Population Growth Areas - Event Date: 27 Oct 2018

The 50 largest cities and towns in Australia, by population | 2018 update,
    5 Years & 1 year figures.    INTERESTING. Melb overtaking Sydney FAST.

     Sydney             4,741,874                     433,750      10.1%                   98,079      2.1%
2      Melbourne             4,677,157                     557,346      13.5%                 119,975      2.6%
3      Brisbane             2,326,656                     203,040      9.6%                   46,366      2.0%
4      Perth             2,004,696                     141,620      7.6%                   19,789      1.0%
5      Adelaide             1,315,346                       55,749      4.4%                     9,535      0.7%
6      Gold Coast – Tweed Heads                663,321                       68,091      11.4%                   16,338      2.5%
7      Newcastle – Maitland                481,183                       23,063      5.0%                     4,529      1.0%
8      Canberra – Queanbeyan                447,457                       33,746      8.2%                     6,914      1.6%
9      Central Coast                329,437                       12,254      3.9%                     2,413      0.7%
10      Sunshine Coast                325,399                       36,616      12.7%                     7,995      2.5%
11      Wollongong                299,203                       15,531      5.5%                     3,534      1.2%
12      Geelong                260,138                       28,415      12.3%                     6,869      2.7%
13      Hobart                208,324                         8,743      4.4%                     2,227      1.1%
14      Townsville                180,346                         9,321      5.5%                     1,486      0.8%
15      Cairns                151,925                         9,701      6.8%                     1,884      1.3%
16      Toowoomba                135,631                         7,056      5.5%                     1,594      1.2%
17      Darwin                132,708                       12,281      10.2%                        663      0.5%
18      Ballarat                103,481                         8,508      9.0%                     1,893      1.9%
19      Bendigo                  97,096                         8,148      9.2%                     1,509      1.6%
20      Albury – Wodonga                  91,923                         6,721      7.9%                     1,347      1.5%
21      Launceston                  86,788                            863      1.0%                        453      0.5%
22      Mackay                  80,427      –                     238      -0.3%      –               353      -0.4%
23      Rockhampton                  78,871                         1,522      2.0%                          76      0.1%
24      Bunbury                  74,478                         4,480      6.4%                        376      0.5%
25      Coffs Harbour                  70,857                         3,599      5.4%                        723      1.0%
26      Bundaberg                  70,578                            727      1.0%                        269      0.4%
27      Melton                  65,423                       13,741      26.6%                     3,306      5.3%
28      Wagga Wagga                  56,181                         1,767      3.2%                        221      0.4%
29      Hervey Bay                  53,492                         2,935      5.8%                        686      1.3%
30      Mildura – Wentworth                  51,473                         2,410      4.9%                        475      0.9%
31      Shepparton – Mooroopna                  51,142                         2,778      5.7%                        449      0.9%
32      Port Macquarie                  46,948                         3,005      6.8%                        701      1.5%
33      Gladstone – Tannum Sands                  44,984                         1,290      3.0%      – 102      -0.2%
34      Tamworth                  42,347                         1,852      4.6%                        369      0.9%
35      Traralgon – Morwell                  41,626                            796      1.9%                        293      0.7%
36      Orange                  40,079                         1,864      4.9%                        324      0.8%
37      Bowral – Mittagong                  39,300                         2,714      7.4%                        538      1.4%
38      Busselton                  38,289                         5,156      15.6%                        693      1.8%
39      Geraldton                  37,931                            269      0.7%      – 358      -0.9%
40      Dubbo                  37,666       2,111      5.9%                        541      1.5%
41      Nowra – Bomaderry                  37,027                         2,121      6.1%                        318      0.9%
42      Warragul – Drouin                  36,538                         5,235      16.7%                     1,185      3.4%
43      Bathurst                  36,448                         2,343      6.9%                        435      1.2%
44      Warrnambool                  34,912                         1,504      4.5%                        294      0.8%
45      Albany                  34,151       1,628      5.0%                        236      0.7%
46      Kalgoorlie – Boulder                  30,541      – 1,997      -6.1%      – 141      -0.5%
47      Devonport                  30,153      -73      -0.2%                          87      0.3%
48      Mount Gambier                  29,472       871      3.0%                          15      0.1%
49      Lismore                  28,764      – 560      -1.9%      -215      -0.7%
50      Nelson Bay                  27,606      1,269      4.8%                        246      0.9%
Why are we using ‘2017’ figures?
The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Regional Population Growth report was released on 24 April 2018.