List of cities in Australia by population
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas/Significant Urban Areas by population
Each capital city forms its own Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA), which according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) represents a broad socioeconomic definition of each of the eight state and territory capital cities.

List of cities in Australia by population

Section Title: Greater Capital City Statistical Areas/Significant Urban Areas by population
Table Section Text: Each capital city forms its own Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA), which according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) represents a broad socioeconomic definition of each of the eight state and territory capital cities.

Rank	GCCSA/SUA	State/Territory	June 2018	2011 Census Population	Growth	Percentage of national population (June 2018)

1	Sydney	New South Wales	5,230,330	4,391,674	+19.10%	20.93%

2	Melbourne	Victoria	4,936,349	3,999,982	+24.08%	19.86%

3	Brisbane	Queensland	2,462,637	2,065,996	+19.20%	9.85%

4	Perth	Western Australia	2,059,484	1,728,867	+19.12%	8.24%

5	Adelaide	South Australia	1,345,777	1,262,940	+6.56%	5.38%

6	Gold Coast–Tweed Heads	Queensland/New South Wales	679,127	557,822	+21.75%	2.72%

7	Newcastle–Maitland	New South Wales	486,704	398,770	+22.05%	1.95%

8	Canberra–Queanbeyan	Australian Capital Territory/New South Wales	457,563	391,645	+16.83%	1.83%

9	Sunshine Coast	Queensland	333,436	270,770	+23.14%	1.33%

10	Wollongong	New South Wales	302,739	268,944	+12.57%	1.21%

11	Geelong	Victoria	268,277	173,454	+54.67%	1.07%

12	Hobart	Tasmania	232,606	211,656	+9.90%	0.93%

13	Townsville	Queensland	180,820	162,292	+11.42%	0.72%

14	Cairns	Queensland	152,729	133,911	+14.05%	0.61%

15	Darwin	Northern Territory	148,564	120,586	+23.20%	0.59%

16	Toowoomba	Queensland	136,861	105,984	+29.13%	0.55%

17	Ballarat	Victoria	105,471	91,801	+14.89%	0.42%

18	Bendigo	Victoria	99,122	86,079	+15.15%	0.40%

19	Albury–Wodonga	New South Wales/Victoria	93,603	82,083	+14.03%	0.37%

20	Launceston	Tasmania	87,382	82,220	+6.21%	0.35%

21	Mackay	Queensland	80,148	77,293	+3.69%	0.32%

22	Rockhampton	Queensland	78,592	73,681	+6.67%	0.31%

23	Bunbury	Western Australia	74,363	65,608	+13.34%	0.30%

24	Coffs Harbour	New South Wales	71,822	64,243	+11.80%	0.29%

25	Bundaberg	Queensland	70,921	67,341	+5.32%	0.28%

26	Wagga Wagga	New South Wales	56,442	52,042	+8.45%	0.23%

27	Hervey Bay	Queensland	54,674	48,680	+12.31%	0.22%

28	Mildura–Wentworth	Victoria/New South Wales	51,903	47,536	+9.19%	0.21%

29	Shepparton–Mooroopna	Victoria	51,631	46,505	+11.02%	0.21%

30	Port Macquarie	New South Wales	47,973	41,723	+14.98%	0.19%

31	Gladstone–Tannum Sands	Queensland	45,130	41,966	+7.54%	0.18%

32	Tamworth	New South Wales	42,872	38,735	+10.68%	0.17%

33	Traralgon–Morwell	Victoria	41,984	39,705	+5.74%	0.17%

34	Orange	New South Wales	40,493	36,468	+11.04%	0.16%

35	Bowral–Mittagong	New South Wales	39,887	34,858	+14.43%	0.16%

36	Busselton	Western Australia	38,921	30,286	+28.51%	0.16%

37	Dubbo	New South Wales	38,392	33,997	+12.93%	0.15%

38	Warragul–Drouin	Victoria	37,928	29,944	+26.66%	0.15%

39	Geraldton	Western Australia	37,648	35,749	+5.31%	0.15%

40	Nowra–Bomaderry	New South Wales	37,420	33,338	+12.24%	0.15%

