# List of places in Victoria by population

This is a list of places in the Australian state of Victoria by population.

## Methodology

The figures below broadly represent the populations of the contiguous built-up area of each city or town as defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The population figures are drawn from the Australian Census Urban Centres and Localities data, where an "urban centre" is defined as a population cluster of 1,000 or more people. Some urban centres include neighbouring towns; for example, the Mildura population in the table below includes Irymple.
The table lists urban centres that have appeared in the top 50 in at least one census since 2001.

## Table

| Urban centre | 2001 census | 2001 census | 2006 census | 2006 census | 2011 census | 2011 census | 2016 census | 2016 census | 2021 census | 2021 census |
| Urban centre | Rank | Population | Rank | Population | Rank | Population | Rank | Population | Rank | Population |
| Melbourne | 1 | 3,160,171 | 1 | 3,375,341 | 1 | 3,707,530 | 1 | 4,196,201 | 1 | 4,585,537 |
| Geelong | 2 | 129,668 | 2 | 135,965 | 2 | 143,921 | 2 | 157,103 | 2 | 180,239 |
| Ballarat | 3 | 72,766 | 3 | 77,766 | 3 | 85,936 | 3 | 93,761 | 3 | 105,348 |
| Bendigo | 4 | 68,480 | 4 | 75,420 | 4 | 82,795 | 4 | 92,384 | 4 | 100,649 |
| Melton (Melbourne) | 6 | 32,007 | 6 | 35,194 | 5 | 45,625 | 5 | 54,455 | 5 | 76,346 |
| Shepparton - Mooroopna | 5 | 35,754 | 5 | 38,247 | 6 | 42,742 | 6 | 46,194 | 6 | 49,862 |
| Pakenham (Melbourne) | 19 | 11,283 | 12 | 18,621 | 8 | 32,913 | – | N/A | – | N/A |
| Sunbury (Melbourne) | 10 | 25,086 | 9 | 29,071 | 7 | 33,062 | 8 | 34,425 | 7 | 38,010 |
| Wodonga | 8 | 27,659 | 8 | 29,538 | 9 | 31,605 | 7 | 35,131 | 8 | 37,839 |
| Mildura | 7 | 27,963 | 7 | 30,761 | 10 | 31,363 | 9 | 33,445 | 9 | 35,652 |
| Warrnambool | 9 | 26,669 | 10 | 28,015 | 11 | 29,286 | 10 | 30,707 | 10 | 32,894 |
| Traralgon | 11 | 19,569 | 11 | 21,474 | 12 | 24,590 | 11 | 25,482 | 11 | 27,628 |
| Torquay - Jan Juc | 30 | 7,943 | 29 | 9,463 | 19 | 13,336 | 15 | 16,942 | 12 | 22,998 |
| Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads | 17 | 12,582 | 16 | 13,701 | 14 | 16,091 | 13 | 18,208 | 13 | 22,035 |
| Bacchus Marsh | 18 | 12,107 | 19 | 13,046 | 17 | 14,914 | 14 | 17,303 | 14 | 21,692 |
| Wangaratta | 12 | 16,310 | 13 | 16,732 | 13 | 17,376 | 12 | 18,567 | 15 | 19,712 |
| Warragul | 22 | 10,405 | 21 | 11,333 | 20 | 13,081 | 18 | 14,274 | 16 | 19,134 |
| Horsham | 15 | 13,210 | 15 | 13,945 | 16 | 15,261 | 16 | 15,630 | 17 | 16,289 |
| Drysdale - Clifton Springs | 28 | 9,033 | 25 | 9,880 | 26 | 10,929 | 24 | 12,483 | 18 | 16,199 |
| Lara | 26 | 9,185 | 24 | 10,312 | 25 | 11,192 | 21 | 13,327 | 19 | 15,772 |
| Moe - Newborough | 13 | 15,352 | 14 | 15,159 | 15 | 15,293 | 17 | 15,062 | 20 | 15,758 |
