Australia

Administrative units

state	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2001-12-31 estimate	population 2005-06-30 estimate
source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. note: np = no population.
Australia Capital Territory	Canberra	2,360	322,638	325,161
New South Wales	Sydney	800,640	6,642,879	6,774,249
Northern Territory	Darwin	1,349,130	199,868	202,793
Queensland	Brisbane	1,730,650	3,670,459	3,963,968
South Australia	Adelaide	983,480	1,518,874	1,542,033
Tasmania	Hobart	68,400	473,252	485,263
Victoria	Melbourne	227,420	4,854,133	5,022,346
Western Australia	Perth	2,529,880	1,918,805	2,010,113
Jervis Bay Territory	-	70
total		7,692,030	19,603,502	20,325,926

name	population 1996-06-30 estimate	population 2001-06-30 estimate
Sydney	3,881,100	4,154,700
Melbourne	3,283,300	3,488,800
Brisbane	1,520,000	1,653,400
Perth	1,295,100	1,397,000
Adelaide	1,078,400	1,110,500
Newcastle	463,400	494,400
Gold Coast-Tweed	354,100	426,400
Canberra-Queanbeyan	345,100	364,400
Wollongong	255,700	271,100
Hobart	195,700	197,800
Sunshine Coast	156,400	185,700
Geelong	152,200	160,100
Townsville	122,400	134,600
Cairns	106,700	113,400
Toowoomba	102,000	109,300
Darwin	95,800	108,200
Launceston	98,800	98,800
Albury-Wodonga	92,700	97,900
Ballarat	79,100	83,800
Bendigo	74,200	79,700
Burnie-Devonport	79,200	77,600
Bathurst-Orange	71,600	76,000
La Trobe Valley	75,500	75,300
source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. note: population figures for cities are based on statistical districts/divisions.