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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 ...
^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.
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:
Perth is Australia's fourth-most-populous city, having overtaken Adelaide in 1984. [99] In June 2023 there was an estimated resident population of 2,309,338 in the Greater Perth area, representing an increase of approximately 3.6% from the 2022 estimate of 2,228,020, the highest growth rate of Australia's capital cities.
Australia: 1,359,087 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1] Honolulu United States: 1,016,508 Urban Honolulu Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2020 estimate [3] Gold Coast Australia: 718,772 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1] Newcastle–Maitland Australia: 505,489 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1] Canberra–Queanbeyan Australia: 462,984
Groote Eylandt (Anindilyakwa: Ayangkidarrba; meaning "island" / ˈ ɡ r uː t ˌ aɪ l ə n d / [2]) is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria and the fourth largest island in Australia. It was named by the explorer Abel Tasman in 1644 and is Dutch for "Large Island" in archaic spelling.
Canberra (/ ˈ k æ n b ər ə / ⓘ KAN-bər-ə) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest Australian city overall.
The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest city proper in the world by population, comprises a huge administrative area of 82,403 km 2, around the size of Austria. However, more than 70% of its 30-million population are agricultural workers living in a rural setting .