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100 Biggest Cities in Australia on a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the 100 biggest cities in Australia?
Using urban agglomerations, according to citypopulation.de
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Name
State
Population
Melbourne
VIC
5,245,182
Sydney
NSW
5,143,256
Brisbane
QLD
2,693,649
Perth
WA
2,363,562
Adelaide
SA
1,449,366
Gold Coast
QLD
750,997
Newcastle
NSW
534,033
Canberra
ACT
510,641
Sunshine Coast
QLD
417,982
Central Coast
NSW
351,237
Wollongong
NSW
318,258
Geelong
VIC
308,915
Hobart
TAS
233,592
Townsville
QLD
189,356
Cairns
QLD
163,214
Toowoomba
QLD
152,087
Darwin
NT
138,567
Ballarat
VIC
119,284
Bendigo
VIC
106,022
Albury
NSW
101,370
Launceston
TAS
93,194
Mackay
QLD
89,193
Rockhampton
QLD
82,876
Bunbury
WA
82,626
Bundaberg
QLD
78,626
Coffs Harbour
NSW
76,479
Hervey Bay
QLD
62,184
Wagga Wagga
NSW
57,963
Shepparton
VIC
55,212
Mildura
VIC
54,510
Port Macquarie
NSW
52,661
Gladstone
QLD
48,021
Ballina
NSW
47,844
Warragul
VIC
46,710
Tamworth
NSW
45,878
Busselton
WA
44,881
Traralgon
VIC
44,013
Orange
NSW
42,977
Bowral
NSW
42,278
Dubbo
NSW
42,112
Geraldton
WA
41,540
Nowra
NSW
40,056
Bathurst
NSW
38,642
Albany
WA
37,571
Warrnambool
VIC
36,496
Devonport
TAS
32,932
Kalgoorlie
WA
30,719
Mount Gambier
SA
30,663
Morisset
NSW
30,459
Victor Harbor
SA
30,324
Name
State
Population
Alice Springs
NT
29,693
Nelson Bay
NSW
28,834
Burnie
TAS
28,684
Maryborough
QLD
28,598
Lismore
NSW
27,983
Taree
NSW
26,812
Bacchus Marsh
VIC
26,576
Goulburn
NSW
25,304
Armidale
NSW
24,386
Gympie
QLD
24,017
Gisborne
VIC
23,626
Echuca
VIC
23,147
Moe
VIC
22,449
Yeppoon
QLD
22,120
Whyalla
SA
21,764
Forster
NSW
21,198
Griffith
NSW
20,690
St. Georges Basin
NSW
20,356
Wangaratta
VIC
20,069
Grafton
NSW
19,720
Murray Bridge
SA
19,710
Camden Haven
NSW
19,482
Karratha
WA
19,051
Mount Isa
QLD
18,356
Batemans Bay
NSW
17,722
Broken Hill
NSW
17,541
Singleton
NSW
17,447
Ulladulla
NSW
17,435
Port Lincoln
SA
17,044
Port Hedland
WA
17,007
Horsham
VIC
16,956
Medowie
NSW
16,615
Airlie Beach
QLD
16,280
Broome
WA
16,238
Kempsey
NSW
16,232
Warwick
QLD
16,156
Bairnsdale
VIC
15,790
Ulverstone
TAS
15,409
Sale
VIC
15,386
Emerald
QLD
15,182
Port Pirie
SA
14,181
Port Augusta
SA
14,114
Mudgee
NSW
12,796
Colac
VIC
12,660
Muswellbrook
NSW
12,611
Esperance
WA
12,515
Lithgow
NSW
12,235
Castlemaine
VIC
11,538
Byron Bay
NSW
11,224
Portland
VIC
11,178
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27 Comments
Jeremy
+4
Level 79
Feb 18, 2024
Finally updated - with the most recent data and fixing placement on the map. I used a Google Maps overlay to place the cities so everything should be about as accurate as it can be, to within a couple miles.
Jiaozira
+2
Level 72
May 8, 2020
Nice quiz, I really ought to learn more of these!
hunGARY123
+1
Level 56
May 17, 2020
Some of these populations need to be updated.
Jeremy
+1
Level 79
May 17, 2020
The numbers are from the most recent data shown on citypopulation.de, from 2016.
QuizzerBros
+3
Level 69
Jun 6, 2021
There is now updated data on citypopulation.de here although Melbourne has now overtaken Sydney (2020 estimates). Great quiz!
ducklingpanda1245
+1
Level 55
Jun 22, 2020
They are basically all coastal cities.
Lachieplan
+1
Level 36
Jun 29, 2020
Brilliant quiz - I am satisfied with my knowledge of my own country. Annoyed I missed Lismore and Raymond Terrace, though.
Stopperman
+3
Level 60
Jan 12, 2021
How is Taree north of Port Macquarie? Fix this please.
arguhuh
+3
Level 74
Feb 14, 2021
It looks like Taree and Grafton are misplaced. Taree should be roughly between Forster and Port Macquarie, and Grafton should be roughly between Coffs Harbour and Ballina.
JohnK
+6
Level 68
Nov 16, 2021
Taree and Grafton have been put where Macksville and Kempsey actually are. Kempsey isn't on the list, but is big enough to be.

