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Pages in category "Towns in New South Wales" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,549 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of cities and towns in the Australian state of New South Wales with a population of 5,000 or greater as at the 2021 Census. The below figures represent the populations of the contiguous built-up areas of each city or town.
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory are enclaves within the state.
Since 1993, only local government areas in New South Wales can be declared as "cities" by the Government, under the Local Government Act 1993. [1] Although the present version of the Act specifies no criteria for city status, [2] a previous version of the Act specified that to be a city, a Council area must:
Island settled as part of the Colony of New South Wales. [3] It is now a separate territory of Australia. 1791 Windsor: New South Wales Part of the City of Hawkesbury and Sydney urban area 1794 Richmond: New South Wales Originally known as Richmond Hill, which is part of the City of Hawkesbury and Sydney urban area 1794 Pitt Town Bottoms: New ...
Central New South Wales; Riverina; The Murray; Outback New South Wales; This classification subdivides the most commonly accepted notion of "The Riverina" into two separate regions, "Riverina" and "The Murray". The "Blue Mountains" is also included as it own distinct region, which is usually considered a district of the state capital "Sydney".
In 1846 New South Wales was divided into settled districts, intermediate districts and unsettled districts. [5] In 1861 the system of settled and unsettled districts were abolished with the Crown Lands Acts , [ 6 ] while new types of districts called first and second class settled districts, as well as town land and suburban land came into being.
This is a list of population demographics of New South Wales by local government area as at the 2016 census. a. The local government area with the largest population was City of Canterbury-Bankstown with 346,302 people resident on census night; and the area with the smallest population was Lord Howe Island with 698. a As at census night, the local government area with the largest population ...