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 | |||
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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 | 25,688,079 | → | ||
Australian Capital Territory | ACT | Terr | Canberra | 2,358 | 288,586 | 309,629 | 321,538 | 335,170 | 367,985 | 403,104 | 453,558 | 235800 | → | |
Christmas Island | CHR | Terr | The Settlement | 136 | ... | 1,832 | 1,442 | 1,403 | 2,167 | 1,903 | 1,716 | 13600 | → | |
Cocos Islands | COC | Terr | West Island | 14 | ... | 592 | 600 | 590 | 561 | 546 | 602 | 1400 | → | |
Jervis Bay | JB | Terr | Jervis Bay | 68 | 734 | 671 | 542 | 386 | 389 | 402 | 310 | 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 | 8,093,815 | 80081100 | → | |
Norfolk Island | NI | Terr | Kingston | 39 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,757 | 2,220 | 3900 | → | |
Northern Territory | NT | Terr | Darwin | 1,348,094 | 165,493 | 184,516 | 201,743 | 209,057 | 231,292 | 245,678 | 249,200 | 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 | 5,217,653 | 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 | 1,803,192 | 98427500 | → | |
Tasmania | TAS | FSt | Hobart | 68,018 | 466,802 | 475,605 | 473,668 | 489,302 | 511,483 | 517,514 | 567,909 | 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 | 6,548,040 | 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 | 2,749,864 | 252664600 | → |
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (web).
Major Agglomerations
Name | Adm. | Population Estimate (E) 2021-06-30 | |
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1 | Melbourne | VIC | 4,875,390 |
2 | Sydney | NSW | 4,856,693 |
3 | Brisbane | QLD | 2,488,781 |
4 | Perth | WA | 2,173,146 |
5 | Adelaide | SA | 1,383,209 |
6 | Gold Coast | QLD | 702,038 |
7 | Newcastle | NSW | 509,894 |
8 | Canberra | ACT | 490,264 |
9 | Sunshine Coast | QLD | 387,486 |
10 | Central Coast | NSW | 344,951 |
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 | Area | ||
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Adelaide | SA | 1,077,904 | 1,099,570 | 1,130,517 | 1,171,362 | 1,245,896 | 1,305,526 | 1,383,209 | 224626 | → | |
Airlie Beach - Cannonvale | QLD | 5,950 | 7,394 | 8,192 | 9,804 | 10,982 | 13,375 | 14,775 | 30409 | ||
Albany | WA | 23,929 | 25,684 | 28,557 | 30,242 | 31,791 | 33,784 | 36,300 | 29940 | ||
Albury (- Wodonga (Vic.)) | NSW | 68,974 | 73,175 | 76,451 | 80,119 | 84,195 | 90,836 | 97,676 | 62825 | ||
Alice Springs | NT | 24,284 | 25,404 | 26,849 | 26,700 | 28,489 | 26,518 | 28,601 | 32771 | ||
Armidale | NSW | 24,196 | 23,314 | 22,969 | 22,380 | 23,471 | 24,114 | 24,171 | 27460 | ||
Bacchus Marsh | VIC | 11,413 | 12,942 | 14,540 | 15,595 | 17,488 | 20,989 | 25,045 | 19630 | ||
Bairnsdale | VIC | 12,076 | 12,591 | 12,080 | 12,662 | 13,458 | 14,899 | 15,648 | 15501 | ||
Ballarat | VIC | 77,121 | 77,329 | 80,774 | 84,971 | 93,470 | 101,678 | 111,702 | 34362 | ||
Ballina | NSW | 30,093 | 34,541 | 37,808 | 39,468 | 40,674 | 42,890 | 46,073 | 48055 | ||
