List of cities in Oceania by population

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
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Sydney  Australia 5,361,466 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Melbourne  Australia 5,096,298 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Brisbane  Australia 2,568,927 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Perth  Australia 2,099,530 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Auckland  New Zealand 1,547,200 Urban area provisional resident population, June 2025[2]
Adelaide  Australia 1,469,163 Significant Urban Area, June 2024[1]
Honolulu  United States 1,016,508 Urban Honolulu Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2020 census[3]
Port Moresby  Papua New Guinea 756,754 National census, June 2024[4]
Gold Coast  Australia 718,772 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
NewcastleMaitland  Australia 505,489 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
CanberraQueanbeyan  Australia 462,984 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Christchurch  New Zealand 407,800 Urban area provisional resident population, June 2025[2]
Jayapura  Indonesia 398,478 National census, 2020[5]
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[5]
Hobart  Australia 218,386 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Wellington  New Zealand 209,800 Urban area provisional resident population, June 2025[2]
Lae  Papua New Guinea 203,056 National census, 2024[4]
Hamilton  New Zealand 192,100 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025[2]
Townsville  Australia 184,271 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Tauranga  New Zealand 160,900 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025[2]
Cairns  Australia 155,529 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Toowoomba  Australia 140,303 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Darwin  Australia 132,921 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Honiara  Solomon Islands 129,569 National census, October 2019[6]
Papeʻete  French Polynesia 124,274 Urban area. National census, December 2022[7]
Lower Hutt  New Zealand 113,200 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025[2]
Ballarat  Australia 111,348 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Dunedin  New Zealand 104,000 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025[2]
Bendigo  Australia 103,575 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Mandurah  Australia 98,883 Significant Urban Area, June 2023[1] Mandurah Foreshore (3142447037)
AlburyWodonga  Australia 97,274 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Suva  Fiji 94,088 National census, December 2017[8]
Nasinu  Fiji 92,046 National census, December 2017[8]
Launceston  Australia 88,884 Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1]
Nouméa  New Caledonia 85,976 National census, April 2025[9]
Palmerston North  New Zealand 81,200 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025[2]

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Statistics. "Population estimates by LGA, Significant Urban Area, Remoteness Area and electoral division, 2001 to 2021". abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Subnational population estimates - Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  3. "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "2024 National Population Census: Final Figures" (PDF). National Statistical Office of Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby. 16 June 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 May 2026. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Indonesia: Administrative Division (Provinces, Regencies and Cities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
  6. "2019 Population and Housing Census National Report" (PDF). Solomon Islands National Statistics Office. 30 October 2023. p. xxiii. Archived from the original on 18 July 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  7. "Les résultats du recensement de la population 2022 de Polynésie française" [Results of the 2022 population census of French Polynesia] (PDF) (in French). Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. 3 January 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2026.
  8. 1 2 "2017 Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Fiji Bureau Of Statistics. Suva. September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 December 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  9. "Population aux différents recensements" [Population at various census dates] (XLSX) (in French). ISEE. 29 July 2025. Archived from the original on 15 April 2026. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
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