24,194	27460
Bacchus Marsh	VIC	11,413	12,942	14,540	15,595	17,488	20,989	24,443	19630
Bairnsdale	VIC	12,076	12,591	12,080	12,662	13,458	14,899	15,705	15501
Ballarat	VIC	77,121	77,329	80,774	84,971	93,470	101,678	111,348	34362
Ballina	NSW	17,337	20,149	22,845	23,681	24,469	25,643	27,380	7398
Batemans Bay	NSW	10,284	12,044	13,827	15,274	16,352	16,381	16,891	9430
Bathurst	NSW	27,013	28,576	30,048	31,157	33,754	35,878	38,087	21354
Bendigo	VIC	69,583	71,356	76,312	80,804	87,340	95,934	103,575	32836
Bowral - Mittagong	NSW	27,228	30,169	33,499	34,429	36,266	38,653	41,454	42182
Brisbane	QLD	1,365,414	1,507,301	1,637,341	1,845,056	2,076,608	2,282,759	2,495,825	665006	→
Broken Hill	NSW	24,372	21,948	20,929	19,753	19,151	18,114	17,230	17012
Broome	WA	6,114	7,881	10,980	12,186	13,314	14,535	14,333	5004
Bunbury	WA	39,122	43,102	50,355	58,062	67,860	73,678	75,440	22270
Bundaberg	QLD	50,121	55,977	58,111	64,008	69,095	70,179	71,796	35900
Burnie	TAS	28,224	27,356	26,395	27,145	28,019	26,978	27,519	13051
Busselton	WA	14,536	18,278	23,134	26,664	31,475	37,690	41,034	142330
Cairns (incl. Northern Beaches)	QLD	81,820	100,282	105,373	121,276	139,212	149,182	155,529	25405	→
Camden Haven	NSW	10,324	11,801	13,784	15,311	16,267	17,001	18,942	52491
Canberra (- Queanbeyan (NSW))	ACT	312,054	336,247	352,774	369,874	405,014	439,971	462,984	49763	→
Central Coast (Gosford)	NSW	233,421	261,698	286,792	295,377	314,941	328,330	338,567	59420	→
Coffs Harbour (incl. Sawtell)	NSW	47,919	54,247	58,374	62,378	66,689	70,106	73,443	50552
Colac	VIC	11,706	11,337	11,432	11,519	11,981	12,450	12,474	5473
Darwin	NT	80,827	89,759	99,730	104,177	116,995	133,098	132,921	37443	→
Devonport	TAS	28,350	28,824	28,443	28,982	30,392	29,900	30,883	31358
Dubbo	NSW	28,838	31,379	33,419	33,694	35,281	37,118	39,363	18256
Echuca (- Moama (NSW))	VIC	13,690	14,886	16,540	18,478	19,659	20,848	21,994	35092
Emerald	QLD	7,092	9,468	10,035	11,695	13,632	13,867	14,489	3898
Esperance	WA	9,150	10,174	11,029	11,431	11,777	12,355	12,036	47987
Forster - Tuncurry	NSW	14,841	16,730	18,852	19,425	20,273	20,855	21,042	4954
Geelong	VIC	186,288	190,815	199,732	210,899	227,957	254,296	287,704	132901	→
Geraldton	WA	28,688	30,401	32,124	33,894	36,884	38,369	37,228	27216
Gisborne	VIC	12,861	13,903	16,042	16,930	18,570	21,011	22,681	36740
Gladstone	QLD	30,187	33,025	34,129	38,763	43,166	44,954	45,987	24608
Gold Coast (- Tweed Heads (NSW))	QLD	288,124	364,569	433,224	509,972	581,036	645,711	718,772	167919	→
Goulburn	NSW	22,104	21,710	21,460	21,024	22,202	23,415	24,464	6479
Grafton	NSW	18,902	18,792	18,513	18,391	19,051	19,037	18,970	10625
Griffith	NSW	14,927	15,463	17,397	17,763	18,683	19,709	20,599	5633
Gympie	QLD	14,425	15,990	16,279	17,644	19,971	21,315	22,068	11215
Hervey Bay	QLD	21,579	30,721	34,110	42,706	49,835	53,016	56,599	11194
Hobart	TAS	178,277	181,686	181,840	187,988	198,534	207,396	218,386	114927	→
Horsham	VIC	14,163	14,382	14,767	15,226	16,099	16,462	16,705	8307
Kalgoorlie-Boulder	WA	26,281	29,566	29,502	29,893	31,933	30,652	28,565	7510
Karratha	WA	10,711	9,584	10,559	14,440	17,007	16,363	17,558	13420
Kempsey	NSW	13,351	13,523	13,718	14,213	14,796	15,125	15,463	19516
Kingaroy	QLD	7,734	8,037	8,261	8,966	10,074	10,464	10,286	7019
Launceston	TAS	76,479	78,663	79,379	82,395	86,051	85,732	88,884	44117
Lismore	NSW	28,602	29,272	28,715	28,790	29,294	29,016	28,469	8854
Lithgow	NSW	13,010	12,758	12,829	12,386	12,686	13,040	12,756	11998
Mackay	QLD	52,219	58,046	60,722	71,354	79,683	80,411	81,262	28324
Maryborough	QLD	23,390	24,171	24,395	26,071	26,893	27,240	27,583	17062