Batemans Bay | NSW | 10,284 | 12,044 | 13,827 | 15,274 | 16,352 | 16,381 | 17,492 | 9430 | ||
Bathurst | NSW | 27,013 | 28,576 | 30,048 | 31,157 | 33,754 | 35,878 | 37,490 | 21354 | ||
Bendigo | VIC | 69,583 | 71,356 | 76,312 | 80,804 | 87,340 | 95,934 | 102,899 | 28744 | ||
Bowral - Mittagong | NSW | 27,228 | 30,169 | 33,499 | 34,429 | 36,266 | 38,653 | 41,419 | 42182 | ||
Brisbane | QLD | 1,370,886 | 1,511,883 | 1,641,098 | 1,849,072 | 2,080,358 | 2,287,295 | 2,488,781 | 646241 | → | |
Broken Hill | NSW | 24,372 | 21,948 | 20,929 | 19,753 | 19,151 | 18,114 | 17,661 | 17012 | ||
Broome | WA | 6,114 | 7,881 | 10,980 | 12,186 | 13,314 | 14,535 | 15,664 | 5004 | ||
Bunbury | WA | 39,122 | 43,102 | 50,355 | 58,062 | 67,860 | 73,678 | 79,252 | 22270 | ||
Bundaberg | QLD | 50,121 | 55,977 | 58,111 | 64,008 | 69,095 | 70,179 | 74,433 | 30523 | ||
Burnie | TAS | 28,224 | 27,356 | 26,395 | 27,145 | 28,019 | 26,978 | 28,537 | 13051 | ||
Busselton | WA | 14,536 | 18,278 | 23,134 | 26,664 | 31,475 | 37,690 | 41,906 | 142330 | ||
Byron Bay | NSW | 6,395 | 7,732 | 9,247 | 8,958 | 9,237 | 10,203 | 10,942 | 3978 | ||
Cairns (incl. Northern Beaches) | QLD | 81,820 | 100,282 | 105,373 | 121,276 | 139,212 | 149,182 | 155,638 | 25406 | → | |
Camden Haven | NSW | 10,324 | 11,801 | 13,784 | 15,311 | 16,267 | 17,001 | 18,409 | 52491 | ||
Canberra (- Queanbeyan (NSW)) | ACT | 312,054 | 336,247 | 352,774 | 369,874 | 405,014 | 439,971 | 490,264 | 51709 | → | |
Castlemaine | VIC | 9,418 | 9,318 | 9,358 | 9,626 | 9,920 | 10,770 | 11,285 | 8393 | ||
Central Coast (Gosford) | NSW | 237,818 | 266,254 | 291,585 | 300,133 | 319,519 | 333,188 | 344,951 | 133424 | → | |
Coffs Harbour (incl. Sawtell) | NSW | 47,919 | 54,247 | 58,374 | 62,378 | 66,689 | 70,106 | 74,177 | 50552 | ||
Colac | VIC | 11,706 | 11,337 | 11,432 | 11,519 | 11,981 | 12,450 | 12,696 | 5473 | ||
Darwin | NT | 80,827 | 89,759 | 99,730 | 104,177 | 116,995 | 133,098 | 135,305 | 37804 | → | |
Devonport | TAS | 28,350 | 28,824 | 28,443 | 28,982 | 30,392 | 29,900 | 32,611 | 29050 | ||
Dubbo | NSW | 28,838 | 31,379 | 33,419 | 33,694 | 35,281 | 37,118 | 41,014 | 18256 | ||
Echuca (- Moama (NSW)) | VIC | 13,690 | 14,886 | 16,540 | 18,478 | 19,659 | 20,848 | 22,478 | 35096 | ||
Emerald | QLD | 7,092 | 9,468 | 10,035 | 11,695 | 13,632 | 13,867 | 14,356 | 3898 | ||
Esperance | WA | 9,150 | 10,174 | 11,029 | 11,431 | 11,777 | 12,355 | 12,459 | 47987 | ||
Forster - Tuncurry | NSW | 14,841 | 16,730 | 18,852 | 19,425 | 20,273 | 20,855 | 20,999 | 4954 | ||
Geelong | VIC | 186,288 | 190,815 | 199,732 | 210,899 | 227,957 | 254,296 | 289,400 | 132901 | → | |
Geraldton | WA | 28,688 | 30,401 | 32,124 | 33,894 | 36,884 | 38,369 | 40,279 | 27216 | ||
Gisborne | VIC | 12,861 | 13,903 | 16,042 | 16,930 | 18,570 | 21,011 | 22,366 | 36740 | ||
Gladstone | QLD | 30,187 | 33,025 | 34,129 | 38,763 | 43,166 | 44,954 | 45,779 | 24608 | ||
Gold Coast (- Tweed Heads (NSW)) | QLD | 286,264 | 362,286 | 430,716 | 506,937 | 577,614 | 642,002 | 702,038 | 125127 | → | |
