List of cities 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
Melbourne  Australia 5,096,298 Estimated resident population, June 2021
Brisbane  Australia 2,568,927 Estimated resident population, June 2021
Perth  Australia 2,099,530 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Auckland  New Zealand 1,797,300 Urban area provisional resident population, June 2025
Adelaide  Australia 1,469,163 Significant Urban Area, June 2024
Honolulu  United States 1,016,508 Urban Honolulu Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2020 estimate
Gold Coast  Australia 718,772 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Newcastle–Maitland  Australia 505,489 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Christchurch  New Zealand 470,814 Functional urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, February 2021
Canberra–Queanbeyan  Australia 462,984 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Wellington–Hutt Valley–Porirua  New Zealand 432,600 Metropolitan area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025
Jayapura  Indonesia 414,862 National census 2020
Port Moresby  Papua New Guinea 364,145 National census 2011
Sunshine Coast  Australia 353,906 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Central Coast  Australia 338,567 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Wollongong  Australia 312,167 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Geelong  Australia 287,704 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Sorong  Indonesia 284,410 National census 2020
Hobart  Australia 218,386 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Townsville  Australia 184,271 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Nouméa  New Caledonia 179,509 Metropolitan area. National census, August 2014
Hamilton  New Zealand 178,500 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025
Cairns  Australia 155,529 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Tauranga  New Zealand 155,200 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025
Toowoomba  Australia 140,303 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Papeete  French Polynesia 136,771 Urban area. National census, August 2017
Dunedin  New Zealand 133,300 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025
Darwin  Australia 132,921 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Ballarat  Australia 111,348 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Bendigo  Australia 103,575 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Lae  Papua New Guinea 100,677 National census 2011
Mandurah  Australia 98,883 Significant Urban Area, June 2023
Albury–Wodonga  Australia 97,274 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Palmerston North  New Zealand 90,500 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2025
Launceston  Australia 88,884 Significant Urban Area, June 2021
Suva  Fiji 87,000 National census 2019
Honiara  Solomon Islands 84,520 National census 2017

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