Sydney regains the top spot as Australia's largest city for 2021, but Melbourne is close on its heels.
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Sydney is the most populated and largest Australian city, followed by Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide. Canberra is the eighth most populated and Darwin is the fifteenth most populated.
Sydney is no longer Australia's largest city by population — a title it proudly held for over 100 years! It has now been overtaken by Melbourne, which has become the most populous city in the country following a boundary change.
Victoria is Australia's second most populated state and Melbourne is the country's second largest city.
Sydney is the most heavily populated, with a whopping 5.312 million inhabitants, but it is in fact not the capital of Australia as many people believe. The capital of Australia is Canberra, a city south of Sydney with a population of just under 400,000 people.
A coastal town located on the east bank of the mouth of the Tamar River, George Town is Australia's third oldest European settlement and Australia's oldest town.
Small Towns in Australia
The smallest town in Australia is the quirky Cooladdi (Aboriginal meaning “Black Duck”), which is placed between Quilpie and Charleville in southwest Queensland. Coolidge is actually a ghost town and, even though it once had a population of 270, now it's home to only four people.
With 126,900 millionaires, Sydney made it to number 10 with the report noting especially strong growth in wealth in the Harbour City over the past 20 years, making it Australia's wealthiest city. It's also predicted to reach the top 5 wealthiest cities in the world by 2040.
There are also a number of terms for Australia, such as: Aussie, Oz, Lucky Country, and land of the long weekend.
Sorry, Sydney — Melbourne is now officially Australia's biggest city.
Australia is colloquially known as "the Land Down Under" (or just "Down Under"), which derives from the country's position in the Southern Hemisphere, at the antipodes of the United Kingdom.
Also among top 10 fastest growing Australian regions for 2019-2022 were Ormeau (Qld) up 24,500, Bringelly (NSW) 21,700, Melton (Vic) 20,500, Tullamarine (Vic) 18,800, Rouse Hill (NSW) 17,500, Swan (WA) 15,600, and Springfield (Qld) 14,300, Herald Sun reported.
In 2016, the Australian Taxation Office listed Mungallala as having the lowest mean taxable income by postcode, making it the poorest town in Australia, which led the ABC to do a documentary on the town for their online "storyhunters" program.
Kiwirrkurra Community, Western Australia
The Kiwirrkurra Community is known as the most remote in the country. It is located in the Gibson Desert, nearly 530 miles west of Alice Springs and over 745 miles west of Port Hedland.
The town is an ex-Hydro village and now a residence for Inland Fisheries Services (IFS) and a Tasmania Police station. It is known for its exceptional fishing at nearby Great Lake and hosts several trout fishing events. Liawenee is the coldest permanently-inhabited place in Australia.
Kiwirrkurra Community, Western Australia.
Bradfield city is being developed on unceded Aboriginal land with complex ongoing settler-colonial legacies and high stakes for diverse First Nations communities – including the largest urban Indigenous population in Australia. Yet it is named after a colonial figure with no connection to the land.
The latest government figures, from June 2021, put Melbourne's population at 4,875,400 - 18,700 more than Sydney. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) defines a city's "significant urban area", by including all connecting suburbs with more than 10,000 people.
Nicknamed the Sunshine State for its tropical and sub-tropical climates, Great Barrier Reef, and numerous beaches, tourism is also important to the state's economy.