List of places in New South Wales by population

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This is a list of cities and towns in the Australian state of New South Wales with a population of 5,000 or greater as at the 2016 Census. The below figures represent the populations of the contiguous built-up areas of each city or town.

Rank Urban centre Population
2001 census[1] 2006 census[2] 2011 census[3] 2016 census[4]
1 Sydney 3,328,553 3,641,422 3,908,642 4,321,535
2 Newcastle 278,773 288,732 308,308 322,278
3 Central Coast 254,579 282,726 297,713 307,742
4 Wollongong 227,522 234,482 245,942 261,896
5 Maitland 53,391 61,431 67,132 78,015
6 Blue Mountains 73,675 74,067 75,942 76,904
7 Tweed Heads 44,655 51,788 55,553 59,776
8 Wagga Wagga 44,272 46,735 46,913 48,263
9 Coffs Harbour 25,828 26,353 45,580 48,225
10 Albury - Wodonga (Albury part) 42,005 43,787 45,627 47,974
11 Port Macquarie 37,696 39,219 41,491 44,814
12 Orange 31,923 31,544 34,992 37,182
13 Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan part) 29,752 34,084 35,878 36,348
14 Dubbo 30,860 30,574 32,327 34,339
15 Tamworth 32,440 33,475 36,131 33,885
16 Bathurst 26,920 28,992 31,294 33,587
17 Nowra - Bomaderry 24,700 27,478 27,988 30,853
18 Lismore 27,193 27,069 27,474 27,569
19 Goulburn 20,846 20,127 21,484 22,419
20 Cessnock 17,791 18,316 20,013 21,725
21 Bowral - Mittagong 16,582 18,953 19,726 21,394
22 Armidale 20,068 19,485 19,818 20,386
23 Forster - Tuncurry 17,939 18,372 18,904 19,918
24 Griffith 15,937 16,182 17,616 18,874
25 Morisset - Cooranbong N/A N/A 16,918 18,741
26 Taree 16,621 16,517 17,820 18,117
27 Broken Hill 19,753 18,854 18,430 17,589
28 Kurri Kurri 12,317 12,532 13,057 16,792
29 Grafton 17,380 17,501 16,598 16,787
30 Ballina 16,517 16,477 15,963 16,506
31 Nelson Bay 7,968 8,152 11,060 13,966
32 Kiama 12,241 12,286 12,817 13,453
33 Raymond Terrace 12,428 12,700 13,217 13,302
34 Singleton 12,495 13,665 13,961 13,214
35 Ulladulla 9,585 10,298 12,137 13,054
36 Lithgow 11,023 11,298 11,143 11,530
37 Batemans Bay 10,181 10,845 11,334 11,294
38 Mudgee 8,603 8,249 9,830 10,966
39 Kempsey 8,444 8,137 10,374 10,648
40 Muswellbrook 10,010 10,222 11,042 10,404
41 St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point 7,604 8,343 9,242 10,143
42 Casino 9,150 9,400 9,629 9,982
43 Parkes 9,785 9,826 10,026 9,964
44 Inverell 9,525 9,749 9,347 9,547
45 Byron Bay 5,919 4,981 4,956 9,246
46 Murwillumbah 7,543 7,952 8,523 9,245
47 Cowra 8,691 8,430 8,107 8,225
48 Gunnedah 7,855 7,542 7,888 7,984
49 Moss Vale 6,601 6,723 7,305 7,865
50 Merimbula 4,865 3,851 6,873 7,521
51 Moree 9,247 8,083 7,720 7,383
52 Young 6,821 7,141 6,960 7,170
53 Forbes 7,096 6,954 6,806 7,035
54 Leeton 6,898 6,828 6,733 6,931
55 Wauchope 4,759 6,002 6,372 6,881
56 Deniliquin 7,781 7,431 6,441 6,833
57 Cooma 6,914 6,587 6,301 6,379
58 Nambucca Heads 6,121 5,873 6,222 6,327
59 Tumut 6,197 5,925 6,086 6,154
60 Lennox Head 5,809 5,496 5,764 6,096
61 Yamba 5,621 5,514 6,032 6,043
62 Narrabri 6,234 6,102 5,890 5,903
63 Cootamundra 5,486 5,566 5,579 5,669
64 Moama 2,818 3,331 4,198 5,620
65 Yass 4,884 5,333 5,591 5,466
66 Wingham 4,660 4,812 5,313 5,374
67 Woolgoolga 3,793 4,356 5,050 5,290
68 Glen Innes 5,707 5,944 5,173 5,161
69 Alstonville 4,751 5,006 4,990 5,066
70 South West Rocks 4,110 4,069 4,816 5,009
Notes

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References[]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics TableBuilder: 2001 Census - Persons and Relationships - persons counted by Urban Centres and Localities
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics TableBuilder: 2006 Census - Cultural Diversity - Persons (Place of Usual Residence) counted by Urban Centres and Localities
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics TableBuilder: 2011 Census - Persons and Relationships - persons counted by Urban Centres and Localities
  4. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics TableBuilder: 2016 Census - Cultural Diversity - Persons (Place of Usual Residence) counted by Urban Centres and Localities
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