Goulburn | NSW | 22,104 | 21,710 | 21,460 | 21,024 | 22,202 | 23,415 | 24,683 | 6479 | ||
Grafton | NSW | 18,902 | 18,792 | 18,513 | 18,391 | 19,051 | 19,037 | 19,331 | 10625 | ||
Griffith | NSW | 14,927 | 15,463 | 17,397 | 17,763 | 18,683 | 19,709 | 20,670 | 5633 | ||
Gympie | QLD | 14,425 | 15,990 | 16,279 | 17,644 | 19,971 | 21,315 | 22,695 | 6946 | ||
Hervey Bay | QLD | 21,579 | 30,721 | 34,110 | 42,706 | 49,835 | 53,016 | 58,235 | 9322 | ||
Hobart | TAS | 178,277 | 181,686 | 181,840 | 187,988 | 198,534 | 207,396 | 230,353 | 114927 | → | |
Horsham | VIC | 14,163 | 14,382 | 14,767 | 15,226 | 16,099 | 16,462 | 16,944 | 8307 | ||
Kalgoorlie-Boulder | WA | 26,281 | 29,566 | 29,502 | 29,893 | 31,933 | 30,652 | 30,425 | 7510 | ||
Karratha | WA | 10,711 | 9,584 | 10,559 | 14,440 | 17,007 | 16,363 | 17,892 | 13420 | ||
Kempsey | NSW | 13,351 | 13,523 | 13,718 | 14,213 | 14,796 | 15,125 | 15,809 | 19516 | ||
Kingaroy | QLD | 7,734 | 8,037 | 8,261 | 8,966 | 10,074 | 10,464 | 10,660 | 7019 | ||
Launceston | TAS | 76,479 | 78,663 | 79,379 | 82,395 | 86,051 | 85,732 | 93,332 | 43541 | ||
Lismore | NSW | 28,602 | 29,272 | 28,715 | 28,790 | 29,294 | 29,016 | 28,844 | 8854 | ||
Lithgow | NSW | 13,010 | 12,758 | 12,829 | 12,386 | 12,686 | 13,040 | 12,411 | 11998 | ||
Mackay | QLD | 52,219 | 58,046 | 60,722 | 71,354 | 79,683 | 80,411 | 85,435 | 21243 | ||
Maryborough | QLD | 23,390 | 24,171 | 24,395 | 26,071 | 26,893 | 27,240 | 27,826 | 17062 | ||
Medowie | NSW | 8,519 | 10,138 | 10,830 | 12,138 | 13,040 | 14,004 | 15,050 | 36518 | ||
Melbourne | VIC | 3,133,337 | 3,239,061 | 3,428,284 | 3,684,467 | 4,087,822 | 4,622,029 | 4,875,390 | 710015 | → | |
Mildura (- Buronga (NSW)) | VIC | 39,374 | 41,208 | 44,593 | 46,763 | 48,505 | 51,051 | 53,677 | 58886 | ||
Moe - Newborough | VIC | 23,476 | 22,031 | 21,640 | 21,394 | 21,432 | 21,483 | 21,954 | 44799 | ||
Morisset - Cooranbong | NSW | 15,903 | 17,681 | 20,051 | 21,329 | 22,644 | 24,207 | 27,771 | 34068 | ||
Mount Gambier | SA | 24,672 | 25,719 | 25,999 | 26,974 | 28,279 | 29,532 | 30,276 | 19329 | ||
Mount Isa | QLD | 23,795 | 21,392 | 20,181 | 19,823 | 21,417 | 19,271 | 18,807 | 6870 | ||
Mudgee | NSW | 8,931 | 9,496 | 9,877 | 9,705 | 10,832 | 12,019 | 12,577 | 6589 | ||
Murray Bridge | SA | 13,383 | 13,699 | 13,841 | 14,849 | 17,071 | 18,196 | 18,864 | 9755 | ||
Muswellbrook | NSW | 11,396 | 11,585 | 11,222 | 11,680 | 12,222 | 12,376 | 12,379 | 26240 | ||
Nelson Bay (incl. Corlette) | NSW | 14,634 | 18,121 | 22,508 | 23,620 | 26,116 | 27,459 | 28,316 | 11553 | ||
Newcastle | NSW | 387,210 | 396,094 | 412,810 | 426,711 | 453,265 | 475,716 | 509,894 | 117910 | → | |
Nowra - Bomaderry | NSW | 26,486 | 28,821 | 30,097 | 31,902 | 34,604 | 36,790 | 38,939 | 20141 | ||
Orange | NSW | 32,756 | 33,584 | 35,324 | 34,889 | 37,785 | 39,586 | 42,151 | 14476 | ||
Perth | WA | 1,218,403 | 1,333,347 | 1,443,089 | 1,562,246 | 1,817,023 | 2,001,025 | 2,173,146 | 389313 | → | |