Kurri Kurri is marked as Northeast of Maitland, but it's Southwest.

And some of the places are just citypopulation.de weirdnesses, like Crafers, SA which has a population of <2000, and shouldn't be on the list at all.

Much better to use the Australian Bureau of Statistics' list of Significant Urban Areas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population#Significant_urban_areas_by_population

kabooscus
+1
Level 70
Aug 3, 2021
Love this quiz! However, perhaps a map with a larger scale of detail and more accurate town locations would make this even better. eg. the Location of Kiama in relation to Nowra seems off
Geopro
+3
Level 59
Aug 9, 2021
Yesss! It got spotlighted! This is one of my favourite quizzes!
stubart409
+1
Level 69
Aug 21, 2021
Just to reiterate what has already been said, some of the locations are way off. Orange, for example, is way closer to Sydney than where you have it. A little more time would have been good too.
JohnK
+5
Level 68
Nov 20, 2021
While many, many cities are not correctly marked on this map, Orange isn't one of them. It's due north of Canberra, and WNW of Sydney, as marked.

Northern NSW, though, is a dog's breakfast. Grafton (100s of km too far south) and Taree (100s of km too far N) are completely wrong, and Morisset (too far E), Kurri Kurri (too far NE), Raymond Terrace (too far N), Nelson Bay (too far NE), Singleton (too far NW) and Dubbo (too far NE) are significantly wrong. Maitland, Cessnock, Tamworth, Armidale, Coffs Harbour, Ballina and Lismore are all slightly wrong. Only Forster and Port Macquarie are reasonably accurate.

Southern NSW/Northern Vic/ACT is not much better. Kiama (too far S), Canberra (too far SW), Wagga, Albury, Griffith and Wangaratta (all too far W) are all significantly out.

In Victoria, Moe and Warragul are significantly too far N, and Bacchus Marsh is significantly too far W (it's 5 times closer to Melton than Balllarat). Sunbury, Melton and Ballarat are too far from Melbourne.

NKpride
+1
Level 62
Jul 4, 2022
any chance victor harbour could be spelt the australian way rather than victor harbor?
QuizzerBros
+7
Level 69
Aug 30, 2022
The Australian town is spelt Victor Harbor, so that doesn't need fixing, though the typical Australian spelling of the word 'harbour' could at least be accepted as a type-in :)
SHB2000
+2
Level 54
Apr 28, 2023
Victor Harbor has always spelled without the U since the 1900s – and not a single sign uses harbour with a u (even outside proper names, from personal experience).
tcookiem
+3
Level 59
Feb 22, 2024
Just Mt Isa should be accepted
Jeremy
+1
Level 79
Feb 22, 2024
Okay
orange14
+6
Level 64
Feb 27, 2024
The update with accurate locations is great, although Lismore has been set to Lismore, Victoria with a population of just 400 (rather than Lismore, NSW). Took me a second to work out what town could possibly be showing up there but all in all good quiz.
itzMayaa
+2
Level 58
Mar 24, 2024
Where is Ipswich? with around 163k people
Geopro
+4
Level 59
Apr 20, 2024
In Brisbane
gertiegoogoo
+6
Level 17
Aug 15, 2024
I think Lismore NSW is accidentally placed as Lismore Vic on the map :)
QuizzerBros
+4
Level 69
Aug 30, 2024
Yes, I wasn't aware the floods washed it that far away!
Shadywyvern
+1
Level 85
Jul 25, 2025
lfg I didn't even realize this was a Jeremy quiz
linonion
+1
Level 57
Sep 14, 2025
Hi can you please accept "Harbour" for Victor Harbour... we aren't all American...
BenitoJuarez09
+1
Level 49
Mar 8, 2026
Canberra should be 100% its literally the capital
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