Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Capital cities in Australia

Statistical Divisions (SDs) are defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as areas under the unifying influence of one or more major towns or cities. Each capital city forms its own Statistical Division, and in Australia the population of the SD is the most-often quoted figure for that city's population. Statistical Districts are defined as non-capital but predominantly urban areas. The Australian Government treats divisions and districts with more than 100,000 people as metropolitan.

Statistical Divisions are in bold, the rest are Statistical Districts.
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Perth
Adelaide
Gold Coast
Newcastle
Canberra
Rank ↓ Statistical Division/District ↓ State ↓ June 2007 Estimated Resident Population[2] ↓
1 Sydney New South Wales 4,336,374
2 Melbourne Victoria 3,806,092
3 Brisbane Queensland 1,857,594
4 Perth Western Australia 1,554,769
5 Adelaide South Australia 1,158,259
6 Gold Coast-Tweed Queensland/New South Wales 583,657
7 Newcastle New South Wales 523,662
8 Canberra-Queanbeyan Australian Capital Territory/New South Wales 388,072
* Canberra Australian Capital Territory [3] 339,573
9 Wollongong New South Wales 280,159
10 Sunshine Coast Queensland 230,429
11 Greater Hobart Tasmania 207,484
12 Geelong Victoria 169,544
13 Townsville Queensland 157,174
14 Cairns Queensland 135,856
15 Toowoomba Queensland 123,406
16 Darwin Northern Territory 117,395
17 Launceston Tasmania 104,071
18 Albury-Wodonga New South Wales/Victoria 101,842
19 Ballarat Victoria 89,665
20 Bendigo Victoria 86,510
21 Burnie-Devonport Tasmania 80,241
22 Mackay Queensland 79,172
23 La Trobe Valley [4] Victoria 77,270
24 Rockhampton Queensland 74,530
25 Mandurah Western Australia 73,477
26 Bundaberg Queensland 64,663
27 Bunbury Western Australia 59,876
28 Wagga Wagga New South Wales 56,147
29 Hervey Bay Queensland 53,323
30 Coffs Harbour New South Wales 50,726
31 Mildura Victoria 48,691
32 Gladstone Queensland 47,169
33 Shepparton Victoria 46,680
34 Tamworth New South Wales 44,970
35 Port Macquarie New South Wales 42,042
36 Orange New South Wales 37,333
37 Dubbo New South Wales 36,150
38 Geraldton Western Australia 34,214
39 Nowra-Bomaderry New South Wales 32,556
40 Bathurst New South Wales 32,385
41 Warrnambool Victoria 32,042
42 Lismore New South Wales 31,865
43 Kalgoorlie/Boulder Western Australia 30,700


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