List of cities in Oceania by population

For a list of metropolitan areas, see List of metropolitan areas in Oceania by population.

This is a list of cities in Oceania (including Australia) with a population of over 80,000. National and territorial capitals are shown in bold type.

City	Country	Urban area	Notes	Image
Sydney	Australia	5,361,466	Estimated resident population, June 2021[1]
Melbourne	Australia	5,096,298	Estimated resident population, June 2021[1]
Brisbane	Australia	2,568,927	Estimated resident population, June 2021[1]
Perth	Australia	2,099,530	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Auckland	New Zealand	1,715,600	Urban area provisional resident population, June 2024[2]
Adelaide	Australia	1,359,087	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Honolulu	United States	1,016,508	Urban Honolulu Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2020 estimate[3]
Gold Coast	Australia	718,772	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Newcastle–Maitland	Australia	505,489	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Canberra–Queanbeyan	Australia	462,984	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Jayapura	Indonesia	414,862	National census 2020[4]
Christchurch	New Zealand	384,800	Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2024[2]
Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea	364,145	National census 2011
Sunshine Coast	Australia	353,906	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Central Coast	Australia	338,567	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Wollongong	Australia	312,167	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Geelong	Australia	287,704	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Sorong	Indonesia	284,410	National census 2020[4]
Wellington	New Zealand	215,200	Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2024[2]
Hobart	Australia	218,386	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Townsville	Australia	184,271	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Nouméa	New Caledonia	179,509	Metropolitan area. National census, August 2014[5]
Hamilton	New Zealand	178,500	Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2024[2]
Cairns	Australia	155,529	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Tauranga	New Zealand	155,200	Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2024[2]
Toowoomba	Australia	140,303	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Papeete	French Polynesia	136,771	Urban area. National census, August 2017[6]
Dunedin	New Zealand	133,300	Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2024[2]
Darwin	Australia	132,921	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Ballarat	Australia	111,348	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Bendigo	Australia	103,575	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Lae	Papua New Guinea	100,677	National census 2011
Mandurah	Australia	98,883	Significant Urban Area, June 2023[1]
Albury–Wodonga	Australia	97,274	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Palmerston North	New Zealand	90,500	Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2024[2]
Launceston	Australia	88,884	Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Suva	Fiji	87,000	National census 2019
Honiara	Solomon Islands	84,520	National census 2017

See also

• Lists of cities in Oceania
• Cities portal
• Oceania portal
• Geography portal