List of places in Queensland by population
Urban areas by population

List of places in Queensland by population

Section Title: Urban areas by population
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Urban Centre	Population	Region	Notes

2016 census	2011 census

1	Brisbane	2,054,614	1,874,427	South East Queensland	3rd largest city in Australia, after Sydney and Melbourne

2	Gold Coast–Tweed Heads (Gold Coast part)	540,559	478,107	South East Queensland and Northern Rivers	6th largest city in Australia, Includes part of New South Wales

3	Sunshine Coast	243,337	209,263	South East Queensland	9th largest city in Australia

4	Townsville	168,729	157,748	North Queensland	13th largest city in Australia, Includes Thuringowa

5	Cairns	144,730	133,893	Far North Queensland	15th largest city in Australia

6	Toowoomba	100,032	96,567	Darling Downs	16th largest city in Australia, 2nd largest inland after Canberra

7	Mackay	75,710	74,219	Central Queensland	20th largest city in Australia

8	Rockhampton	61,214	61,724	Central Queensland	21st largest city in Australia

9	Hervey Bay	52,073	48,680	Wide Bay-Burnett	26th largest city in Australia

10	Bundaberg	50,148	49,750	Wide Bay-Burnett	24th largest city in Australia

11	Gladstone	33,418	32,073	Central Queensland	31st largest city in Australia

12	Maryborough	22,206	21,777	Wide Bay-Burnett	49th largest city in Australia

13	Mount Isa	18,342	20,570	Gulf Country	67th largest city in Australia

14	Gympie	18,267	17,285	Wide Bay-Burnett	59th largest city in Australia

15	Nambour	18,181	16,250	South East Queensland

16	Bongaree–Woorim	18,142	17,041	South East Queensland	Situated on Bribie Island

17	Yeppoon	16,350	15,141	Central Queensland	66th largest city in Australia

18	Warwick	13,862	13,376	Darling Downs	78th largest city in Australia

19	Emerald	13,532	12,895	Central Queensland	86th largest city in Australia

20	Dalby	12,005	10,861	Darling Downs

21	Bargara–Innes Park	11,055	10,052	Wide Bay-Burnett

22	Gracemere	10,813	8,160	Central Queensland

23	Kingaroy	10,066	9,586	Wide Bay-Burnett	96th largest city in Australia

24	Tannum Sands–Boyne Island	9,528	9,348	Central Queensland

25	Highfields	9,474	7,947	Darling Downs

26	Airlie Beach	9,334	7,869	Central Queensland

27	Sandstone Point - Ningi	9,094	8,027	South East Queensland

28	Bowen	8,854	8,606	North Queensland

29	Moranbah	8,333	8,626	Central Queensland

30	Ayr	8,283	8,393	North Queensland

31	Charters Towers	8,126	8,235	North Queensland

32	Mareeba	7,736	7,296	Far North Queensland

33	Tamborine Mountain	7,349	6,814	South East Queensland

34	Innisfail	7,241	7,177	Far North Queensland

35	Atherton	6,869	6,814	Far North Queensland

36	Roma	6,853	6,905	Maranoa

37	Gatton	6,330	6,180	South East Queensland

38	Gordonvale	5,977	5,483	Far North Queensland

39	Chinchilla	5,878	4,780	Western Downs

40	Beaudesert	5,828	5,474	South East Queensland

41	Biloela	5,742	5,809	Central Queensland

42	Mount Cotton	5,703	4,274	South East Queensland

43	Jimboomba - West	5,552	4,632	South East Queensland

44	Goondiwindi	5,524	5,511	Southern Downs

45	Beerwah	5,033	4,339	South East Queensland

46	Stanthorpe	4,974	4,955	Southern Downs

47	Kensington Grove – Regency Downs	4,778	3,995	South East Queensland

