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Each capital city forms its own Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA), which according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) represents a broad functional definition of each of the eight state and territory capital cities. [1] In Australia, the population of the GCCSA is the most-often quoted figure for the population of capital ...
State and territory capitals of Australia State/territory Capital City population [2] State/territory population [3] Percentage of state/territory population in capital city Established Capital since Image New South Wales: Sydney: 5,029,768 7,759,274 64.82% 1788 1788 Victoria: Melbourne: 4,725,316 6,179,249 76.47% 1835 1851 Queensland: Brisbane ...
^a All population figures from ABS Regional population, 2022-23 financial year, using Greater Capital City Statistical Area figures for capital cities (excluding Canberra) and Significant Urban Areas for all other cities.
Melbourne sustained the highest population increase and economic growth rate of any Australian capital city from 2001 to 2004. [ 81 ] From 2006, the growth of the city extended into "green wedges" and beyond the city's urban growth boundary .
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Australia is also highly urbanised, with 67% of the population living in the Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (metropolitan areas of the state and mainland territorial capital cities) in 2018. [307] Metropolitan areas with more than one million inhabitants are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. [24]
National census 2020 [4] Christchurch New Zealand: 384,800 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2024 [2] Port Moresby Papua New Guinea: 364,145 National census 2011 Sunshine Coast Australia: 353,906 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1] Central Coast Australia: 338,567 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1] Wollongong ...
Map of Australia. The definition of a city in Australia varies between the states. State capital cities may include multiple local government areas (LGAs) within their boundaries and these LGAs may be cities in their own right. Cities listed below are those as defined by the states in which they are located.