Largest Cities in Australia

22 cities with population over 100,000

Australia has 22 cities with a population over 100,000. The largest city is Sydney with 5,557,233 people. The capital city is Canberra.

Country Population

27.5M

Major Cities

Largest City

Sydney

Capital

Canberra

Top 10 Cities

Sydney

5.6M

Melbourne

5.4M

Brisbane

2.8M

Perth

2.3M

Adelaide

1.5M

Gold Coast

640,778

Newcastle

508,437

Canberra

367,752

Central Coast

346,596

Sunshine Coast

346,522

Cities in Australia ranked by population
#	City	Population	% of Country
1	Sydney	5,557,233	20.18%
2	Melbourne	5,350,705	19.43%
3	Brisbane	2,780,063	10.10%
4	Perth	2,309,338	8.39%
5	Adelaide	1,469,163	5.34%
6	Gold Coast	640,778	2.33%
7	Newcastle	508,437	1.85%
8	CanberraCapital	367,752	1.34%
9	Central Coast	346,596	1.26%
10	Sunshine Coast	346,522	1.26%
11	Logan City	345,098	1.25%
12	Geelong	282,809	1.03%
13	Wollongong	280,153	1.02%
14	Hobart	252,639	0.92%
15	Townsville	201,313	0.73%
16	Cairns	153,075	0.56%
17	Toowoomba	142,163	0.52%
18	Darwin	139,902	0.51%
19	Mackay	121,691	0.44%
20	City of Port Phillip	112,669	0.41%
21	Ballarat	111,973	0.41%
22	Bendigo	103,034	0.37%