Australia — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Australia — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

Australia had an estimated population of 20,507,264 in 2005, with 267 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Australia today — population now 24,992,369, against 20,507,264 in 2005.

Cities and towns, 2005

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)
1	Sydney	New South Wales	4,394,576
2	Melbourne	Victoria	3,730,206
3	Brisbane	Queensland	1,843,392
4	Perth	Western Australia	1,446,704
5	Adelaide	South Australia	1,074,159
6	Gold Coast	Queensland	501,167
7	Newcastle	New South Wales	497,955
8	Canberra	Australian Capital Territory	324,024
9	Sunshine Coast	Queensland	311,411
10	Wollongong	New South Wales	260,914
11	Hobart	Tasmania	204,857
12	Cairns	Queensland	154,225
13	Geelong	Victoria	150,437
14	Townsville	Queensland	138,954
15	Albury	New South Wales	104,258
16	Shoalhaven	New South Wales	94,781
17	Darwin	Northern Territory	93,080
18	Toowoomba	Queensland	92,800
19	Ballarat	Victoria	85,109
20	Bendigo	Victoria	81,657
21	Mackay	Queensland	75,922
22	Mandurah	Western Australia	73,356
23	Launceston	Tasmania	72,458
24	Rockhampton	Queensland	65,850
25	Coffs Harbour	New South Wales	62,978
26	Wagga Wagga	New South Wales	55,381
27	Bundaberg	Queensland	52,472
28	Port Macquarie	New South Wales	48,547
29	Mildura	Victoria	47,867
30	Hervey Bay	Queensland	47,556
31	Maroochydore-Mooloolaba	Queensland	44,502
32	Taree	New South Wales	44,182
33	Cranbourne	Victoria	39,419
34	Caloundra	Queensland	38,706
35	Tamworth	New South Wales	38,551
36	Kalgoorlie-Boulder	Western Australia	36,852
37	Shepparton-Mooroopna	Victoria	33,550
38	Tewantin-Noosa	Queensland	32,795
39	Melton	Victoria	32,368
40	Queanbeyan	New South Wales	32,214
41	Wodonga	Victoria	31,518
42	Lismore	New South Wales	31,430
43	Palmerston	Northern Territory	31,068
44	Gladstone	Queensland	30,489
45	Orange	New South Wales	30,401
46	Warrnambool	Victoria	29,928
47	Sunbury	Victoria	29,925
48	Dubbo	New South Wales	29,361
49	Bathurst-Orange	New South Wales	27,881
50	Geraldton	Western Australia	27,258
51	Bunbury	Western Australia	26,369
52	Alice Springs	Northern Territory	26,188
53	Livingstone	Queensland	24,290
54	Albany	Western Australia	23,913
55	Mount Gambier	South Australia	23,209
56	Armidale	New South Wales	22,673
57	Mount Isa	Queensland	22,549
58	Caboolture	Queensland	21,478
59	Goulburn	New South Wales	20,940
60	Maryborough	Queensland	20,678
61	Kwinana	Western Australia	20,086
62	Burnie	Tasmania	19,972
63	Kawana Waters	Queensland	19,881
64	Craigieburn	Victoria	19,728
65	Whyalla	South Australia	19,645
66	Echuca-Moama	Victoria	19,457
67	Devonport	Tasmania	19,317
68	Roebourne	Western Australia	19,260
69	Katoomba-Wentworth Falls	New South Wales	18,593
70	Richmond-Windsor	New South Wales	18,347
71	Traralgon	Victoria	18,226
72	Cairns Northern Beaches	Queensland	18,052
73	Prosperine	Queensland	17,708
74	Nerang	Queensland	17,684
75	Forster-Tuncurry	New South Wales	17,591
76	Busselton	Western Australia	17,435
77	Broken Hill	New South Wales	17,395
78	Helensvale	Queensland	16,897
79	Grafton	New South Wales	16,399
80	Cessnock	New South Wales	16,393
81	Gawler	South Australia	16,362
82	Deception Bay	Queensland	16,090
