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States & Territories

The resident population of the states and territories of Australia by census years.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1996-06-30	Population Census (C) 2001-08-07	Population Census (C) 2006-08-08	Population Census (C) 2011-08-09	Population Census (C) 2016-08-09	Population Census (C) 2021-08-11
Australia	AUS	CW	Canberra	7,688,126	17,752,829	18,769,249	19,855,288	21,507,719	23,401,892	25,422,788		→
Australian Capital Territory	ACT	Terr	Canberra	2,358	299,036	309,998	324,034	357,222	397,397	454,499	235800	→
Christmas Island	CHR	Terr	The Settlement	136	...	1,402	1,347	2,072	1,843	1,692	13600	→
Cocos Islands	COC	Terr	West Island	14	...	596	571	550	544	593	1400	→
Jervis Bay	JB	Terr	Jervis Bay	68	...	525	368	378	391	310	6800	→
New South Wales	NSW	FSt	Sydney	800,811	6,006,206	6,326,579	6,549,177	6,917,658	7,480,228	8,072,163	80081100	→
Norfolk Island	NI	Terr	Kingston	39	1,772	2,037	1,863	1,795	1,748	2,188	3900	→
Northern Territory	NT	Terr	Darwin	1,348,094	175,342	188,075	192,898	211,945	228,833	232,605	134809400	→
Queensland	QLD	FSt	Brisbane	1,730,172	3,247,363	3,522,044	3,904,532	4,332,739	4,703,193	5,156,138	173017200	→
South Australia	SA	FSt	Adelaide	984,275	1,437,193	1,470,057	1,514,337	1,596,572	1,676,653	1,781,516	98427500	→
Tasmania	TAS	FSt	Hobart	68,018	464,546	460,672	476,481	495,354	509,965	557,571	6801800	→
Victoria	VIC	FSt	Melbourne	227,496	4,414,195	4,660,991	4,932,422	5,354,042	5,926,624	6,503,491	22749600	→
Western Australia	WA	FSt	Perth	2,526,646	1,705,949	1,828,294	1,959,088	2,239,170	2,474,410	2,660,026	252664600	→

Australian Bureau of Statistics (web).

Major Urban Centers

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2021-08-11
1	Sydney	NSW	4,698,656
2	Melbourne	VIC	4,585,537
3	Brisbane	QLD	2,287,896
4	Perth	WA	2,043,762
5	Adelaide	SA	1,245,011
6	Gold Coast	QLD	671,386
7	Canberra	ACT	490,181
8	Newcastle	NSW	348,539
9	Central Coast	NSW	325,255
10	Sunshine Coast	QLD	284,131
11	Wollongong	NSW	280,153

