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This is a list of cities in Oceania (including Australia) with a population of over 80,000. National and territorial capitals are shown in bold type.

City Country Urban area
Notes Image
Sydney   Australia 5,361,466 Estimated resident population,
June 2021 [1]
Melbourne   Australia 5,096,298 Estimated resident population, June 2021 [1]
Brisbane   Australia 2,568,927 Estimated resident population, June 2021 [1]
Perth   Australia 2,099,530 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
Auckland   New Zealand 1,715,600 Urban area provisional resident population, June 2023 [2]
Adelaide   Australia 1,359,087 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
Honolulu   United States 1,016,508 Urban Honolulu Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2020 estimate [3]
Gold Coast   Australia 718,772 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
NewcastleMaitland   Australia 505,489 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
CanberraQueanbeyan   Australia 462,984 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
Wellington   New Zealand 439,200 Estimated resident population, June 2021 [4]
Christchurch   New Zealand 392,100 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023 [2]
Port Moresby   Papua New Guinea 364,145 National census 2011
Sunshine Coast   Australia 353,906 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
Central Coast   Australia 338,567 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
Wollongong   Australia 312,167 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
Geelong   Australia 287,704 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
Hobart   Australia 218,386 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
Townsville   Australia 184,271 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
Nouméa   New Caledonia 179,509 Metropolitan area. National census, August 2014 [5]
Hamilton   New Zealand 178,500 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023 [2]
Cairns   Australia 155,529 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
Tauranga   New Zealand 155,200 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023 [2]
Toowoomba   Australia 140,303 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
Papeete   French Polynesia 136,771 Urban area. National census, August 2017 [6]
Dunedin   New Zealand 133,300 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023 [2] |-
Darwin   Australia 132,921 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
Ballarat   Australia 111,348 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
Bendigo   Australia 103,575 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
Lae   Papua New Guinea 100,677 National census 2011
Mandurah   Australia 98,883 Significant Urban Area, June 2023 [1] Mandurah Foreshore (3142447037)
AlburyWodonga   Australia 97,274 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
Palmerston North   New Zealand 90,500 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023 [2]
Launceston   Australia 88,884 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1]
Suva   Fiji 87,000 National census 2019
Honiara   Solomon Islands 84,520 National census 2017

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Statistics. "Population estimates by LGA, Significant Urban Area, Remoteness Area and electoral division, 2001 to 2021". abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (urban areas)
  3. ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  4. ^ Statistics. "Population estimates by Stats NZ". stats.govt.nz. Stats NZ. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Recensement de la population 2014 - Populations légales 2014". ISEE. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Populations légales de Polynésie française en 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

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