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The population of Australia is estimated to be 27,575,700 as of 22 December 2024. [10] It is the 54th [11] most populous country in the world and the most populous Oceanian country.
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 ...
The Bureau of Statistics' population clock ticks over to estimate Australia's population has reached 27 million. [ 59 ] Victoria's worst beach drowning event in twenty years occurs near Forrest Caves on Phillip Island when a total of four people from Melbourne's Indian community drown at an unpatrolled beach.
Estimated resident population, June 2021 [1] Melbourne Australia: 5,096,298 Estimated resident population, June 2021 [1] Brisbane Australia: 2,568,927 Estimated resident population, June 2021 [1] Perth Australia: 2,099,530 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1] Auckland New Zealand: 1,715,600 Urban area provisional resident population, June 2024 ...
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:
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 ...
The largest inland city in Australia is Canberra, the capital city of Australia. Australia’s mean population density is 3.3/km 2, one of the lowest in the world. [14] A significant immigrant population occupied these places with relatively little dispute and few inner city ghettoes. [15]
Western Australia is the largest state of Australia, with an area of 2,527,013 square kilometres (975,685 sq mi), [1] and its fourth most populous, with a population of 2,660,026 as of the 2021 Australian census. [2] Official population statistics are created by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, who have a census every five years. The most ...