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 2021 Census. The below figures represent the populations of the contiguous built-up areas of each city or town.

RankUrban centrePopulation
2001 census [1] 2006 census [2] 2011 census [3] 2016 census [4] 2021 census [5]
1 Sydney 3,328,5533,641,4223,908,6424,321,5355,231,147
2 Newcastle 278,773288,732308,308322,278390,519
3 Central Coast (Region)254,579282,726297,713307,742346,596
4 Wollongong 227,522234,482245,942261,896280,153
5 Maitland 53,39161,43167,13278,01587,019
6 Blue Mountains (Region)73,67574,06775,94276,90478,121
7 Tweed Heads 44,65551,78855,55359,77660,124
8 Coffs Harbour 25,82826,35345,58048,22559,732
9 Wagga Wagga 44,27246,73546,91348,26357,010
10 Albury 42,00543,78745,62747,97456,093
11 Port Macquarie 37,69639,21941,49144,81447,693
12 Tamworth 32,44033,47536,13133,88543,875
13 Dubbo 30,86030,57432,32734,33943,516
14 Orange 31,92331,54434,99237,18241,232
15 Nowra - Bomaderry 24,70027,47827,98830,85338,682
16 Queanbeyan 29,75234,08435,87836,34837,688
17 Bathurst 26,92028,99231,29433,58737,395
18 Lismore 27,19327,06927,47427,56928,818
19 Bowral - Mittagong 16,58218,95319,72621,39424,557
20 Armidale 20,06819,48519,81820,38623,967
21 Goulburn 20,84620,12721,48422,41923,963
22 Cessnock 17,79118,31620,01321,72523,495
23 Nelson Bay 7,9688,15211,06013,96621,972
24 Kurri Kurri 12,31712,53213,05716,79220,631
25 Forster - Tuncurry 17,93918,37218,90419,91820,563
26 Griffith 15,93716,18217,61618,87419,505
27 Grafton 17,38017,50116,59816,78719,225
28 Ballina 16,51716,47715,96316,50618,629
29 Morisset - Cooranbong N/AN/A16,91818,74118,129
30 Broken Hill 19,75318,85418,43017,58917,705
31 Batemans Bay 10,18110,84511,33411,29417,519
32 Ulladulla 9,58510,29812,13713,05417,026
33 Singleton 12,49513,66513,96113,21417,018
34 Taree 16,62116,51717,82018,11716,715
35 Kempsey 8,4448,13710,37410,64815,654
36 St Georges Basin - Sanctuary Point 7,6048,3439,24210,14315,259
37 Kiama 12,24112,28612,81713,45314,013
38 Raymond Terrace 12,42812,70013,21713,30213,453
39 Mudgee 8,6038,2499,83010,96612,563
40 Lithgow 11,02311,29811,14311,53012,385
41 Muswellbrook 10,01010,22211,04210,40412,272
42 Inverell 9,5259,7499,3479,54712,057
43 Merimbula 4,8653,8516,8737,52111,513
44 Parkes 9,7859,82610,0269,96411,324
45 Casino 9,1509,4009,6299,98210,930
46 Byron Bay 5,9194,9814,9569,24610,914
47 Young 6,8217,1416,9607,17010,610
48 Gunnedah 7,8557,5427,8887,98410,359
49 Cowra 8,6918,4308,1078,22510,145
50 Murwillumbah 7,5437,9528,5239,2459,501
51 Moss Vale 6,6016,7237,3057,8659,310
52 Leeton 6,8986,8286,7336,9319,170
53 Moree 9,2478,0837,7207,3838,962
54 Forbes 7,0966,9546,8067,0358,157
55 Lennox Head 5,8095,4965,7646,0967,687
56 Deniliquin 7,7817,4316,4416,8337,432
57 Narrabri 6,2346,1025,8905,9037,327
58 Moama 2,8183,3314,1985,6207,213
59 Cootamundra 5,4865,5665,5795,6696,885
60 Yass 4,8845,3335,5915,4666,763
61 Cooma 6,9146,5876,3016,3796,715
62 Nambucca Heads 6,1215,8736,2226,3276,675
63 Tumut 6,1975,9256,0866,1546,613
64 Wauchope 4,7596,0026,3726,8816,589
65 Yamba 5,6215,5146,0326,0436,405
66 Glen Innes 5,7075,9445,1735,1616,219
67 Woolgoolga 3,7934,3565,0505,2906,151
68 Alstonville 4,7515,0064,9905,0665,912
69 Wingham 4,6604,8125,3135,3745,395
70 South West Rocks 4,1104,0694,8165,0095,058
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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 - Suburbs and Localities - Quickstats
    5. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics TableBuilder: 2021 Census - Suburbs and Localities - Quickstats
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