Template: Largest cities of Australia

{{Largest cities
| name        = Largest cities of Australia
| country     = Australia
| kind        = populated areas
| stat_ref    = 2021 data from [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=11 February 2022|title=Regional Population, 2021|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/regional-population/latest-release|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>

| list_by_pop = List of cities in Australia by population
| div_name    = State
| div_link    = States and territories of Australia{{!}}State

| city_1 = Sydney
| div_1  = New South Wales{{!}}NSW
| pop_1  = 5,259,764


| city_2 = Melbourne
| div_2  = Victoria (state){{!}}Vic
| pop_2  = 4,976,157


| city_3 = Brisbane
| div_3  = Queensland{{!}}Qld
| pop_3  = 2,568,927


| city_4 = Perth
| div_4  = Western Australia{{!}}WA
| pop_4  = 2,192,229

| city_5 = Adelaide
| div_5  = South Australia{{!}}SA
| pop_5  = 1,402,393

| city_6 = Gold Coast, Queensland{{!}}Gold Coast{{))!}}–{{!((}}Tweed Heads
| div_6  = Queensland{{!}}Qld{{))!}}/{{!((}}New South Wales{{!}}NSW
| pop_6  = 706,673

| city_7 = Newcastle, New South Wales{{!}}Newcastle{{))!}}–{{!((}}Maitland, New South Wales{{!}}Maitland
| div_7  = New South Wales{{!}}NSW
| pop_7  = 509,894

| city_8 = Canberra{{))!}}–{{!((}}Queanbeyan
| div_8  = Australian Capital Territory{{!}}ACT{{))!}}/{{!((}}New South Wales{{!}}NSW
| pop_8  = 482,250

| city_9 = Sunshine Coast, Queensland{{!}}Sunshine Coast
| div_9  = Queensland{{!}}Qld
| pop_9  = 355,631

| city_10 = Wollongong
| div_10  = New South Wales{{!}}NSW
| pop_10  = 305,880

| city_11 = Geelong
| div_11  = Victoria (state){{!}}Vic
| pop_11  = 289,400

| city_12 = Hobart
| div_12  = Tasmania{{!}}Tas
| pop_12  = 251,047

| city_13 = Townsville
| div_13  = Queensland{{!}}Qld
| pop_13  = 181,665

| city_14 = Cairns
| div_14  = Queensland{{!}}Qld
| pop_14  = 155,638

| city_15 = Darwin, Northern Territory{{!}}Darwin
| div_15  = Northern Territory{{!}}NT
| pop_15  = 148,801

| city_16 = Toowoomba
| div_16  = Queensland{{!}}Qld
| pop_16  = 143,994

| city_17 = Ballarat
| div_17  = Victoria (state){{!}}Vic
| pop_17  = 111,702

| city_18 = Bendigo
| div_18  = Victoria (state){{!}}Vic
| pop_18  = 102,899

| city_19 = Albury-Wodonga
| div_19  = New South Wales{{!}}NSW{{))!}}/{{!((}}Victoria (state){{!}}Vic
| pop_19  = 97,676

| city_20 = Launceston, Tasmania{{!}}Launceston
| div_20  = Tasmania{{!}}Tas
| pop_20  = 93,332

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==References==
===Notes===
*{{Note|a|a|All population figures from [[Australian Bureau of Statistics|ABS]] Regional Population, 2021, using Greater Capital City Statistical Area figures for capital cities (excluding Canberra) and Significant Urban Areas for all other cities}}

===References===
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[[Category:Largest cities of Oceania templates|Australia]]
[[Category:Australia city templates]]
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