83	Duaringa	Queensland	16,053
84	Griffith	New South Wales	15,455
85	Buderim	Queensland	15,228
86	Nambour	Queensland	14,919
87	Crafers-Bridgewater	South Australia	14,717
88	Sawtell	New South Wales	14,608
89	Kingston-Blackmans Bay	Tasmania	14,371
90	Port Hedland	Western Australia	14,288
91	Ballina	New South Wales	14,242
92	Seymour	Victoria	14,108
93	Wangaratta	Victoria	14,022
94	Stanthorpe	Queensland	13,980
95	Singleton	New South Wales	13,813
96	Bongaree	Queensland	13,649
97	Ocean Grove-Barwon Heads	Victoria	13,619
98	Raymond Terrace	New South Wales	13,606
99	Baccus Marsh	Victoria	13,575
100	Broome	Western Australia	13,218
101	Moe-Yallourn	Victoria	12,948
102	Sale	Victoria	12,917
103	Broadslound	Queensland	12,873
104	Horsham	Victoria	12,830
105	Bellingen	New South Wales	12,596
106	Busselton	Western Australia	12,374
107	Warwick	Queensland	12,347
108	Port Pirie	South Australia	12,328
109	Buninyong	Victoria	12,312
110	Port Augusta	South Australia	12,133
111	Victoria Point	Queensland	11,930
112	Karratha	Western Australia	11,694
113	Muswellbrook	New South Wales	11,630
114	Morwell	Victoria	11,585
115	Murray Bridge	South Australia	11,355
116	Port Lincoln	South Australia	11,247
117	Parkes	New South Wales	11,137
118	Lithgow	New South Wales	11,128
119	Gympie	Queensland	11,027
120	Bairnsdale	Victoria	11,005
121	Kurri Kurri	New South Wales	10,990
122	Bowen	Queensland	10,983
123	Yeppoon	Queensland	10,769
124	Pakenham	Victoria	10,602
125	Lawson-Hazelbrook	New South Wales	10,598
126	Batemans Bay	New South Wales	10,557
127	Bright	Victoria	10,514
128	Kiama	New South Wales	10,379
129	Kerang	Victoria	10,319
130	Morayfield	Queensland	10,261
131	Innisfail	Queensland	10,143
132	Katherine	Northern Territory	10,141
133	Dalby	Queensland	9,847
134	Bowral	New South Wales	9,605
135	Ulverstone	Tasmania	9,604
136	Charters Towers	Queensland	9,573
137	Casino	New South Wales	9,539
138	Kempsey	New South Wales	9,522
139	Bland	New South Wales	9,509
140	Walgett	New South Wales	9,488
141	Emerald	Queensland	9,398
142	Swan Hill	Victoria	9,276
143	Heytesbury	Victoria	9,256
144	Ulladulla	New South Wales	9,250
145	Warragul	Victoria	9,127
146	Colac	Victoria	9,089
147	Ayr	Queensland	9,078
148	Mudgee	New South Wales	9,042
149	Benalla	Victoria	9,020
150	Wangi-Rathmines	New South Wales	8,944
151	Hamilton	Victoria	8,869
152	Portland	Victoria	8,841
153	Hampden	Victoria	8,743
154	Circular Head	Tasmania	8,720
155	Kingaroy	Queensland	8,573
156	Inverell	New South Wales	8,561
157	Coolum Beach	Queensland	8,555
158	Chinchilla	Queensland	8,462
159	Mareeba	Queensland	8,403
160	Mount Barker	South Australia	8,357
161	Burpengary	Queensland	8,280
162	Moree	New South Wales	8,203
163	Lara	Victoria	8,179
164	Murweh	Queensland	8,084
165	Deniliquin	New South Wales	8,024
166	Moranbah	Queensland	7,955
167	Mansfield	Victoria	7,949
168	Somerville	New South Wales	7,889
169	Esperance	Western Australia	7,888
170	Bridgewater-Gagebrook	Tasmania	7,790
171	Victor Harbor	South Australia	7,760
172	Balonne	Queensland	7,731
173	Nelson Bay	New South Wales	7,725
174	Georgetown	Tasmania	7,694
175	Orbost	Victoria	7,580
176	Young	New South Wales	7,501
177	Clifton Springs	Victoria	7,413
178	Carnarvon	Western Australia	7,392
179	Leeton	New South Wales	7,299
180	Blackwater	Queensland	7,250
