List of cities in Oceania by population

For a list of metropolitan areas, see List of metropolitan areas in Oceania by population.

This is a list of cities in Oceania (including Australia) with a population of over 80,000. National and territorial capitals are shown in bold type.

City Country Urban area
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Sydney  Australia 5,361,466 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Melbourne  Australia 5,096,298 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Brisbane  Australia 2,568,927 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Perth  Australia 2,099,530 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Auckland  New Zealand 1,547,200 Urban area provisional resident population, June 2025[2]
Adelaide  Australia 1,469,163 Significant Urban Area, June 2024[1]
Honolulu  United States 1,016,508 Urban Honolulu Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2020 census[3]
Gold Coast  Australia 718,772 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Newcastle–Maitland  Australia 505,489 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Canberra–Queanbeyan  Australia 462,984 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Jayapura  Indonesia 414,862 National census 2020[4]
Christchurch  New Zealand 407,800 Urban area provisional resident population, June 2025[2]
Port Moresby  Papua New Guinea 364,145 National census 2011
Sunshine Coast  Australia 353,906 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Central Coast  Australia 338,567 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Wollongong  Australia 312,167 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Geelong  Australia 287,704 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Sorong  Indonesia 284,410 National census 2020[4]
Hobart  Australia 218,386 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Wellington  New Zealand 209,800 Urban area provisional resident population, June 2025[2]
Hamilton  New Zealand 192,100 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025[2]
Townsville  Australia 184,271 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Nouméa  New Caledonia 179,509 Metropolitan area. National census, August 2014[5]
Tauranga  New Zealand 160,900 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025[2]
Cairns  Australia 155,529 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Toowoomba  Australia 140,303 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Papeete  French Polynesia 136,771 Urban area. National census, August 2017[6]
Darwin  Australia 132,921 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Lower Hutt  New Zealand 113,200 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025[2]
Ballarat  Australia 111,348 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Dunedin  New Zealand 104,000 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025[2]
Bendigo  Australia 103,575 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Lae  Papua New Guinea 100,677 National census 2011
Mandurah  Australia 98,883 Significant Urban Area, June 2023[1]
Albury–Wodonga  Australia 97,274 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Launceston  Australia 88,884 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Suva  Fiji 87,000 National census 2019
Honiara  Solomon Islands 84,520 National census 2017
Palmerston North  New Zealand 81,200 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Statistics. "Population estimates by LGA, Significant Urban Area, Remoteness Area and electoral division, 2001 to 2021". abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Subnational population estimates - Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  3. ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Indonesia: Administrative Division (Provinces, Regencies and Cities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
  5. ^ "Recensement de la population 2014 - Populations légales 2014". ISEE. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Populations légales de Polynésie française en 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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