Port Augusta | SA | 14,959 | 14,278 | 13,495 | 13,780 | 14,084 | 14,053 | 14,125 | 25390 | ||
Port Hedland | WA | 12,159 | 12,144 | 12,409 | 12,537 | 14,372 | 14,411 | 16,247 | 11643 | ||
Portland | VIC | 10,983 | 10,828 | 10,746 | 10,804 | 10,894 | 10,943 | 11,182 | 6398 | ||
Port Lincoln | SA | 12,936 | 13,333 | 14,443 | 14,770 | 15,621 | 16,198 | 16,844 | 13628 | ||
Port Macquarie | NSW | 26,938 | 32,189 | 37,204 | 39,842 | 43,275 | 46,376 | 50,104 | 9625 | ||
Port Pirie | SA | 15,258 | 14,622 | 14,322 | 14,244 | 14,281 | 14,347 | 14,297 | 7529 | ||
Rockhampton | QLD | 66,100 | 67,531 | 66,303 | 70,862 | 75,730 | 78,598 | 80,240 | 57964 | ||
Sale | VIC | 14,505 | 13,974 | 13,676 | 13,942 | 14,441 | 14,891 | 15,259 | 4560 | ||
Shepparton - Mooroopna | VIC | 38,158 | 39,717 | 42,835 | 44,096 | 47,571 | 50,708 | 53,983 | 24891 | ||
Singleton | NSW | 13,580 | 14,389 | 14,899 | 16,245 | 16,730 | 16,517 | 17,135 | 12723 | ||
St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point | NSW | 10,302 | 12,620 | 14,940 | 15,820 | 16,967 | 18,545 | 20,081 | 10787 | ||
Sunshine Coast (Caloundra - Buderim - Noosa) | QLD | 152,843 | 197,069 | 229,594 | 270,853 | 303,824 | 341,635 | 387,486 | 210027 | → | |
Swan Hill | VIC | 10,146 | 9,886 | 10,077 | 10,090 | 10,610 | 11,079 | 11,169 | 12659 | ||
Sydney | NSW | 3,399,585 | 3,550,616 | 3,767,030 | 3,910,050 | 4,240,340 | 4,637,436 | 4,856,693 | 419684 | → | |
Tamworth | NSW | 35,939 | 35,822 | 37,012 | 37,890 | 40,085 | 41,986 | 44,357 | 24074 | ||
Taree | NSW | 25,866 | 25,755 | 25,949 | 25,680 | 26,307 | 26,385 | 26,674 | 18665 | ||
Toowoomba | QLD | 96,948 | 102,558 | 107,975 | 118,145 | 126,426 | 133,654 | 143,994 | 72860 | → | |
Townsville (incl. Thuringowa) | QLD | 113,203 | 120,717 | 131,018 | 147,714 | 167,561 | 178,244 | 181,665 | 69329 | → | |
Traralgon | VIC | 38,398 | 36,130 | 36,365 | 37,780 | 40,609 | 41,385 | 43,128 | 23516 | ||
Ulladulla | NSW | 10,443 | 11,722 | 13,792 | 14,354 | 14,758 | 15,618 | 16,951 | 4678 | ||
Ulverstone | TAS | 13,796 | 13,882 | 13,883 | 14,057 | 14,739 | 14,402 | 15,430 | 12995 | ||
Victor Harbor | SA | 12,846 | 15,902 | 18,599 | 21,724 | 24,422 | 26,154 | 28,850 | 30913 | ||
Wagga Wagga | NSW | 46,270 | 48,163 | 49,075 | 51,356 | 54,137 | 55,800 | 57,233 | 19210 | ||
Wangaratta | VIC | 17,177 | 17,159 | 17,109 | 17,320 | 17,980 | 18,940 | 19,877 | 5758 | ||
Warragul | VIC | 22,142 | 22,750 | 24,085 | 26,009 | 30,287 | 35,523 | 42,870 | 67899 | ||
Warrnambool | VIC | 26,471 | 28,301 | 29,559 | 31,320 | 33,020 | 34,615 | 35,754 | 18262 | ||
Warwick | QLD | 12,167 | 12,585 | 13,364 | 14,170 | 14,950 | 15,395 | 15,759 | 15872 | ||
Whyalla | SA | 26,176 | 24,069 | 22,003 | 21,955 | 22,471 | 22,432 | 21,868 | 4087 | ||
Wollongong | NSW | 239,603 | 249,099 | 260,655 | 265,898 | 281,700 | 294,784 | 305,880 | 57264 | → | |
Yeppoon | QLD | 9,012 | 11,092 | 12,256 | 14,231 | 16,815 | 18,539 | 20,575 | 7856 |
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (web).