Contents: Urban Centers

The resident population of all Australian urban centers with than 10,000 inhabitants by census years.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1996-06-30	Population Census (C) 2001-08-07	Population Census (C) 2006-08-08	Population Census (C) 2011-08-09	Population Census (C) 2016-08-09	Population Census (C) 2021-08-11	Area
Adelaide	SA	979,341	997,436	1,043,006	1,104,426	1,166,209	1,245,011	85428	→
Airlie Beach - Cannonvale	QLD	...	6,568	6,762	7,869	9,334	10,646	2024	→
Albany	WA	20,493	22,256	25,196	26,644	29,369	31,128	8847	→
Albury (- Wodonga (Vic.))	NSW	67,316	69,664	73,497	77,230	83,102	91,516	12911	→
Alice Springs	NT	22,488	23,384	21,622	24,210	23,728	24,855	8556	→
Armidale	NSW	21,330	20,068	19,485	19,817	20,391	21,312	3022	→
Bacchus Marsh	VIC	12,130	12,107	13,261	14,914	17,303	21,692	1861	→
Bairnsdale	VIC	10,667	10,557	11,282	11,821	12,950	13,734	2599	→
Ballarat	VIC	64,831	72,766	78,221	85,936	93,761	105,348	13224	→
Ballina	NSW	16,599	16,517	16,477	15,965	16,502	18,532	1569	→
Bargara - Innes Park	QLD	5,130	6,677	7,949	10,050	11,059	13,000	2111	→
Batemans Bay	NSW	10,219	10,181	10,845	11,332	11,294	12,263	2238	→
Bathurst	NSW	26,029	26,920	28,992	31,292	33,581	36,230	5455	→
Bendigo	VIC	59,936	68,480	76,051	82,795	92,384	100,649	16239	→
Blue Mountains (Katoomba - Hazelbrook)	NSW	27,827	28,005	Sydney	28,770	29,320	30,049	7918	→
Bongaree - Woorim	QLD	12,761	14,574	15,914	17,041	18,144	20,612	2717	→
Bowral - Mittagong	NSW	14,793	16,582	18,953	19,727	21,397	23,762	5590	→
Brisbane	QLD	1,291,896	1,491,519	1,678,881	1,875,932	2,055,325	2,287,896	202692	→
Broken Hill	NSW	20,963	19,753	18,854	18,431	17,589	17,456	2572	→
Broome	WA	15,906	15,242	11,547	12,765	13,984	14,660	5004	→
Bunbury	WA	24,945	45,153	54,482	64,384	71,094	75,196	11740	→
Bundaberg	QLD	41,025	44,154	46,961	49,752	50,150	52,370	10439	→
Burnie	TAS	18,095	18,064	19,160	19,818	19,388	20,267	3134	→
Busselton	WA	13,963	13,863	15,386	21,405	25,325	27,233	5004	→
Byron Bay	NSW	...	9,184	8,272	8,424	9,246	10,538	2186	→
Cairns (incl. Northern Beaches)	QLD	107,041	108,350	116,917	133,891	144,733	153,181	19858	→
Canberra (- Queanbeyan (NSW))	ACT	322,723	336,805	356,120	391,473	432,141	490,181	42175	→
Casino	NSW	...	9,150	9,400	9,629	9,984	9,968	1219	→
Castlemaine	VIC	...	8,270	8,917	9,124	9,933	10,577	3469	→
Central Coast (Gosford)	NSW	228,421	255,506	283,735	297,713	307,740	325,255	33291	→
Cessnock	NSW	17,825	17,791	18,316	20,015	21,723	23,211	2178	→
Coffs Harbour (incl. Sawtell)	NSW	35,417	40,719	42,550	45,580	48,221	51,069	7797	→
Colac	VIC	10,182	10,164	10,857	11,416	11,890	12,348	2285	→
Crafers - Bridgewater	SA	13,197	13,130	13,372	14,617	15,127	15,783	4907	→
Dalby	QLD	9,517	9,693	9,778	10,860	12,005	12,082	13887	→
Darwin	NT	82,484	89,199	90,539	103,017	118,452	122,207	24032	→
Devonport	TAS	22,299	21,528	22,315	22,770	23,044	24,591	3214	→
Drouin	VIC	...	5,800	6,858	9,369	11,889	14,764	2199	→
Drysdale - Clifton Springs	VIC	...	...	10,217	10,929	12,483	16,199	1888	→
Dubbo	NSW	30,102	30,860	30,574	32,326	34,335	38,783	8576	→
Echuca (- Moama (NSW))	VIC	13,778	13,744	15,689	17,315	18,523	20,418	5387	→
