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Top 25 Australia
Metropolitan Areas: 1997

Rank Metropolitan Area 1992 1997 Change
1 Sydney 3,710.2 3,934.7 6.1%
2 Melbourne 3,182.4 3,321.7 4.4%
3 Brisbane 1,388.4 1,548.3 11.5%
4 Perth 1,207.4 1,319.0 9.2%
5 Adelaide 1,066.0 1,083.1 1.6%
6 Newcastle 448.2 468.9 4.6%
7 Gold Coast-Tweed 292.6 367.7 25.7%
8 Canberra-Queanbeyan 327.9 347.1 5.9%
9 Wollongong 247.0 258.1 4.5%
10 Hobart 192.4 195.5 1.6%
11 Sunshine Coast 126.4 162.1 28.2%
12 Geelong 152.3 153.1 0.5%
13 Townsville 115.2 123.6 7.3%
14 Cairns 89.3 109.5 22.6%
15 Launceston 97.2 98.7 1.5%
16 Albury-Wodonga 89.0 93.3 4.8%
17 Toowoomba City 85.1 86.7 1.9%
18 Darwin 77.3 84.3 9.1%
19 Burnie-Devonport 79.0 79.6 0.8%
20 Ballarat 79.5 78.9 -0.8%
21 La Trobe Valley 78.8 75.4 -4.3%
22 Bendigo 72.7 74.8 2.9%
23 Bathurst-Orange 69.7 72.1 3.4%
24 Rockhampton 63.5 64.5 1.6%
25 Mackay 55.7 62.4 12.0%
Population in thousands

Data from Australian Bureau of Statistics


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