Template:Largest cities of Australia

Largest populated areas in Australia 2021 data from Australian Bureau of Statistics
Rank		State	Municipal pop.	Rank		State	Municipal pop.
1	Sydney style="text-align:left;" | NSW	5,259,764 class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;" | 11 style="text-align:left;" | Geelong style="text-align:left;" | Vic style="text-align:right;" | 289,400
2	Melbourne style="text-align:left;" | Vic	4,976,157 class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;" | 12 style="text-align:left;" | Hobart style="text-align:left;" | Tas style="text-align:right;" | 251,047
3	Brisbane style="text-align:left;" | Qld	2,568,927 class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;" | 13 style="text-align:left;" | Townsville style="text-align:left;" | Qld style="text-align:right;" | 181,665
4	Perth style="text-align:left;" | WA	2,192,229 class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;" | 14 style="text-align:left;" | Cairns style="text-align:left;" | Qld style="text-align:right;" | 155,638
5	Adelaide style="text-align:left;" | SA	1,402,393 class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;" | 15 style="text-align:left;" | Darwin style="text-align:left;" | NT style="text-align:right;" | 148,801
6	Gold Coast–Tweed Heads style="text-align:left;" | Qld/New South Wales|NSW	706,673 class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;" | 16 style="text-align:left;" | Toowoomba style="text-align:left;" | Qld style="text-align:right;" | 143,994
7	Newcastle–Maitland, New South Wales|Maitland style="text-align:left;" | NSW	509,894 class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;" | 17 style="text-align:left;" | Ballarat style="text-align:left;" | Vic style="text-align:right;" | 111,702
8	Canberra–Queanbeyan style="text-align:left;" | ACT/New South Wales|NSW	482,250 class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;" | 18 style="text-align:left;" | Bendigo style="text-align:left;" | Vic style="text-align:right;" | 102,899
9	Sunshine Coast style="text-align:left;" | Qld	355,631 class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;" | 19 style="text-align:left;" | Albury-Wodonga style="text-align:left;" | NSW/Victoria (state)|Vic style="text-align:right;" | 97,676
10	Wollongong style="text-align:left;" | NSW	305,880 class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;" | 20 style="text-align:left;" | Launceston style="text-align:left;" | Tas style="text-align:right;" | 93,332

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Notes

• ^a All population figures from ABS Regional Population, 2021, using Greater Capital City Statistical Area figures for capital cities (excluding Canberra) and Significant Urban Areas for all other cities