List of metropolitan areas in Oceania by population

This is a list of metropolitan areas. For a list of cities proper, see List of cities in Oceania by population.

This list ranks metropolitan areas in Oceania by their population; it includes metropolitan areas that have a population of over 100,000 people.

Sources and definitions

Metropolitan areas are listed as defined by their jurisdiction.

For Australia, metropolitan areas are defined as per the Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA) or Significant Urban Area (SUA) designations of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), as appropriate.

For New Zealand, metropolitan areas are defined as per the Functional Urban Area (FUA) classification^[1] and population statistics are sourced from the Statistics New Zealand population estimates and projections.

For the United States, metropolitan areas are defined as per the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as defined by The United States Office of Management and Budget.

Metropolitan areas

Rank	Metropolitan area name	Country	Population	Urban area (km2)	Urban population density (people/km2)	Territorial area (km2)	Regions and municipalities encompassed
1	Greater Sydney	Australia	5,367,206[2]	2,554.00[3]	2,101	16,367.70	Sydney, Parramatta, Penrith Greater Western Sydney, Central Coast (sometimes)
2	Greater Melbourne	Australia	5,159,211[2]	2,453.00[3]	2,103	9,993.00	Melbourne, Bacchus Marsh, Gisborne-Macedon, Melton
3	Greater Brisbane	Australia	2,560,720[2]	1,342.70	1,025	15,842.00	City of Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan City, Moreton Bay, Redland City
4	Greater Perth	Australia	2,125,114[2]	1,150.00	1,089	6,417.90	Perth, Yanchep
5	Auckland	New Zealand	1,765,964[4]	747.50[5]	2,410	3,358,80	Auckland, Hibiscus Coast, Pukekohe, Helensville, Waimauku, Kumeu-Huapai, Riverhead, Beachlands-Pine Harbour, Maraetai, Waiuku, Tuakau, Pokeno[1]
6	Greater Adelaide	Australia	1,359,760[2]	750.44	1,393	3,259.80	Adelaide, Adelaide Hills
7	Urban Honolulu	United States	1,016,508[6]	440.70[7]	2,238	1,560.00	Honolulu, Honolulu County
8	Gold Coast–Tweed Heads	Australia	709,495[2]	648.00	926		Gold Coast, Tweed Heads
9	Christchurch[8]	New Zealand	545,171[4]	387.20[5]	1,290	2,408.10	Christchurch, Rolleston, Lincoln, Prebbleton, Leeston, West Melton, Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Woodend, Pegasus[1]
10	Newcastle–Maitland	Australia	498,095[2]	441.20	907		Newcastle, Maitland
11	Canberra–Queanbeyan	Australia	464,995[2]	401.40	1,158	2,342.00	Canberra, Queanbeyan
12	Wellington	New Zealand	447,230[4]	379.72[5]	1,309	1,754.90	Wellington, Porirua, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Featherston, Greytown[1]
13	Jayapura	Indonesia	398,478[9]	935.9	274	940.00	Jayapura
14	Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea	364,145[10]	266.50	1,366		Port Moresby
15	Sunshine Coast	Australia	348,343[2]	321.00	758		Sunshine Coast, Noosa
16	Sorong metropolitan area	Indonesia	345,342[9]	656.60	290		Sorong, Sorong Regency
17	Central Coast	Australia	337,284[2]	1,681.00	206		Gosford, Wyong, Terrigal
18	Wollongong	Australia	309,345[2]	684.00	323		Wollongong
19	Geelong	Australia	282,412[2]	168.60	932		Geelong
20	Greater Suva Urban Area	Fiji	221,150[11]	50.00	180	521	Suva, Nasinu, Nausori, Lami
21	Hamilton	New Zealand	231,965[4]	119.80[5]	1,617	1,412.70	Hamilton, Ngaruawahia[1]
22	Hobart	Australia	219,071[2]	77.91	696		Hobart
23	Townsville	Australia	183,322[2]	261.30	646		Townsville
24	Greater Nouméa Urban Area	New Caledonia	182,341[12]	122.45	1489	1,643.00[13]	Nouméa, Dumbéa, Le Mont-Dore, Païta
25	Tauranga	New Zealand	184,423[4]	139.20[5]	1,132	790.20	Tauranga, Omokoroa[1]
26	Cairns	Australia	155,340[2]	198.60	729		Cairns
27	Dededo-Machanao-Apotgan Urban Cluster	Guam	139,825[6]	93.6	677		Dededo, Machanao, Apotgan
28	Toowoomba	Australia	139,526[2]	114.1	877		Toowoomba
29	Papeete	French Polynesia	136,771[12]	299.50[13]	1,547	457	Papeete, Pīra'e, Arue, Māhina, Fa'a'ā, Puna'auia, Pā'ea
30	Darwin	Australia	133,268[2]	111.30	727		Darwin
31	Greater Honiara Area	Solomon Islands	130,176[14]	133.00[15]	979	2,746	Honiara, Tandai, Malango
32	Dunedin	New Zealand	133,583[4]	163.10[5]	410	1,033.8	Dunedin, Brighton, Mosgiel, Waikouaiti[1]
33	Ballarat	Australia	109,533[2]	739.00	153		Ballarat
34	Manokwari	Indonesia	107,325[9]	392.08	274	8,665	Manokwari
35	Bendigo	Australia	102,499[2]	164.90	560		Bendigo
36	Lae	Papua New Guinea	100,677[10]	130.89	1,138		Lae, Ahi Rural LLG

See also

• List of cities in Oceania by population
• Lists of cities in Oceania

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