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Chart of Melbourne's current and projected population growth. Melbourne is Australia's second-most populous city and has a diverse and multicultural population. Melbourne dominated Australia's population growth for the 15th year in a row as of 2017, adding 125,424 people between 2016 and 2017, and boomed past 5 million people in 2019.
The figures below broadly represent the populations of the contiguous built-up area of each city or town as defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.The population figures are drawn from the Australian Census Urban Centres and Localities data, where an "urban centre" is defined as a population cluster of 1,000 or more people. [1]
Map of Melbourne and Geelong urban areas. Melbourne is in the southeastern part of mainland Australia, within the state of Victoria. [96] Geologically, it is built on the confluence of Quaternary lava flows to the west, Silurian mudstones to the east, and Holocene sand accumulation to the southeast along Port Phillip.
Estimated resident population Growth from 2011 to 2022 Included SUAs June 2023 [2] June 2011 [2] 1 Greater Sydney New South Wales: 5,450,496 4,391,674 +24.11%: Sydney Central Coast: 2 Greater Melbourne Victoria: 5,207,145 4,169,366 +24.89%: Melbourne Bacchus Marsh Gisborne: 3 Greater Brisbane Queensland: 2,706,966 2,147,436 +26.06%: Brisbane 4 ...
The Melbourne City coat of arms Melbourne Town Hall on Swanston Street built 1870–1887. The City of Melbourne is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central city area of Melbourne. In 2021, the city has an area of 37.7 square kilometres (14.6 sq mi) and had a population of 149,615. [3]
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Melbourne: Melbourne – Largest city in Victoria, second-largest city in Australia and Oceania. [1] It is located in the South-East of Australia, and is a major economic centre in the Asia-Pacific. The city is home to 4,917,750 people as of the 2021 census. [1]
Victoria, commonly abbreviated as Vic, [10] is a state in southeastern Australia.It is the second-smallest state (after Tasmania), with a land area of 227,444 km 2 (87,817 sq mi); the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 6.9 million; [4] and the most densely populated state in Australia (30.6 per km 2). [11]
The population of Australia is estimated to be 27,603,400 as of 7 January 2025. [11] It is the 54th [12] most populous country in the world and the most populous Oceanian country. Its population is concentrated mainly in urban areas, particularly on the Eastern, South Eastern and Southern seaboards, and is expected to exceed 30 million by 2029 ...