List of places in Queensland by population

This is a list of places in Queensland by urban centre population.

Urban areas by population

Rank	Urban Centre	Population		Region	Notes
Rank	Urban Centre	2011 Census	Source	Region	Notes
1	Brisbane	2,065,996	[1]	South East Queensland	Third-largest city in Australia, after Sydney and Melbourne
2	Gold Coast–Tweed Heads (Gold Coast part)	478,107	[2]	South East Queensland	Includes part of New South Wales
3	Sunshine Coast	209,263	[3]	South East Queensland
4	Townsville	157,748	[4]	North Queensland	Includes Thuringowa
5	Cairns	133,893	[5]	Far North Queensland
6	Toowoomba	131,257	[6]	Darling Downs	Second–largest inland city in Australia, after Canberra
7	Mackay	74,219	[7]	Central Queensland
8	Rockhampton	61,724	[8]	Central Queensland	Australia's Beef capital.
9	Bundaberg	49,750	[9]	Wide Bay–Burnett
10	Hervey Bay	48,680	[10]	Wide Bay–Burnett
11	Gladstone	32,073	[11]	Central Queensland
12	Maryborough	21,777	[12]	Wide Bay–Burnett
13	Mount Isa	20,570	[13]	Gulf Country
14	Gympie	17,285	[14]	Wide Bay–Burnett
15	Bongaree–Woorim	17,041	[15]	South East Queensland	Situated on Bribie Island
16	Nambour	16,250	[16]	South East Queensland
17	Yeppoon	15,141	[17]	Central Queensland
18	Warwick	13,376	[18]	Darling Downs
19	Emerald	12,895	[19]	Central Queensland
20	Dalby	10,861	[20]	Darling Downs
21	Bargara–Innes Park	10,052	[21]	Wide Bay–Burnett
22	Kingaroy	9,586	[22]	Wide Bay–Burnett
23	Tannum Sands–Boyne Island	9,348	[23]	Central Queensland
24	Moranbah	8,626	[24]	Central Queensland
25	Bowen	8,604	[25]	North Queensland

Rank	Region	Population (2011 census)	Largest city
1	South East Queensland	3,050,000	Brisbane
2	Wide Bay–Burnett	293,455	Bundaberg
3	Far North Queensland	275,058	Cairns
4	Darling Downs	241,537	Toowoomba
5	North Queensland	231,628	Townsville
6	Central Queensland	190,000	Mackay
7	Gulf Country	35,779	Mount Isa
8	South West Queensland	26,489	Roma
9	Central West Queensland	12,256	Longreach