What are the major cities in Australia?

Answer 1

Australia's major cities are its capital, Canberra, and the capital cities for each state and territory.

Although Canberra is the capital of Australia, it is relatively small in population.

Each of the state capitals are:

New South Wales - Sydney

Victoria - Melbourne

Queensland - Brisbane

South Australia - Adelaide

Tasmania - Hobart

Western Australia - Perth

Northern Territory - Darwin

Within each of the states are also several smaller, but significant cities. The following list is by no means exhaustive, but examples include:

New South Wales: Wollongong, Newcastle, Griffith, Wagga Wagga, Dubbo, Albury, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Goulburn, Tamworth, Orange, Bathurst, Katoomba, Lithgow, Armidale, Queanbeyan

Victoria: Wodonga, Wangaratta, Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, Warrnambool, Swan Hill, Mildura

Queensland: Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Toowoomba, Gold Coast, Gladstone, Mount Isa, Caloundra, Ipswich, Maryborough

South Australia: Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Murray Bridge, Elizabeth, Mount Gambier, Whyalla, Port Pirie

Tasmania: Launceston, Devonport

Western Australia: Fremantle, Bunbury, Mandurah, Rockingham, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Albany, Geraldton

Northern Territory: Alice Springs, Palmerston

Answer 2

The five largest cities are all capitals:

Sydney - (30-Jun-2007 - Pop 4,333,810)

Brisbane - (30-Jun-2007 - Pop 2,770,000)

Adelaide - (30-Jun-2007 - Pop 1,154,980)

Melbourne - (30-Jun-2007 - Pop 3,801,200)

Perth - (30-Jun-2007 - Pop 1,557,180)

Answer 3

Sydney is Australia's largest city with a population of 4,333,810 according to 30-Jun-2007 statistics.

Answer 4

Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.28 million (2006 estimate).

Answer 5

The largest city in Australia by population is Sydney, with 4,605,992 people as of the 2011 census.

Answer 6

The biggest city in Australia is Sydney about 4500000 of population, and about 4600 square miles of area.

Answer 7

Australia's largest island city is Hobart, capital of the island state of Tasmania.