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 |
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Sydney | ![]() |
5,361,466 | Estimated resident population, June 2021[1] |
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Melbourne | ![]() |
5,096,298 | Estimated resident population, June 2021[1] | ![]() |
Brisbane | ![]() |
2,568,927 | Estimated resident population, June 2021[1] | ![]() |
Perth | ![]() |
2,099,530 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ![]() |
Auckland | ![]() |
1,715,600 | Urban area provisional resident population, June 2023[2] | ![]() |
Adelaide | ![]() |
1,359,087 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ![]() |
Honolulu | ![]() |
1,016,508 | Urban Honolulu Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2020 estimate[3] | |
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] | ![]() |
Wellington | ![]() |
439,200 | Estimated resident population, June 2021[4] | |
Christchurch | ![]() |
392,100 | Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023[2] | ![]() |
Port Moresby | ![]() |
364,145 | National census 2011 | |
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] | ![]() |
Hobart | ![]() |
218,386 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ![]() |
Townsville | ![]() |
184,271 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ![]() |
Nouméa | ![]() |
179,509 | Metropolitan area. National census, August 2014[5] | ![]() |
Hamilton | ![]() |
178,500 | Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023[2] | ![]() |
Cairns | ![]() |
155,529 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | |
Tauranga | ![]() |
155,200 | Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023[2] | ![]() |
Toowoomba | ![]() |
140,303 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ![]() |
Papeete | ![]() |
136,771 | Urban area. National census, August 2017[6] | ![]() |
Dunedin | ![]() |
133,300 | Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023[2] | ![]() |
Darwin | ![]() |
132,921 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ![]() |
Ballarat | ![]() |
111,348 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ![]() |
Bendigo | ![]() |
103,575 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ![]() |
Lae | ![]() |
100,677 | National census 2011 | ![]() |
Mandurah | ![]() |
98,883 | Significant Urban Area, June 2023[1] | ![]() |
Albury–Wodonga | ![]() |
97,274 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | ![]() |
Palmerston North | ![]() |
90,500 | Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2023[2] | ![]() |
Launceston | ![]() |
88,884 | Significant Urban Area, June 2021[1] | |
Suva | ![]() |
87,000 | National census 2019 | ![]() |
Honiara | ![]() |
84,520 | National census 2017 | ![]() |