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In this 2020 update of the most popular series of blogs on our website, Glenn goes through the largest urban centres in Australia and provides a population update to June 2019.
Perennially among the most popular blogs at .id are simple population counts. Each year we get an update on where populations are moving, which areas are growing and which are declining. The most popular of all has proved to be the “Top 50 cities” blogs. And here is the June 2019 update of this. Note that Covid-19 is expected to have large impacts on future population growth, predominantly due to subdued overseas migration. These figures, of course, pre-date this. The populations should be pretty good estimates, but the growth rates in the next couple of years are likely to be lower.
Rank | Significant Urban Area | 2019 pop. No. | 5 year change. No. | 5 year change. %. | 1 year change. No. | 1 year change. %. |
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1 | Sydney | 4,914,343 | 451,913 | 10.1% | 83,963 | 1.7% |
2 | Melbourne | 4,893,870 | 575,598 | 13.3% | 107,894 | 2.3% |
3 | Brisbane | 2,430,180 | 225,819 | 10.2% | 51,480 | 2.2% |
4 | Perth | 2,045,479 | 104,555 | 5.4% | 26,252 | 1.3% |
5 | Adelaide | 1,340,794 | 57,070 | 4.4% | 13,753 | 1.0% |
6 | Gold Coast – Tweed Heads | 693,671 | 74,744 | 12.1% | 14,863 | 2.2% |
7 | Newcastle – Maitland | 491,474 | 24,023 | 5.1% | 5,298 | 1.1% |
8 | Canberra – Queanbeyan | 462,136 | 36,246 | 8.5% | 5,201 | 1.1% |
9 | Sunshine Coast | 341,069 | 38,140 | 12.6% | 7,724 | 2.3% |
10 | Central Coast | 335,470 | 13,160 | 4.1% | 2,190 | 0.7% |
11 | Wollongong | 306,034 | 17,186 | 5.9% | 3,602 | 1.2% |
12 | Geelong | 275,794 | 34,368 | 14.2% | 7,503 | 2.8% |
13 | Hobart | 216,682 | 13,490 | 6.6% | 3,094 | 1.4% |
14 | Townsville | 181,668 | 5,906 | 3.4% | 899 | 0.5% |
15 | Cairns | 153,951 | 7,622 | 5.2% | 1,282 | 0.8% |
16 | Toowoomba | 138,223 | 6,856 | 5.2% | 1,404 | 1.0% |
17 | Darwin | 133,331 | 5,607 | 4.4% | -1,056 | -0.8% |
18 | Ballarat | 107,652 | 9,527 | 9.7% | 2,180 | 2.1% |
19 | Bendigo | 100,991 | 8,534 | 9.2% | 1,869 | 1.9% |
20 | Albury – Wodonga | 94,837 | 6,855 | 7.8% | 1,296 | 1.4% |
21 | Launceston | 88,178 | 2,655 | 3.1% | 823 | 0.9% |
22 | Mackay | 80,264 | -1,190 | -1.5% | 135 | 0.2% |
23 | Rockhampton | 79,081 | 15 | 0.0% | 506 | 0.6% |
24 | Bunbury | 74,591 | 1,941 | 2.7% | 243 | 0.3% |
25 | Coffs Harbour | 72,541 | 3,961 | 5.8% | 787 | 1.1% |
26 | Melton | 72,177 | 15,661 | 27.7% | 3,411 | 5.0% |
27 | Bundaberg | 71,309 | 1,088 | 1.5% | 407 | 0.6% |
28 | Wagga Wagga | 56,675 | 1,698 | 3.1% | 298 | 0.5% |
29 | Hervey Bay | 55,345 | 3,416 | 6.6% | 681 | 1.2% |
30 | Mildura – Wentworth | 52,176 | 1,980 | 3.9% | 280 | 0.5% |
31 | Shepparton – Mooroopna | 52,104 | 2,472 | 5.0% | 471 | 0.9% |
32 | Port Macquarie | 48,723 | 3,496 | 7.7% | 793 | 1.7% |
33 | Gladstone – Tannum Sands | 45,631 | 216 | 0.5% | 516 | 1.1% |
34 | Tamworth | 43,188 | 1,916 | 4.6% | 366 | 0.9% |
35 | Traralgon – Morwell | 42,249 | 1,250 | 3.0% | 266 | 0.6% |
36 | Orange | 40,804 | 1,763 | 4.5% | 366 | 0.9% |
37 | Bowral – Mittagong | 40,411 | 3,045 | 8.1% | 559 | 1.4% |
38 | Busselton | 39,618 | 3,773 | 10.5% | 703 | 1.8% |
39 | Warragul – Drouin | 39,217 | 6,012 | 18.1% | 1,292 | 3.4% |
40 | Dubbo | 38,767 | 2,444 | 6.7% | 429 | 1.1% |
41 | Nowra – Bomaderry | 37,838 | 2,162 | 6.1% | 463 | 1.2% |
42 | Geraldton | 37,255 | -1,537 | -4.0% | -385 | -1.0% |
43 | Bathurst | 37,191 | 2,310 | 6.6% | 429 | 1.2% |
44 | Warrnambool | 35,523 | 1,439 | 4.2% | 306 | 0.9% |
45 | Albany | 34,367 | 812 | 2.4% | 168 | 0.5% |
46 | Devonport | 30,629 | 668 | 2.2% | 335 | 1.1% |
47 | Mount Gambier | 29,767 | 589 | 2.0% | 127 | 0.4% |
48 | Kalgoorlie – Boulder | 29,326 | -2,906 | -9.0% | -514 | -1.7% |
49 | Lismore | 28,576 | -653 | -2.2% | -117 | -0.4% |
50 | Nelson Bay | 28,276 | 1,404 | 5.2% | 247 | 0.9% |
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A few things to point out:
Since the last top 50 was done 2 years ago:
These new Estimated Resident Populations are now represented on profile.id, for Local Government Areas and suburbs/towns. Make sure you’re using the “Population estimates” rather than the Census figures if you need to quote an up-to-date population number. We can also work with you in strategic planning to help understand the impacts of current population trends on your current policies, particularly around youth, ageing, multicultural and population engagement strategies. See our demographic consulting page for more details.
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