48	Blackwater	4,618	4,838	Central Queensland

49	Emu Park	4,577	3,736	Central Queensland

50	Ingham	4,353	4,705	North Queensland

51	Oakey	4,324	4,282	Darling Downs

52	Port Douglas- Craiglie	4,307	3,939	Far North Queensland

53	Jimboomba	4,266	3,599	South East Queensland

54	Palmwoods	4,196	4,082	South East Queensland

56	Yarrabilba	4,059	449	South East Queensland

57	Lowood	3,951	3,146	South East Queensland

58	Weipa	3,903	3,332	Far North Queensland

59	Doonan - Tinbeerwah	3,816	3,576	South East Queensland

60	Landsborough	3,793	3,708	South East Queensland

61	Glass House Mountains	3,576	3,503	South East Queensland

62	Laidley	3,499	3,225	South East Queensland

63	Westbrook	3,447	2,646	Darling Downs

64	Beachmere	3,438	3,143	South East Queensland

65	Calliope	3,438	3,059	Central Queensland

66	Proserpine	3,409	3,338	Central Queensland

67	Nanango	3,393	3,566	South Burnett

68	Sarina	3,366	3,538	Central Queensland

69	Walkerston	3,204	3,089	Central Queensland

70	Charleville	3,073	3,318	South West Queensland

71	Mooloolah	3,050	2,846	South East Queensland

72	Pittsworth	3,000	2,969	Darling Downs

73	Home Hill	2,956	3,025	Central Queensland

74	Thursday Island	2,940	2,610	Far North Queensland

75	Woodford	2,936	2,351	South East Queensland

76	Cooroy	2,900	2,691	South East Queensland

77	Russell Island	2,836	2,473	South East Queensland

78	Maleny	2,819	2,490	South East Queensland

79	Fernvale	2,777	1,820	South East Queensland

80	Longreach	2,738	3,137	Central Queensland

81	Boonah	2,694	2,473	South East Queensland

82	Macleay Island	2,679	2,570	South East Queensland

83	Burnett Heads	2,651	2,631	Wide Bay-Burnett

84	Cooloola Village	2,628	2,514	South East Queensland

85	Yarrabah	2,560	2,408	Far North Queensland

86	Cedar Vale	2,551	2,328	South East Queensland

87	Logan Village	2,534	1,867	South East Queensland

88	Palm Island	2,443	2,339	North Queensland

89	Dysart	2,442	3,003	Central Queensland

90	Mount Morgan	2,414	2,557	Central Queensland

91	St George	2,393	2,648	South West Queensland

92	Marian	2,359	2,254	Central Queensland

93	Rosewood	2,337	2,156	South East Queensland

94	Meringandan West	2,286	1,975	Darling Downs

95	Cloncurry	2,258	2,314	North Queensland

96	Kuranda	2,241	2,159	Far North Queensland

97	Tin Can Bay	2,235	1,993	Wide Bay-Burnett

98	Tully	2,223	2,264	Far North Queensland

99	Samford Valley - Highvale	2,160	2,128	South East Queensland

100	Alice River	2,139	2,108	North Queensland

101	Moore Park	2,126	1,648	Wide Bay-Burnett

102	Toogoom	2,076	1,870	Wide Bay-Burnett

103	Murgon	2,055	2,091	South Burnett

104	Clermont	2,043	2,177	Central Queensland

105	Oakhurst	2,005	1,180	Wide Bay-Burnett

106	Gowrie Junction	2,001	788	Darling Downs

107	Cedar Grove	1,986	2,018	South East Queensland

108	Dayboro	1,940	1,692	South East Queensland

109	Kilcoy	1,897	1,713	South East Queensland

110	Yandina	1,884	1,757	South East Queensland

111	Hamilton Island	1,866	1,209	Central Queensland

112	Cooroibah	1,831	1,744	South East Queensland

113	Middlemount	1,828	1,912	Central Queensland

114	Wondai	1,814	1,735	South Burnett

115	Glenview	1,811	1,182	South East Queensland

116	Jacobs Well	1,796	1,544	South East Queensland

