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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 (E) 2021-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2025-06-30
Australian Capital Territory	ACT	Terr	Canberra	2,358	288,586	309,629	321,538	335,170	367,985	403,104	452,508	484,630	235800	→
Christmas Island	CHR	Terr	The Settlement	136	...	1,832	1,442	1,403	2,167	1,903	1,717	1,889	13600	→
Cocos Islands	COC	Terr	West Island	14	...	592	600	590	561	546	603	626	1400	→
Jervis Bay	JB	Terr	Jervis Bay	68	734	671	542	386	389	402	309	305	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	8,097,062	8,592,524	80081100	→
Norfolk Island	NI	Terr	Kingston	39	...	...	...	...	...	1,757	2,221	2,193	3900	→
Northern Territory	NT	Terr	Darwin	1,348,094	165,493	184,516	201,743	209,057	231,292	245,678	248,151	264,556	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	5,215,814	5,669,764	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	1,802,601	1,902,665	98427500	→
Tasmania	TAS	FSt	Hobart	68,018	466,802	475,605	473,668	489,302	511,483	517,514	567,239	576,261	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	6,547,822	7,073,859	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	2,749,365	3,044,382	252664600	→
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	25,685,412	27,613,654		→

Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Major Agglomerations

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2025-06-30
1	Melbourne	VIC	5,328,274
2	Sydney	NSW	5,219,674
3	Brisbane	QLD	2,745,086
4	Perth	WA	2,430,757
5	Adelaide	SA	1,470,938
6	Gold Coast	QLD	761,634
7	Newcastle	NSW	541,634
8	Canberra	ACT	521,049
9	Sunshine Coast	QLD	424,741
10	Central Coast	NSW	354,189

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 2021.