Emerald	QLD	10,092	10,037	10,999	12,896	13,529	14,089	3898	→
Esperance	WA	...	9,365	9,536	9,920	10,420	10,218	3007	→
Forster - Tuncurry	NSW	17,996	17,939	18,372	18,902	19,918	20,554	3266	→
Gawler	SA	16,837	16,779	20,006	23,957	26,470	28,562	4709	→
Geelong	VIC	125,382	129,668	137,220	143,921	157,103	180,239	16558	→
Geraldton	WA	25,243	25,324	27,420	31,348	31,978	32,717	6454	→
Gisborne	VIC	...	4,228	6,398	8,056	9,822	10,999	2082	→
Gladstone	QLD	26,415	26,509	28,808	32,074	33,417	34,703	10188	→
Gold Coast ( Southport)	QLD	311,932	406,619	454,436	535,660	600,334	671,386	62039	→
Goulburn	NSW	21,293	20,846	20,127	21,485	22,416	23,963	5558	→
Gracemere	QLD	...	4,454	5,061	8,160	10,813	11,534	2246	→
Grafton	NSW	17,426	17,380	17,501	16,601	16,790	17,155	4217	→
Griffith	NSW	14,209	16,278	16,487	17,927	19,204	20,799	4793	→
Gympie	QLD	10,623	13,621	14,934	17,284	18,267	19,435	3675	→
Hervey Bay	QLD	32,054	35,106	41,225	48,678	52,075	57,722	9322	→
Highfields	QLD	...	3,638	5,910	7,947	9,474	10,259	1655	→
Hobart	TAS	154,459	154,278	161,968	170,977	178,005	197,451	23726	→
Horsham	VIC	13,241	13,201	14,125	15,261	15,630	16,289	4080	→
Kalgoorlie-Boulder	WA	28,087	28,196	28,242	30,840	29,869	29,068	6246	→
Karratha	WA	10,796	10,730	11,728	16,474	15,825	17,013	11886	→
Kempsey	NSW	9,045	9,144	8,897	10,375	10,649	11,073	4704	→
Kiama	NSW	12,284	12,241	12,286	12,815	13,455	14,761	1304	→
Kingaroy	QLD	...	7,147	7,620	9,587	10,070	10,147	2966	→
Kurri Kurri (incl. Weston)	NSW	12,326	13,757	14,347	15,200	16,790	20,015	2611	→
Lara	VIC	7,338	9,185	10,525	11,192	13,327	15,772	1152	→
Launceston	TAS	67,701	68,088	71,395	74,085	75,328	80,943	9511	→
Leopold	VIC	...	6,772	8,160	9,608	11,882	12,319	560	→
Lismore	NSW	28,230	27,193	27,069	27,475	27,570	27,916	4025	→
Lithgow	NSW	11,033	11,023	11,298	11,144	11,532	11,197	2415	→
Mackay	QLD	44,880	57,321	67,040	74,221	75,704	80,455	13595	→
Maitland	NSW	50,480	53,842	61,915	68,506	78,019	89,597	12290	→
Maryborough	QLD	21,286	21,123	21,501	21,776	22,205	22,237	3553	→
Medowie	NSW	...	6,278	7,828	8,343	8,995	10,019	1448	→
Melbourne	VIC	2,875,627	3,158,526	3,407,945	3,743,080	4,197,534	4,585,537	288057	→
Melton	VIC	30,304	32,007	35,490	45,625	54,455	76,346	5710	→
Mildura (- Buronga (NSW))	VIC	25,657	29,423	31,486	33,434	35,601	38,052	4723	→
Moe - Newborough	VIC	15,387	15,352	15,582	15,292	15,062	15,758	2391	→
Morisset - Cooranbong	NSW	10,505	12,689	15,233	16,921	18,741	22,150	4375	→
Morwell	VIC	13,527	13,505	13,399	13,689	13,540	14,068	1426	→
Mount Barker	SA	7,908	9,116	11,540	14,452	16,630	21,554	2906	→
Mount Gambier	SA	22,037	22,656	23,494	25,200	26,148	26,734	3288	→
Mount Isa	QLD	21,751	20,369	18,857	20,569	18,342	17,936	3369	→
Mudgee	NSW	...	8,603	8,249	9,828	10,964	11,563	2373	→
Murray Bridge	SA	13,017	12,998	14,048	15,968	16,803	17,457	3853	→
Murwillumbah	NSW	...	7,543	7,952	8,523	9,245	9,812	2633	→
Muswellbrook	NSW	10,036	10,010	10,222	11,045	10,405	10,901	1322	→
Nambour	QLD	13,002	13,542	14,349	16,251	18,183	20,918	2368	→
Nelson Bay (incl. Corlette)	NSW	9,220	10,639	10,974	12,895	13,967	14,593	1147	→
