List of cities in Australia

Figures for the larger cities are Statistical Division populations, roughly eqivalent to metropolitan areas. State and territory capitals are in bold.

Rank	Population Centre	*Estimated resident population in June 2000 (Aust. Bureau of Statistics [1] (http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/fe3fa39a5bf5aa5aca256b350010b3fd!OpenDocument))*
1	Sydney , New South Wales	4,085,600
2	Melbourne, Victoria	3,466,000
3	Brisbane, Queensland	1,626,900
4	Perth, Western Australia	1,381,100
5	Adelaide, South Australia	1,096,100
6	Newcastle, New South Wales	483,300
7	Gold Coast-Tweed, Queensland/New South Wales	404,300
8	Canberra-Queanbeyan, Australian Capital Territory/New South Wales	350,100
9	Wollongong, New South Wales	264,400
10	Hobart, Tasmania	194,200
11	Sunshine Coast, Queensland	178,000
12	Geelong, Victoria	184,332
13	Townsville, Queensland	130,000
14	Cairns, Queensland	115,600
15	Launceston, Tasmania	98,300
16	Albury-Wodonga, New South Wales/Victoria	94,800
17	Darwin, Northern Territory	90,000
18	Toowoomba City, Queensland	87,600
19	Ballarat, Victoria	82,000
20	Burnie-Devonport, Tasmania	78,100
21	Bendigo, Victoria	77,200
22	Bathurst-Orange, New South Wales	74,200
23	Latrobe City, Victoria	73,400
24	Mackay, Queensland	66,200
25	Rockhampton, Queensland	63,900
26	Hastings (Port Macquarie), New South Wales	62,900
27	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales	60,500
28	Bundaberg, Queensland	56,300
29	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales	55,700
30	Mildura, Victoria	44,100
31	Greater Taree, New South Wales	44,100
32	Shepparton, Victoria	43,300
33	Lismore, New South Wales	43,000
34	Gladstone, Queensland	39,600
35	Dubbo, New South Wales	37,800
36	Tamworth, New South Wales	35,700
37	Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia	32,000