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List of places in Victoria by population

This is a list of places in the Australian state of Victoria by population.

Methodology edit

The figures below broadly represent the populations of the contiguous built-up area of each city or town as defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The population figures are drawn from the Australian Census Urban Centres and Localities data, where an "urban centre" is defined as a population cluster of 1,000 or more people.[1] Some urban centres include neighbouring towns; for example, the Mildura population in the table below includes Irymple.[2]

The table lists urban centres that have appeared in the top 50 in at least one census since 2001.

Table edit

Urban centre 2001 census[3] 2006 census[4] 2011 census[5] 2016 census[6] 2021 census
Rank Population Rank Population Rank Population Rank Population Rank Population
Melbourne 1 3,160,171 1   3,375,341 1   3,707,530 1   4,196,201 1   4,585,537
Geelong 2 129,668 2   135,965 2   143,921 2   157,103 2   180,239
Ballarat 3 72,766 3   77,766 3   85,936 3   93,761 3   105,348
Bendigo 4 68,480 4   75,420 4   82,795 4   92,384 4   100,649
Melton (Melbourne) 6 32,007 6   35,194 5   45,625 5   54,455 5   76,346
Shepparton - Mooroopna 5 35,754 5   38,247 6   42,742 6   46,194 6   49,862
Pakenham (Melbourne) 19 11,283 12   18,621 8   32,913 – N/A[note 1] – N/A[note 1]
Sunbury (Melbourne) 10 25,086 9   29,071 7   33,062 8   34,425 7   38,010
Wodonga 8 27,659 8   29,538 9   31,605 7   35,131 8   37,839
Mildura 7 27,963 7   30,761 10   31,363 9   33,445 9   35,652
Warrnambool 9 26,669 10   28,015 11   29,286 10   30,707 10   32,894
Traralgon 11 19,569 11   21,474 12   24,590 11   25,482 11   27,628
Torquay - Jan Juc 30 7,943[note 2] 29   9,463[note 2] 19   13,336 15   16,942 12   22,998
Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads 17 12,582 16   13,701 14   16,091 13   18,208 13   22,035
Bacchus Marsh 18 12,107 19   13,046 17   14,914 14   17,303 14   21,692
Wangaratta 12 16,310 13   16,732 13   17,376 12   18,567 15   19,712
Warragul 22 10,405 21   11,333 20   13,081 18   14,274 16   19,134
Horsham 15 13,210 15   13,945 16   15,261 16   15,630 17   16,289
Drysdale - Clifton Springs 28 9,033 25   9,880 26   10,929 24   12,483 18   16,199
Lara 26 9,185 24   10,312 25   11,192 21   13,327 19   15,772
Moe - Newborough 13 15,352[note 3] 14   15,159[note 3] 15   15,293 17   15,062 20   15,758
Drouin 40 5,800 36   6,656 30   9,369 26   11,889 21   14,764
Wallan 50 3,958 45   5,321 36   7,810 34   8,521 22   14,741
Sale 16 12,793 18   13,090 21   12,764 20   13,507 23   14,100
Morwell 14 13,505 17   13,399 18   13,689 19   13,540 24   14,068
Echuca 20 10,926 20   12,399 22   12,611 23   12,902 25   13,764
Bairnsdale 21 10,557 22   11,033 23   11,820 22   12,950 26   13,734
Colac 23 10,164 23   10,560 24   11,416 25   11,890 27   12,348
Leopold 35 6,722 31   7,937 29   9,608 27   11,882 28   12,319
Gisborne 46 4,228 38   6,285 34   8,056 31   9,822 29   10,999
Swan Hill 24 9,738 27   9,705 28   9,876 28   10,603 30   10,869
Castlemaine 34 6,822 34   7,082 33   9,124 30   9,933 31   10,577
Portland 25 9,566 26   9,708 27   9,959 29   10,059 32   10,450
Benalla 29 8,593 30   8,951 32   9,328 32   9,296 33   9,742
Hamilton 27 9,119 28   9,493 31   9,344 33   8,892 34   9,577
Portarlington - St Leonards 44 4,677[note 4] 47   4,947[note 4] 42   6,069[note 4] 41   6,883 35   9,048
Kilmore 55 3,521 48   4,699 41   6,142 39   6,953 36   8,786
Healesville 32 7,132 33   7,216 35   7,992 35   8,483 37   8,698
Yarrawonga 49 4,016 43   5,727 40   6,793 37   7,847 38   8,580
Wonthaggi 37 6,136 37   6,362 37   7,279 36   7,917 39   8,430
Maryborough 31 7,471 32   7,549 38   7,174 38   7,495 40   7,769
Ararat 33 7,043 35   7,066 39   7,023 40   6,924 41   7,015
Cowes 56 3,494 52   4,137 52   4,310 50   4,944 42   6,797
Lakes Entrance 42 5,476 42   5,644 43   5,967 42   6,071 43   6,527
Bannockburn 106 1,518 79   2,426 61   3,512 49   4,997 44   6,178
Inverloch 53 3,737 57   3,532 51   4,456 48   5,066 45   6,046
Seymour 36 6,441 40   5,915 44   5,915 44   5,842 46   6,016
Kyabram 41 5,527 44   5,378 46   5,643 43   5,899 47   6,010
Stawell 39 6,142 41   5,755 45   5,737 45   5,521 48   5,627
Leongatha 47 4,220 50   4,306 48   4,894 47   5,117 49   5,618
Whittlesea 2,370 62   3,412 55   3,952 56   3,917 50   5,497
Cobram 45 4,543 46   4,995 47   5,420 46   5,376 51   5,389
Kyneton 48 4,121 51   4,176 50   4,461 51   4,866 53   5,151
Churchill 43 4,898 49   4,568 49   4,750 52   4,567 56   4,679

Gallery edit

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    Melbourne, the most populated city in Victoria.
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    Looking east over Sturt Street and the CBD toward Bridge Mall from Ballarat Town Hall clock tower
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    Pall Mall and Charing Cross in 1909. Bendigo had become a bustling city with a large transport network.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Due to increased residential development in Officer, which previously provided a non-urban buffer between Pakenham and the rest of the Melbourne metropolitan area, Pakenham began to be counted as part of the greater Melbourne urban centre starting from the 2016 census.
  2. ^ a b This figure is for Torquay only.
  3. ^ a b This figure is for Moe - Yallourn.
  4. ^ a b c This figure is the sum of the populations of Portarlington, Indented Head and St Leonards, which were treated as three neighbouring but distinct urban centres prior to the 2016 census.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Urban Centre and Locality - Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. ^ "2016 Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016.2 - Census of Population and Housing: Selected Characteristics for Urban Centres and Localities, Victoria, 2001
  4. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics TableBuilder: 2006 Census - Persons in Dwellings - persons counted by Urban Centres/Localities
  5. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics TableBuilder: 2011 Census - Persons and Relationships - persons counted by Urban Centres and Localities
  6. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics TableBuilder: 2016 Census - Cultural Diversity - Persons (Place of Usual Residence) counted by Urban Centres and Localities
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