Talk:List of cities in Australia by population

Semi-protected edit request on 23 August 2023

Wrongname123 (talk) 11:20, 23 August 2023 (UTC)Melbourne has overtaken Sydney as Australia's most populous city for the first time since the 19th Century gold rush, following a boundary change.[reply]

Sydney has proudly held the title for more than 100 years.

But with populations rapidly growing on Melbourne's fringe, the city limits have been expanded to include the area of Melton.

The latest government figures, from June 2021, put Melbourne's population at 4,875,400 - 18,700 more than Sydney.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) defines a city's "significant urban area", by including all connecting suburbs with more than 10,000 people. Source BBC

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 14:33, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is way out of date

All of this data is nearly ten years old and needs an update 180.150.101.170 (talk) 00:59, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Weird bolding on map

Hello! I did a thing. But the rankings and names of capital cities, which I want in bold, are not bolding. Someone with Template:Location map experience, help, please! Neegzistuoja (talk) 13:19, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done! For future reference, instructions on how to realign the map can also be found at Template:Location map. I did consider applying Topographic relief as I find it is visually more appealing/interesting, but the contrast may make it harder to read some of the blue links. You thoughts? Dfadden (talk) 12:23, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Including more places on the map at the bottom

Hi, so I feel that having only 20 places shown on the map of Australia for the largest cities doesn't really do the country much justice, I was thinking of maybe adding in more settlements, perhaps up to the already listed 50? I'm happy to do it, just want folks opinion on it before I do such a thing. Many thanks.

Essexman03 (talk) 13:43, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The list with 50 corresponds to Urban Centres, while the 20 shown on the map appears to be based on Significant Urban Areas, of which there are 102 listed. At the moment, the 20 shown on the map are also the only SUAs with a population over 100,000, so it feels like a natural cut off point.
If you go all the way to number 50 on the list, we are talking about places with populations <30,000, with some of these on peri-urban fringes so the map may look very cluttered. Maybe showing SUAs >50,000 (currently 31) is a more logical cut off point? Dfadden (talk) 04:53, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Greater Capital City Statistical Areas by population density

The Canberra GCCSA is identical to the ACT which has an area of 2,358 km2. It is currently shown as 814.2 km2, which would appear to be the area of the Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) UCL, although ABS claims not to have ever calculated the areas of UCLs.--Grahame (talk) 02:41, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GCCSA population density figures aren't representative of actual density and aren't useful for comparison anyway, given the varying size of the SA4 statistical units making them up and the inclusion of large rural/wilderness areas in some (especially Sydney). It's not clear that this section has much value to the article. I propose removing it. ҉ Randwicked ҉ 09:47, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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