117	Mossman	1,760	1,731	Far North Queensland

118	Curra	1,751	1,425	Wide Bay Burnett

119	Cooktown	1,749	1,619	Far North Queensland

120	Pomona	1,737	1,552	South East Queensland

121	Gayndah	1,717	1,644	Wide Bay-Burnett

122	Crows Nest	1,710	1,596	Darling Downs

123	Kooralbyn	1,681	1,372	South East Queensland

124	Malanda	1,669	1,672	Far North Queensland

125	Kingsthorpe	1,638	1,597	Darling Downs

126	Withcott	1,615	1,371	South East Queensland

127	River Heads	1,542	1,294	Wide Bay-Burnett

128	Moura	1,537	1,705	Central Queensland

129	Glenwood	1,444	1,259	Wide Bay-Burnett

130	Wyreema	1,415	1,247	Darling Downs

131	Doomadgee	1,398	1,255	Far North Queensland

132	Meridan Plains	1,398	1,232	South East Queensland

133	Millmerran	1,362	1,328	Darling Downs

134	Hay Point	1,349	1,469	Central Queensland

135	Gleneagle	1,349	1,130	South East Queensland

136	Childers	1,307	1,411	Wide Bay-Burnett

137	Barcaldine	1,287	1,318	Central Queensland

138	Willowbank	1,280	1,209	South East Queensland

139	Tolga - West	1,266	1,150	Far North Queensland

140	Aurukun	1,266	1,289	Far North Queensland

141	Cherbourg	1,266	1,226	Central Queensland

142	Esk	1,259	1,250	South East Queensland

143	Burrum Heads	1,255	1,068	Wide Bay-Burnett

144	Plainland	1,254	1,055	South East Queensland

145	Cardwell	1,254	1,178	Far North Queensland

146	Clifton	1,249	1,187	Darling Downs

147	Wongaling Beach	1,245	1,064	Far North Queensland

148	Walloon	1,217	1,192	South East Queensland

149	Rainbow Beach	1,215	1,101	Wide Bay-Burnett

150	Normanton	1,208	1,214	Gulf Country

151	Laidley Heights	1,202	1,180	South East Queensland

152	Jandowae	1,201	1,101	Darling Downs

153	Allingham	1,199	1,234	Far North Queensland

154	Nelly Bay	1,180	1,053	North Queensland

155	Bamaga	1,163	1,045	Far North Queensland

156	Mundubbera	1,160	1,041	Wide Bay-Burnett

157	Bakers Creek	1,159	468	Central Queensland

158	Cambooya	1,141	1,041	Darling Downs

159	Gununa	1,137	1,128	Gulf Country

160	Miles	1,134	1,169	Darling Downs

161	Tieri	1,129	1,486	Central Queensland

162	Collinsville	1,108	1,501	Central Queensland

163	Woodgate	1,078	940	Wide Bay-Burnett

164	Kiels Mountain	1,070	984	South East Queensland

165	Blackall	1,060	1,218	Central Queensland

166	Howard	1,054	1,015	Wide Bay-Burnett

167	Hughenden	1,049	1,151	North Queensland

168	Yungaburra	1,043	956	Far North Queensland

169	Mulambin	1,042	613	Central Queensland

170	Monto	1,030	1,117	Wide Bay-Burnett

171	Toogoolawah	1,027	961	South East Queensland

172	Cunnamulla	1,022	1,191	South West Queensland

173	Rangewood	1,010	1,082	North Queensland

174	Capella	1,008	926	Central Queensland

175	D’Aguilar	1,006	830	South East Queensland

176	Mirani	1,001	1,010	Central Queensland

177	The Palms	995	865	Wide Bay-Burnett

178	Eumundi	985	790	South East Queensland

179	Tolga	984	878	Far North Queensland

180	Bluewater Park	965	903	North Queensland

181	Balgal Beach	963	377	North Queensland

182	Woorabinda	960	936	Central Queensland

183	Babinda	961	1,070	Far North Queensland

184	Cooran	952	845	South East Queensland

185	Napranum	947	852	Far North Queensland

186	Sunshine Acres	947	808	Wide Bay Burnett

187	Kowanyama	944	1,030	Far North Queensland

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