List of cities in Oceania by population

This is a list of urban areas 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
Sydney	Australia	5,131,326	Greater Capital City Statistical Area, June 2017^[1]
Melbourne	Australia	4,850,740	Greater Capital City Statistical Area, June 2017^[1]
Brisbane	Australia	2,408,223	Greater Capital City Statistical Area, June 2017^[1]
Perth	Australia	2,050,138	Greater Capital City Statistical Area, June 2017^[1]
Auckland	New Zealand	1,478,800	Urban area provisional resident population, June 2023^[2]
Adelaide	Australia	1,313,927	Greater Capital City Statistical Area, June 2017^[1]
Gold Coast–Tweed Heads	Australia	663,321	Significant Urban Area, June 2017^[1]
Newcastle–Maitland	Australia	481,183	Significant Urban Area, June 2017^[1]
Canberra–Queanbeyan	Australia	447,457	Greater Capital City Statistical Area, June 2017^[1]
Honolulu	United States	390,738	Census county division, 2017 estimate
Christchurch	New Zealand	384,800	Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023^[2]
Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea	364,145	National census 2011
Sunshine Coast	Australia	325,399	Significant Urban Area, June 2017^[1]
Wollongong	Australia	299,203	Significant Urban Area, June 2017^[1]
Geelong	Australia	260,138	Significant Urban Area, June 2017^[1]
Wellington	New Zealand	215,200	Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023^[2]
Hobart	Australia	226,884	Greater Capital City Statistical Area, June 2017^[1]
Townsville	Australia	180,346	Significant Urban Area, June 2017^[1]
Nouméa	New Caledonia	179,509	Metropolitan area. National census, August 2014^[3]
Suva	Fiji	172,399	Greater Suva urban area. National census, 2007
Hamilton	New Zealand	185,300	Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023^[2]
Cairns	Australia	151,925	Significant Urban Area, June 2017^[1]
Darwin	Australia	146,612	Greater Capital City Statistical Area, June 2017^[1]
Papeete	French Polynesia	136,771	Urban area. National census, August 2017^[4]
Toowoomba	Australia	135,631	Significant Urban Area, June 2017^[1]
Tauranga	New Zealand	161,800	Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023^[2]
Lower Hutt	New Zealand	113,000	Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023^[2]
Dunedin	New Zealand	106,200	Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023^[2]
Ballarat	Australia	103,481	Significant Urban Area, June 2017^[1]
Lae	Papua New Guinea	100,677	National census 2011
Bendigo	Australia	97,096	Significant Urban Area, June 2017^[1]
Albury–Wodonga	Australia	91,923	Significant Urban Area, June 2017^[1]
Suva	Fiji	87,000	National census 2019
Launceston	Australia	86,788	Significant Urban Area, June 2017^[1]
Honiara	Solomon Islands	84,520	National census 2017
Mackay	Australia	80,427	Significant Urban Area, June 2017^[1]
Palmerston North	New Zealand	82,500	Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Statistics. "Main Features – Main Features". www.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "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)
^ "Recensement de la population 2014 - Populations légales 2014". ISEE. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
^ "Populations légales de Polynésie française en 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

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[ausstats-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Statistics. "Main Features – Main Features". www.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-16.

[NZ_population_data_2018-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "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)

[NewCaledonia-3] "Recensement de la population 2014 - Populations légales 2014". ISEE. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

[Tahiti-4] "Populations légales de Polynésie française en 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

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