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 (E) 2021-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2025-06-30	Area
Adelaide	SA	1,077,904	1,099,570	1,130,517	1,171,362	1,245,896	1,305,526	1,382,690	1,470,938	224626	→
Airlie Beach - Cannonvale	QLD	5,950	7,394	8,192	9,804	10,982	13,375	14,767	16,597	30409
Albany	WA	23,929	25,684	28,557	30,242	31,791	33,784	36,290	38,287	29940
Albury (- Wodonga (Vic.))	NSW	68,974	73,175	76,451	80,119	84,195	90,836	97,730	102,435	62825
Alice Springs	NT	24,284	25,404	26,849	26,700	28,489	26,518	28,483	30,875	32771
Armidale	NSW	24,196	23,314	22,969	22,380	23,471	24,114	24,170	24,436	27460
Bacchus Marsh	VIC	11,413	12,942	14,540	15,595	17,488	20,989	25,057	27,182	19630
Bairnsdale	VIC	12,076	12,591	12,080	12,662	13,458	14,899	15,653	15,917	15501
Ballarat	VIC	77,121	77,329	80,774	84,971	93,470	101,678	111,724	120,939	34362
Ballina	NSW	30,093	34,541	37,808	39,468	40,674	42,890	46,097	48,465	48055
Batemans Bay	NSW	10,284	12,044	13,827	15,274	16,352	16,381	17,495	17,849	9430
Bathurst	NSW	27,013	28,576	30,048	31,157	33,754	35,878	37,509	39,013	21354
Bendigo	VIC	69,583	71,356	76,312	80,804	87,340	95,934	102,940	106,493	28744
Bowral - Mittagong	NSW	27,228	30,169	33,499	34,429	36,266	38,653	41,446	42,529	42182
Brisbane	QLD	1,370,886	1,511,883	1,641,098	1,849,072	2,080,358	2,287,295	2,487,568	2,745,086	646241	→
Broken Hill	NSW	24,372	21,948	20,929	19,753	19,151	18,114	17,662	17,515	17012
Broome	WA	6,114	7,881	10,980	12,186	13,314	14,535	15,658	16,506	5004
Bunbury	WA	39,122	43,102	50,355	58,062	67,860	73,678	79,233	84,332	22270
Bundaberg	QLD	50,121	55,977	58,111	64,008	69,095	70,179	74,413	79,283	30523
Burnie	TAS	28,224	27,356	26,395	27,145	28,019	26,978	28,499	28,643	13051
Busselton	WA	14,536	18,278	23,134	26,664	31,475	37,690	41,909	46,023	142330
Byron Bay	NSW	6,395	7,732	9,247	8,958	9,237	10,203	10,951	11,482	3978
Cairns (incl. Northern Beaches)	QLD	81,820	100,282	105,373	121,276	139,212	149,182	155,574	164,149	25406	→
Camden Haven	NSW	10,324	11,801	13,784	15,311	16,267	17,001	18,418	19,995	52491
Canberra (- Queanbeyan (NSW))	ACT	312,054	336,247	352,781	369,880	405,032	439,991	489,227	521,049	51709	→
Castlemaine	VIC	9,418	9,318	9,358	9,626	9,920	10,770	11,291	11,640	8393
Central Coast (Gosford)	NSW	237,818	266,254	291,585	300,133	319,519	333,188	345,066	354,189	133424	→
Coffs Harbour (incl. Sawtell)	NSW	47,919	54,247	58,374	62,378	66,689	70,106	74,219	77,244	50552
Colac	VIC	11,706	11,337	11,432	11,519	11,981	12,450	12,698	12,558	5473
Darwin	NT	80,827	89,759	99,730	104,177	116,995	133,098	134,498	145,019	37804	→
Devonport	TAS	28,350	28,824	28,443	28,982	30,392	29,900	32,581	32,938	29050
Dubbo	NSW	28,838	31,379	33,419	33,694	35,281	37,118	41,026	42,452	18256
Echuca (- Moama (NSW))	VIC	13,690	14,886	16,540	18,478	19,659	20,848	22,487	23,393	35096
Emerald	QLD	7,092	9,468	10,035	11,695	13,632	13,867	14,352	15,238	3898
Esperance	WA	9,150	10,174	11,029	11,431	11,777	12,355	12,457	12,580	47987
Forster - Tuncurry	NSW	14,841	16,730	18,852	19,425	20,273	20,855	21,012	21,272	4954
Geelong	VIC	186,288	190,815	199,732	210,899	227,957	254,296	289,566	314,381	132901	→
Geraldton	WA	28,688	30,401	32,124	33,894	36,884	38,369	40,264	42,104	27216
Gisborne	VIC	12,861	13,903	16,042	16,930	18,570	21,011	22,378	24,163	36740
Gladstone	QLD	30,187	33,025	34,129	38,763	43,166	44,954	45,754	48,505	24608
Gold Coast (- Tweed Heads (NSW))	QLD	286,264	362,286	430,716	506,937	577,614	642,002	701,928	761,634	125127	→
Goulburn	NSW	22,104	21,710	21,460	21,024	22,202	23,415	24,690	25,647	6479
Grafton	NSW	18,902	18,792	18,513	18,391	19,051	19,037	19,335	19,905	10625
Griffith	NSW	14,927	15,463	17,397	17,763	18,683	19,709	20,682	20,774	5633
Gympie	QLD	14,425	15,990	16,279	17,644	19,971	21,315	22,693	24,591	6946
Hervey Bay	QLD	21,579	30,721	34,110	42,706	49,835	53,016	58,228	63,312	9322
Hobart	TAS	178,277	181,686	181,840	187,988	198,534	207,396	230,040	233,736	114927	→
Horsham	VIC	14,163	14,382	14,767	15,226	16,099	16,462	16,951	16,882	8307
Kalgoorlie-Boulder	WA	26,281	29,566	29,502	29,893	31,933	30,652	30,421	31,016	7510
Karratha	WA	10,711	9,584	10,559	14,440	17,007	16,363	17,888	19,659	13420
Kempsey	NSW	13,351	13,523	13,718	14,213	14,796	15,125	15,816	16,272	19516
