This is a list of cities in Oceania (including Australia and Western New Guinea) with a population of over 80,000. National and territorial capitals are shown in bold type. Capitals of Australian states and territories are shown in italics.
| City | Country | Urban area |
Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 5,361,466 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Melbourne | 5,096,298 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Brisbane | 2,568,927 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Perth | 2,099,530 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Auckland | 1,547,200 | Urban area provisional resident population, June 2025[2] | ||
| Adelaide | 1,469,163 | Significant Urban Area, June 2024[1] | ||
| Honolulu | 1,016,508 | Urban Honolulu Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2020 census[3] | ||
| Port Moresby | 756,754 | National census, June 2024[4] | ||
| Gold Coast | 718,772 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Newcastle–Maitland | 505,489 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Canberra–Queanbeyan | 462,984 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Christchurch | 407,800 | Urban area provisional resident population, June 2025[2] | ||
| Jayapura | 398,478 | National census, 2020[5] | ||
| Sunshine Coast | 353,906 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Central Coast | 338,567 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Wollongong | 312,167 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Geelong | 287,704 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Sorong | 284,410 | National census, 2020[5] | ||
| Hobart | 218,386 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Wellington | 209,800 | Urban area provisional resident population, June 2025[2] | ||
| Lae | 203,056 | National census, 2024[4] | ||
| Hamilton | 192,100 | Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025[2] | ||
| Townsville | 184,271 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Tauranga | 160,900 | Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025[2] | ||
| Cairns | 155,529 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Toowoomba | 140,303 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Darwin | 132,921 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Honiara | 129,569 | National census, October 2019[6] | ||
| Papeʻete | 124,274 | Urban area. National census, December 2022[7] | ||
| Lower Hutt | 113,200 | Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025[2] | ||
| Ballarat | 111,348 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Dunedin | 104,000 | Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025[2] | ||
| Bendigo | 103,575 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Mandurah | 98,883 | Significant Urban Area, June 2023[1] | ||
| Albury–Wodonga | 97,274 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Suva | 94,088 | National census, December 2017[8] | ||
| Nasinu | 92,046 | National census, December 2017[8] | ||
| Launceston | 88,884 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ||
| Nouméa | 85,976 | National census, April 2025[9] | ||
| Palmerston North | 81,200 | Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025[2] | ||
See also
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