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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