Kingaroy	QLD	7,734	8,037	8,261	8,966	10,074	10,464	10,659	11,059	7019
Launceston	TAS	76,479	78,663	79,379	82,395	86,051	85,732	93,192	92,993	43541
Lismore	NSW	28,602	29,272	28,715	28,790	29,294	29,016	28,859	27,856	8854
Lithgow	NSW	13,010	12,758	12,829	12,386	12,686	13,040	12,410	12,124	11998
Mackay	QLD	52,219	58,046	60,722	71,354	79,683	80,411	85,408	89,761	21243
Maryborough	QLD	23,390	24,171	24,395	26,071	26,893	27,240	27,820	28,658	17062
Medowie	NSW	8,519	10,138	10,830	12,138	13,040	14,004	15,065	17,178	36518
Melbourne	VIC	3,133,337	3,239,061	3,428,284	3,684,467	4,087,822	4,622,029	4,874,520	5,328,274	710015	→
Mildura (- Buronga (NSW))	VIC	39,374	41,208	44,593	46,763	48,505	51,051	53,675	54,379	58886
Moe - Newborough	VIC	23,476	22,031	21,640	21,394	21,432	21,483	21,965	22,612	44799
Morisset - Cooranbong	NSW	15,903	17,681	20,051	21,329	22,644	24,207	27,787	31,333	34068
Mount Gambier	SA	24,672	25,719	25,999	26,974	28,279	29,532	30,270	30,875	19329
Mount Isa	QLD	23,795	21,392	20,262	19,905	21,514	19,306	18,798	18,162	6870
Mudgee	NSW	8,931	9,496	9,877	9,705	10,832	12,019	12,581	12,965	6589
Murray Bridge	SA	13,383	13,699	13,841	14,849	17,071	18,196	18,855	19,938	9755
Muswellbrook	NSW	11,396	11,585	11,222	11,680	12,222	12,376	12,384	12,595	26240
Nelson Bay (incl. Corlette)	NSW	14,634	18,121	22,508	23,620	26,116	27,459	28,329	29,024	11553
Newcastle	NSW	387,210	396,094	412,810	426,711	453,265	475,716	510,175	541,634	117910	→
Nowra - Bomaderry	NSW	26,486	28,821	30,097	31,902	34,604	36,790	38,955	40,264	20141
Orange	NSW	32,756	33,584	35,324	34,889	37,785	39,586	42,165	43,213	14476
Perth	WA	1,218,403	1,333,347	1,443,089	1,562,246	1,817,023	2,001,025	2,172,759	2,430,757	389313	→
Port Augusta	SA	14,959	14,278	13,495	13,780	14,084	14,053	14,120	14,134	25390
Port Hedland	WA	12,159	12,144	12,409	12,537	14,372	14,411	16,253	17,300	11643
Portland	VIC	10,983	10,828	10,746	10,804	10,894	10,943	11,183	11,124	6398
Port Lincoln	SA	12,936	13,333	14,443	14,770	15,621	16,198	16,842	17,064	13628
Port Macquarie	NSW	26,938	32,189	37,204	39,842	43,275	46,376	50,140	53,369	9625
Port Pirie	SA	15,258	14,622	14,322	14,244	14,281	14,347	14,290	14,195	7529
Rockhampton	QLD	66,100	67,531	66,303	70,862	75,730	78,598	80,216	83,508	57964
Sale	VIC	14,505	13,974	13,676	13,942	14,441	14,891	15,264	15,232	4560
Shepparton - Mooroopna	VIC	38,158	39,717	42,835	44,096	47,571	50,708	53,986	55,332	24891
Singleton	NSW	13,580	14,389	14,899	16,245	16,730	16,517	17,139	17,396	12723
St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point	NSW	10,302	12,620	14,940	15,820	16,967	18,545	20,090	20,492	10787
Sunshine Coast (Caloundra - Buderim - Noosa)	QLD	152,843	197,069	229,594	270,853	303,824	341,635	387,472	424,741	210027	→
Swan Hill	VIC	10,146	9,886	10,077	10,090	10,610	11,079	11,173	10,747	12659
Sydney	NSW	3,399,585	3,550,616	3,767,030	3,910,050	4,240,340	4,637,436	4,858,605	5,219,674	419684	→
Tamworth	NSW	35,939	35,822	37,012	37,890	40,085	41,986	44,368	46,024	24074
Taree	NSW	25,866	25,755	25,949	25,680	26,307	26,385	26,681	26,858	18665
Toowoomba	QLD	96,948	102,558	107,975	118,145	126,426	133,654	143,942	153,781	72860	→
Townsville (incl. Thuringowa)	QLD	113,203	120,717	131,018	147,714	167,561	178,244	181,609	190,551	69329	→
Traralgon	VIC	38,398	36,130	36,365	37,780	40,609	41,385	43,144	44,085	23516
Ulladulla	NSW	10,443	11,722	13,792	14,354	14,758	15,618	16,960	17,567	4678
Ulverstone	TAS	13,796	13,882	13,883	14,057	14,739	14,402	15,415	15,471	12995
Victor Harbor	SA	12,846	15,902	18,599	21,724	24,422	26,154	28,856	30,900	30913
Wagga Wagga	NSW	46,270	48,163	49,075	51,356	54,137	55,800	57,260	58,117	19210
Wangaratta	VIC	17,177	17,159	17,109	17,320	17,980	18,940	19,884	20,019	5758
Warragul	VIC	22,142	22,750	24,085	26,009	30,287	35,523	42,898	47,510	67899
Warrnambool	VIC	26,471	28,301	29,559	31,320	33,020	34,615	35,768	36,689	18262
Warwick	QLD	12,167	12,585	13,364	14,170	14,950	15,395	15,756	16,197	15872
Whyalla	SA	26,176	24,069	22,003	21,955	22,471	22,432	21,862	21,641	4087
Wollongong	NSW	239,603	249,099	260,655	265,898	281,700	294,784	305,976	322,343	57264	→
Yeppoon	QLD	9,012	11,092	12,256	14,231	16,815	18,539	20,574	22,522	7856

Australian Bureau of Statistics.