181	Gunnedah	New South Wales	7,148
182	Healesville	Victoria	7,098
183	Coonamble	New South Wales	7,097
184	Narrabri	New South Wales	7,082
185	Maryborough	Victoria	7,046
186	Cobar	New South Wales	7,015
187	Somerville	Victoria	7,015
188	Stawell	Victoria	6,991
189	Atherton	Queensland	6,959
190	Crib Point	Victoria	6,908
191	Nambucca Heads	New South Wales	6,899
192	Murwillumbah	New South Wales	6,868
193	Cowra	New South Wales	6,795
194	Byron Bay	New South Wales	6,764
195	Moss Vale	New South Wales	6,739
196	Glenn Innes	New South Wales	6,732
197	Mittagong	New South Wales	6,717
198	Torquay	Victoria	6,670
199	Australind	Western Australia	6,621
200	Castlemaine	Victoria	6,604
201	Hastings	Victoria	6,583
202	Tumut	New South Wales	6,526
203	Cooma	New South Wales	6,520
204	Gatton	Queensland	6,513
205	Camden Haven	New South Wales	6,425
206	Kyabram	Victoria	6,396
207	Collie	Western Australia	6,336
208	Biloela	Queensland	6,309
209	Ingham	Queensland	6,127
210	Leopold	Victoria	6,120
211	Ararat	Victoria	6,110
212	Wonthaggi	Victoria	5,985
213	Longreach	Queensland	5,919
214	Lemon Tree Passage	New South Wales	5,865
215	Northam	Western Australia	5,855
216	Deloraine	Tasmania	5,853
217	Lakes Entrance	Victoria	5,849
218	Medowie	New South Wales	5,841
219	Kununurra	Western Australia	5,679
220	Yarrawonga-Mulwala	Victoria	5,604
221	New Norfolk	Tasmania	5,526
222	Roma	Queensland	5,496
223	Wellington	New South Wales	5,428
224	Bourke	New South Wales	5,297
225	Corowa	New South Wales	5,178
226	Humpty Doo-MacMinns Lagoon	Northern Territory	5,025
227	Cootamundra	New South Wales	4,931
228	Cloncurry	Queensland	4,884
229	Scottsdale	Tasmania	4,877
230	Hay	New South Wales	4,850
231	Forbes	New South Wales	4,838
232	Walpeup	Victoria	4,322
233	Hinders	Queensland	4,287
234	Pavoo	Queensland	4,179
235	Central Darling	New South Wales	4,113
236	Queenstown	Tasmania	3,988
237	Yulara	Northern Territory	3,903
238	Tennant Creek	Northern Territory	3,889
239	Balranald	New South Wales	3,680
240	Weipa	Queensland	3,679
241	Wannon	Victoria	3,531
242	Kakarooc	Victoria	3,489
243	Esperance	Tasmania	3,465
244	Howard Springs	Northern Territory	3,359
245	Nhulunbuy	Northern Territory	3,202
246	Blackall	Queensland	3,165
247	Portland	Tasmania	3,141
248	Winton	Queensland	3,037
249	Hamilton	Tasmania	2,781
250	Quilpie	Queensland	2,278
251	Virginia-Bees Creek	Northern Territory	2,276
252	Spring Bay	Tasmania	2,209
253	King Island	Tasmania	2,206
254	Burke	Queensland	2,191
255	Oatlands	Tasmania	2,036
256	Glamorgan	Tasmania	1,911
257	Jabiru	Northern Territory	1,892
258	Tibooburra	New South Wales	1,740
259	Maningrida	Northern Territory	1,391
260	Port Keats	Northern Territory	1,351
261	Galiwinku	Northern Territory	1,347
262	Beaconsfield	Tasmania	1,299
263	Alyangula	Northern Territory	1,289
264	Nguiu	Northern Territory	1,250
265	Milingimbi	Northern Territory	986
266	Ngukurr	Northern Territory	947
267	Coonawarra	Northern Territory	945

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	New South Wales	6,819,566
2	Victoria	5,064,335
3	Queensland	4,039,271
4	Western Australia	2,030,628
5	South Australia	1,545,938
6	Tasmania	485,899
7	Australian Capital Territory	324,024
8	Northern Territory	197,603

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.