Newcastle	NSW	278,430	287,131	297,454	308,307	322,279	348,539	29699	→
Nowra - Bomaderry	NSW	23,823	24,700	27,478	27,987	30,856	33,583	3794	→
Ocean Grove	VIC	12,655	12,582	14,345	16,091	18,208	22,035	2049	→
Orange	NSW	30,705	31,923	31,544	34,991	37,181	40,127	5683	→
Parkes	NSW	10,094	9,785	9,826	10,028	9,964	9,832	1716	→
Perth	WA	1,208,648	1,305,985	1,442,488	1,668,426	1,875,857	2,043,762	172035	→
Port Augusta	SA	13,194	13,153	13,257	13,505	12,894	12,788	3177	→
Port Hedland	WA	12,776	12,695	11,557	13,770	13,828	15,298	10883	→
Portland	VIC	...	9,566	9,820	9,950	10,059	10,450	3151	→
Port Lincoln	SA	12,664	12,630	13,044	14,086	14,062	14,404	4034	→
Port Macquarie	NSW	33,709	37,696	39,219	41,493	44,811	47,793	4389	→
Port Pirie	SA	13,263	13,254	13,206	13,819	13,743	13,708	3335	→
Raymond Terrace	NSW	12,514	12,482	12,700	13,218	13,301	14,081	2554	→
Rockhampton	QLD	57,770	58,950	60,827	61,725	61,213	63,151	9571	→
Sale	VIC	12,854	12,793	13,336	12,764	13,507	14,100	3430	→
Sandstone Point - Ningi	QLD	...	...	...	8,027	9,094	9,929	3650	→
Shepparton - Mooroopna	VIC	31,945	35,754	38,773	42,742	46,194	49,862	6234	→
Singleton	NSW	12,531	12,495	13,665	13,962	13,217	14,229	1724	→
St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point	NSW	...	7,604	8,343	9,243	10,141	11,000	935	→
Sunbury	VIC	22,126	25,086	29,566	33,062	34,425	38,010	3071	→
Sunshine Coast (Caloundra - Buderim - Noosa)	QLD	...	165,089	184,662	213,152	243,377	284,131	36873	→
Swan Hill	VIC	...	9,738	9,684	9,894	10,603	10,869	2105	→
Sydney	NSW	3,300,869	3,486,213	3,673,682	3,912,489	4,321,534	4,698,656	219417	→
Tamworth	NSW	31,865	32,440	33,475	36,132	33,882	35,415	3822	→
Taree	NSW	16,702	16,621	16,517	17,819	18,114	18,110	3781	→
Toowoomba	QLD	83,350	88,776	95,265	96,568	100,032	108,398	11991	→
Torquay (- Jan Juc)	VIC	5,984	7,943	9,851	13,336	16,942	22,998	3899	→
Townsville (incl. Thuringowa)	QLD	113,112	126,130	139,276	157,752	168,726	173,724	26596	→
Traralgon	VIC	19,614	19,569	21,960	24,590	25,482	27,628	2910	→
Ulladulla	NSW	9,757	10,997	11,785	12,137	13,057	14,396	2166	→
Ulverstone	TAS	10,976	10,757	11,237	12,112	12,032	12,723	1706	→
Victor Harbor	SA	7,343	8,923	10,377	...	15,267	16,709	2300	→
Wagga Wagga	NSW	43,100	44,503	46,978	46,913	48,263	49,686	7153	→
Wallan	VIC	...	3,958	5,410	7,810	8,521	14,741	2266	→
Wangaratta	VIC	16,342	16,310	16,845	17,376	18,567	19,712	4049	→
Warragul	VIC	10,437	10,405	11,498	13,081	14,274	19,134	2231	→
Warrnambool	VIC	26,052	26,669	28,150	29,286	30,707	32,894	5243	→
Warwick	QLD	12,011	11,981	12,562	13,379	13,860	14,110	3720	→
Whyalla	SA	23,382	21,211	21,122	21,736	21,505	20,880	3210	→
Wollongong	NSW	219,761	227,522	234,482	245,943	261,897	280,153	22448	→
Yanchep	WA	...	1,953	2,482	4,246	8,862	11,009	1377	→
Yarrabilba	QLD	...	...	...	...	4,057	10,240	437	→
Yarrawonga - Mulwala	VIC	...	5,690	7,351	8,696	9,805	10,969	3588	→
Yeppoon	QLD	10,778	10,656	13,285	15,141	16,351	18,789	4281	→

2021 figures refer to 2021 boundaries. Previous boundaries changes and different counting methods affect the comparability of the tabulated population figures.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (web).