Melbourne	VIC	3,092,675	3,195,414	3,382,772	3,633,852	4,025,375	4,546,593	4,901,863	639046	→
Melton	VIC	31,786	33,799	34,398	38,002	48,792	61,960	77,392	26587
Mildura (- Buronga (NSW))	VIC	39,374	41,208	44,593	46,763	48,505	51,051	51,794	67716
Moe - Newborough	VIC	18,721	17,340	17,061	16,915	16,955	16,840	16,841	10528
Morisset - Cooranbong	NSW	15,903	17,681	20,051	21,329	22,644	24,207	26,868	34068
Mount Gambier	SA	24,672	25,719	25,999	26,974	28,279	29,532	29,940	19329
Mount Isa	QLD	23,795	21,392	20,181	19,823	21,417	19,271	18,080	6281
Mudgee	NSW	8,931	9,496	9,877	9,705	10,832	12,019	12,666	6589
Murray Bridge	SA	13,383	13,699	13,841	14,849	17,071	18,196	19,484	9755
Muswellbrook	NSW	11,396	11,585	11,222	11,680	12,222	12,376	12,210	26240
Nelson Bay (incl. Corlette)	NSW	14,634	18,121	22,508	23,620	26,116	27,459	28,752	11553
Newcastle	NSW	387,213	396,094	412,810	426,711	453,265	475,716	505,489	117913	→
Nowra - Bomaderry	NSW	26,486	28,821	30,097	31,902	34,604	36,790	38,947	20141
Orange	NSW	32,756	33,584	35,324	34,889	37,785	39,586	41,162	14476
Parkes	NSW	9,951	10,946	10,760	10,799	11,318	11,251	11,106	23476
Perth	WA	1,212,111	1,325,525	1,434,868	1,552,594	1,804,239	1,982,270	2,099,530	369812	→
Port Augusta	SA	14,959	14,278	13,495	13,780	14,084	14,053	13,239	25390
Port Hedland	WA	12,159	12,144	12,409	12,537	14,372	14,411	15,050	11643
Portland	VIC	10,983	10,828	10,746	10,804	10,894	10,943	10,832	6398
Port Lincoln	SA	12,936	13,333	14,443	14,770	15,621	16,198	16,529	13628
Port Macquarie	NSW	26,938	32,189	37,204	39,842	43,275	46,376	50,365	9625
Port Pirie	SA	15,258	14,622	14,322	14,244	14,281	14,347	13,990	7529
Rockhampton	QLD	66,100	67,531	66,303	70,862	75,730	78,598	79,967	57964
Sale	VIC	14,505	13,974	13,676	13,942	14,441	14,891	15,388	4560
Shepparton - Mooroopna	VIC	38,158	39,717	42,835	44,096	47,571	50,708	52,273	24891
Singleton	NSW	13,580	14,389	14,899	16,245	16,730	16,517	16,147	12723
St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point	NSW	10,302	12,620	14,940	15,820	16,967	18,545	20,213	10795
Sunshine Coast (Caloundra - Buderim - Noosa)	QLD	140,950	182,194	213,217	251,703	281,005	316,905	353,906	192126	→
Swan Hill	VIC	10,146	9,886	10,077	10,090	10,610	11,079	10,899	12658
Sydney	NSW	3,399,573	3,550,604	3,767,030	3,910,050	4,240,340	4,637,436	4,959,107	456708	→
Tamworth	NSW	35,939	35,822	37,012	37,890	40,085	41,986	43,330	24074
Taree	NSW	25,866	25,755	25,949	25,680	26,307	26,385	26,343	18665
Toowoomba	QLD	96,948	102,558	107,975	118,145	126,426	133,654	140,303	134570	→
Townsville (incl. Thuringowa)	QLD	113,203	120,717	131,018	147,714	167,561	178,244	184,271	92716	→
Traralgon	VIC	38,398	36,130	36,365	37,780	40,609	41,385	42,567	23516
Ulladulla	NSW	10,443	11,722	13,792	14,354	14,758	15,618	17,199	4678
Ulverstone	TAS	13,796	13,882	13,883	14,057	14,739	14,402	14,613	12995
Victor Harbor	SA	12,846	15,902	18,599	21,724	24,422	26,154	28,059	30913
Wagga Wagga	NSW	46,270	48,163	49,075	51,356	54,137	55,800	57,004	24577
Wangaratta	VIC	17,177	17,159	17,109	17,320	17,980	18,940	19,558	5758
Warragul	VIC	22,142	22,750	24,085	26,009	30,287	35,523	42,115	67899
Warrnambool	VIC	26,471	28,301	29,559	31,320	33,020	34,615	35,957	18262
Warwick	QLD	12,167	12,585	13,364	14,170	14,950	15,395	15,223	15872
Whyalla	SA	26,176	24,069	22,003	21,955	22,471	22,432	21,230	4087
Wollongong	NSW	239,603	249,099	260,655	265,898	281,700	294,784	312,167	57232	→
Yanchep	WA	3,268	3,852	3,852	4,493	6,866	12,169	15,742	7414
Yeppoon	QLD	9,012	11,092	12,256	14,231	16,815	18,539	19,870	7856

Australian Bureau of Statistics (web).