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City Population Fraction of total (%) Melbourne 4,969,305 19.3 Sydney 4,966,806 19.3 Brisbane 2,475,680 9.6 Perth 2,083,645 8.1 Adelaide 1,357,504 5.3 Gold Coast – Tweed Heads 709,495 2.8 Newcastle–Maitland 498,015 1.9 Canberra–Queanbeyan 464,995 1.8 Sunshine Coast 348,343 1.4 Wollongong 309,345 1.2 Geelong 282,412 1.1 Hobart 219,071 0.9 Townsville 183,322 0.7 Cairns 155,340 0.6 Toowoomba 139,526 0.5 Darwin 133,268 0.5 Ballarat 109,533 0.4 Bendigo 102,499 0.4 Total (major cities) 19,508,104 75.8 Total (Australia) 25,697,298 100.0 Source: Based on ABS (2021b) For more information, go toPopulation and buildings Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Remoteness area Population 2010 Population 2015 Population 2020 Change 2019–20 Change 2010–20 People % People % People % People % People % Major cities of Australia 15,501,847 70.4 16,981,989 71.3 18,586,095 72.3 265,606 1.4 3,084,248 19.9 Inner regional Australia 4,055,452 18.4 4,296,474 18.0 4,556,851 17.7 57,268 1.3 501,399 12.4 Outer regional Australia 1,968,332 8.9 2,035,718 8.5 2,062,597 8.0 7,826 0.4 94,265 4.8 Remote Australia 299,163 1.4 297,686 1.2 291,190 1.1 678 0.2 –7,973 –2.7 Very remote Australia 206,956 0.9 204,128 0.9 200,565 0.8 175 0.1 –6,391 –3.1 Total Australia 22,031,750 100.0 23,815,995 100.0 25,697,298 100.0 331,553 1.3 3,665,548 16.6 Source: Based on ABS (2021b) For more information, go toPopulation and buildings Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
State Capital city Suburbs and area June 2011 June 2016 June 2019 Increase 2011–16 (%) Increase 2016–19 (%) Increase 2011–19 (%) NSW Greater Sydney Pyrmont–Ultimo 13,500 15,700 16,600 16.3 5.7 23.0 Potts Point Woolloomooloo 13,500 15,800 16,800 17.0 6.3 24.4 Darlinghurst 12,800 14,200 15,100 10.9 6.3 18.0 Qld Greater Brisbane New Farm 5,900 6,300 6,700 6.8 6.3 13.6 Kangaroo Point 5,800 6,600 7,400 13.8 12.1 27.6 Fortitude Valley 4,618 4,980 7,100 7.8 42.6 53.7 Vic Greater Melbourne Inner-city Melbourne 9,200 17,500 21,900 90.2 25.1 138.0 Carlton 8,400 11,300 13,600 34.5 20.4 61.9 NSW = New South Wales; Qld = Queensland; Vic = Victoria Source: Amended as per ABS (2021b) For more information, go toPopulation and buildings Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Year Houses Total units Semidetached/terraces total Total residential 2019 108,631 60,841 29,766 199,238 2020 103,841 49,604 26,297 179,743 Change 2019–20 (no.) –4,790 –11,237 –3,469 –19,495 Proportional change (%) –4 –18 –12 –10a Refers to apartments, units, semidetached and town house dwellings. Excludes ‘other’ category. Source: Adjusted from ABS (2021a) For more information, go toPopulation and buildings Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Greater capital city statistical area 2005–06 (m²) 2019–20 (m²) 2005–06 to 2019–20 change (m²) 2005–06 to 2019–20 change (%) Greater Sydney 280 252 –28 –10 Greater Melbourne 230 253 23 10 Greater Brisbane 209 246 37 18 Greater Adelaide 208 223 15 7 Greater Perth 243 222 –21 –9 Australian capital cities 234 248 14 6 m2 = square metre Source: ABS (2020a) For more information, go toPopulation and buildings Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Capital city or area Mean number of persons in household Mean number of bedrooms in dwelling Australian Capital Territory 2.6 3.2 Greater Sydney 2.8 3.1 Rest of New South Wales 2.4 3.2 Greater Brisbane 2.7 3.3 Rest of Queensland 2.4 3.2 Greater Adelaide 2.5 3.0 Rest of South Australia 2.2 3.1 Greater Hobart 2.3 3.0 Rest of Tasmania 2.4 3.0 Greater Melbourne 2.7 3.1 Rest of Victoria 2.3 3.1 Greater Perth 2.7 3.4 Rest of Western Australia 2.4 3.4 Greater Darwin 2.9 3.1 Rest of Northern Territory n/a n/a Total capital cities 2.7 3.2 Total rest of states or territories 2.4 3.2 n/a = data not available Source: ABS (2019c) For more information, go toPopulation and buildings Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Urban area Access to jobs (proportion of people living and working in the same statistical area, and ranking) Access to food (metres to nearest destination, and ranking) Access to social infrastructure (number of destinations) Adelaide 27% (18) 1,116 (3) 6 Albury–Wodonga 69% (7) 1,648 (17) 6 Ballarat 87% (4) 1,470 (12) 5 Bendigo 85% (5) 2,154 (20) 5 Brisbane 28% (17) 1,403 (9) 6 Cairns 68% (8) 1,578 (14) 4 Canberra 30% (15) 1,058 (2) 5 Darwin 43% (12) 1,419 (10) 5 Gold Coast – Tweed Heads 37% (13) 1,601 (15) 4 Geelong 69% (7) 1,390 (8) 6 Hobart 45% (11) 1,819 (18) 5 Launceston 84% (6) 1,039 (1) 5 Mackay 88% (3) 1,161 (4) 4 Melbourne 29% (16) 1,173 (6) 7 Newcastle–Maitland 52% (9) 1,628 (16) 5 Perth 31% (14) 1,279 (7) 5 Sunshine Coast 48% (10) 1,456 (11) 4 Sydney 31% (14) 1,164 (5) 7 Toowoomba 89% (2) 2,159 (21) 5 Townsville 94% (1) 1,919 (19) 4 Wollongong 48% (10) 1,526 (13) 6 Source: Adapted from AUO (2018) For more information, go toLivability Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Capital city 1976–77 (passenger km, billion) 2019–20 (passenger km, billion) Net change (passenger km, billion) Net change (%) Adelaide 10.0 14.0 4.0 40 Brisbane 10.0 31.0 21.0 210 Canberra 2.0 5.0 3.0 150 Darwin 0.4 1.5 1.1 275 Hobart 1.5 3.0 1.5 100 Melbourne 27.0 57.0 30.0 111 Perth 10.0 24.0 14.0 140 Sydney 31.0 61.0 30.0 97 km = kilometre Source: BITRE (2020b) For more information, go toLivability Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link
Urban area Access to transport (percentage of dwellings within 400 metres of public transport with a reasonable service, and ranking) Adelaide 57% (3) Albury–Wodonga 4% (17) Ballarat 43% (6) Bendigo 34% (8) Brisbane 33% (9) Cairns 15% (15) Canberra 65% (1) Darwin 23% (12) Gold Coast – Tweed Heads 25% (11) Geelong 38% (7) Hobart 23% (12) Launceston 13% (16) Mackay 1% (19) Melbourne 48% (4) Newcastle–Maitland 31% (10) Perth 46% (5) Sunshine Coast 22% (13) Sydney 61% (2) Toowoomba 3% (18) Townsville 20% (14) Wollongong 33% (9) Source: Adapted from AUO (2018) For more information, go toLivability Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share this link