| Drouin | 40 | 5,800 | 36 | 6,656 | 30 | 9,369 | 26 | 11,889 | 21 | 14,764 |
| Wallan | 50 | 3,958 | 45 | 5,321 | 36 | 7,810 | 34 | 8,521 | 22 | 14,741 |
| Sale | 16 | 12,793 | 18 | 13,090 | 21 | 12,764 | 20 | 13,507 | 23 | 14,100 |
| Morwell | 14 | 13,505 | 17 | 13,399 | 18 | 13,689 | 19 | 13,540 | 24 | 14,068 |
| Echuca | 20 | 10,926 | 20 | 12,399 | 22 | 12,611 | 23 | 12,902 | 25 | 13,764 |
| Bairnsdale | 21 | 10,557 | 22 | 11,033 | 23 | 11,820 | 22 | 12,950 | 26 | 13,734 |
| Colac | 23 | 10,164 | 23 | 10,560 | 24 | 11,416 | 25 | 11,890 | 27 | 12,348 |
| Leopold | 35 | 6,722 | 31 | 7,937 | 29 | 9,608 | 27 | 11,882 | 28 | 12,319 |
| Gisborne | 46 | 4,228 | 38 | 6,285 | 34 | 8,056 | 31 | 9,822 | 29 | 10,999 |
| Swan Hill | 24 | 9,738 | 27 | 9,705 | 28 | 9,876 | 28 | 10,603 | 30 | 10,869 |
| Castlemaine | 34 | 6,822 | 34 | 7,082 | 33 | 9,124 | 30 | 9,933 | 31 | 10,577 |
| Portland | 25 | 9,566 | 26 | 9,708 | 27 | 9,959 | 29 | 10,059 | 32 | 10,450 |
| Benalla | 29 | 8,593 | 30 | 8,951 | 32 | 9,328 | 32 | 9,296 | 33 | 9,742 |
| Hamilton | 27 | 9,119 | 28 | 9,493 | 31 | 9,344 | 33 | 8,892 | 34 | 9,577 |
| Portarlington - St Leonards | 44 | 4,677 | 47 | 4,947 | 42 | 6,069 | 41 | 6,883 | 35 | 9,048 |
| Kilmore | 55 | 3,521 | 48 | 4,699 | 41 | 6,142 | 39 | 6,953 | 36 | 8,786 |
| Healesville | 32 | 7,132 | 33 | 7,216 | 35 | 7,992 | 35 | 8,483 | 37 | 8,698 |
| Yarrawonga | 49 | 4,016 | 43 | 5,727 | 40 | 6,793 | 37 | 7,847 | 38 | 8,580 |
| Wonthaggi | 37 | 6,136 | 37 | 6,362 | 37 | 7,279 | 36 | 7,917 | 39 | 8,430 |
| Maryborough | 31 | 7,471 | 32 | 7,549 | 38 | 7,174 | 38 | 7,495 | 40 | 7,769 |
| Ararat | 33 | 7,043 | 35 | 7,066 | 39 | 7,023 | 40 | 6,924 | 41 | 7,015 |
| Cowes | 56 | 3,494 | 52 | 4,137 | 52 | 4,310 | 50 | 4,944 | 42 | 6,797 |
| Lakes Entrance | 42 | 5,476 | 42 | 5,644 | 43 | 5,967 | 42 | 6,071 | 43 | 6,527 |
| Bannockburn | 106 | 1,518 | 79 | 2,426 | 61 | 3,512 | 49 | 4,997 | 44 | 6,178 |
| Inverloch | 53 | 3,737 | 57 | 3,532 | 51 | 4,456 | 48 | 5,066 | 45 | 6,046 |
| Seymour | 36 | 6,441 | 40 | 5,915 | 44 | 5,915 | 44 | 5,842 | 46 | 6,016 |
| Kyabram | 41 | 5,527 | 44 | 5,378 | 46 | 5,643 | 43 | 5,899 | 47 | 6,010 |
| Stawell | 39 | 6,142 | 41 | 5,755 | 45 | 5,737 | 45 | 5,521 | 48 | 5,627 |
| Leongatha | 47 | 4,220 | 50 | 4,306 | 48 | 4,894 | 47 | 5,117 | 49 | 5,618 |
| Whittlesea | | 2,370 | 62 | 3,412 | 55 | 3,952 | 56 | 3,917 | 50 | 5,497 |
| Cobram | 45 | 4,543 | 46 | 4,995 | 47 | 5,420 | 46 | 5,376 | 51 | 5,389 |
| Kyneton | 48 | 4,121 | 51 | 4,176 | 50 | 4,461 | 51 | 4,866 | 53 | 5,151 |
| Churchill | 43 | 4,898 | 49 | 4,568 | 49 | 4,750 | 52 | 4,567 | 56 | 4,679 |

## Gallery

* Melbourne, the most populated city in Victoria.
* Looking east over Sturt Street and the CBD toward Bridge Mall from Ballarat Town Hall clock tower
* Pall Mall and Charing Cross in 1909. Bendigo had become a bustling city with a large transport network.