41	Bathurst	New South Wales	36,801	32,479	+13.31%	0.15%

42	Warrnambool	Victoria	35,214	32,380	+8.75%	0.14%

43	Albany	Western Australia	34,205	30,656	+11.58%	0.14%

44	Devonport	Tasmania	30,297	29,051	+4.29%	0.12%

45	Kalgoorlie–Boulder	Western Australia	29,849	30,842	−3.22%	0.12%

46	Mount Gambier	South Australia	29,639	27,756	+6.78%	0.12%

47	Lismore	New South Wales	28,720	28,285	+1.54%	0.11%

48	Nelson Bay	New South Wales	28,051	25,074	+11.87%	0.11%

49	Maryborough	Queensland	27,282	26,214	+4.07%	0.11%

50	Burnie–Wynyard	Tasmania	27,174	26,869	+1.147%	0.11%

51	Alice Springs	Northern Territory	26,534	25,186	+5.35%	0.11%

52	Victor Harbor–Goolwa	South Australia	26,532	23,850	+11.25%	0.11%

53	Ballina	New South Wales	26,381	23,509	+12.22%	0.11%

54	Taree	New South Wales	26,381	25,421	+3.78%	0.11%

55	Morisset–Cooranbong	New South Wales	25,309	21,774	+16.23%	0.10%

56	Armidale	New South Wales	24,504	22,464	+9.08%	0.10%

57	Goulburn	New South Wales	23,835	21,484	+10.94%	0.10%

58	Whyalla	South Australia	21,742	21,991	−1.13%	0.09%

59	Gympie	Queensland	21,599	19,510	+10.71%	0.09%

60	Echuca–Moama	Victoria	21,242	19,309	+10.01%	0.08%

61	Forster–Tuncurry	New South Wales	21,159	19,500	+6.51%	0.08%

62	Griffith	New South Wales	20,251	17,900	+13.13%	0.08%

63	Wangaratta	Victoria	19,318	17,686	+9.23%	0.08%

64	St Georges Basin–Sanctuary Point	New South Wales	19,251	12,611	+52.65%	0.08%

65	Grafton	New South Wales	19,078	18,359	+3.92%	0.08%

66	Yeppoon	Queensland	19,003	16,372	+16.07%	0.08%

67	Murray Bridge	South Australia	18,779	16,708	+12.40%	0.08%

68	Mount Isa	Queensland	18,588	20,569	−9.63%	0.07%

69	Camden Haven	New South Wales	17,835	15,741	+13.30%	0.07%

70	Broken Hill	New South Wales	17,734	18,517	−4.23%	0.07%

71	Moe–Newborough	Victoria	16,812	16,674	+0.83%	0.07%

72	Karratha	Western Australia	16,708	16,476	+1.41%	0.07%

73	Horsham	Victoria	16,514	15,894	+3.90%	0.07%

74	Batemans Bay	New South Wales	16,485	15,733	+4.78%	0.07%

75	Singleton	New South Wales	16,346	16,135	+1.31%	0.07%

76	Port Lincoln	South Australia	16,326	15,221	+7.26%	0.07%

77	Ulladulla	New South Wales	16,213	14,149	+14.59%	0.06%

78	Bairnsdale	Victoria	15,411	13,243	+16.37%	0.06%

79	Warwick	Queensland	15,380	14,607	+5.29%	0.06%

80	Kempsey	New South Wales	15,309	14,494	+5.62%	0.06%

81	Sale	Victoria	15,021	14,258	+5.35%	0.06%

82	Ulverstone	Tasmania	14,490	14,109	+2.70%	0.06%

83	Broome	Western Australia	14,445	12,766	+13.15%	0.06%

84	Port Hedland	Western Australia	14,320	13,772	+3.98%	0.06%

85	Port Pirie	South Australia	14,188	14,043	+1.03%	0.06%

86	Emerald	Queensland	14,119	13,219	+6.81%	0.06%

87	Port Augusta	South Australia	13,799	13,658	+1.03%	0.06%

88	Lithgow	New South Wales	12,973	12,249	+5.91%	0.05%

89	Colac	Victoria	12,547	11,778	+6.53%	0.05%

90	Mudgee	New South Wales	12,410	10,483	+18.38%	0.05%

91	Muswellbrook	New South Wales	12,364	11,791	+4.86%	0.05%

92	Esperance	Western Australia	12,145	11,432	+6.24%	0.05%

93	Parkes	New South Wales	11,224	10,941	+2.59%	0.04%

94	Swan Hill	Victoria	11,103	10,430	+6.45%	0.04%

95	Portland	Victoria	10,900	10,715	+1.73%	0.04%

96	Kingaroy	Queensland	10,398	9,808	+6.02%	0.04%

Sentence(s)

The Cairns was the 5th-populous in Queensland and ranks 14th in Australia.

final_sentence: The Cairns was the 5th-populous in Queensland and ranks 14th in Australia.