rank city state population
1 Sydney New South Wales 4,336,374
2 Melbourne Victoria 3,806,092
3 Brisbane Queensland 1,857,594
4 Perth Western Australia 1,554,769
5 Adelaide South Australia 1,158,259
6 Gold Coast-Tweed Queensland/New South Wales 583,657
7 Newcastle New South Wales 523,662
8 Canberra-Queanbeyan Australian Capital Territory/New South Wales 388,072
* Canberra Australian Capital Territory [3] 339,573
9 Wollongong New South Wales 280,159
10 Sunshine Coast Queensland 230,429