Highest Population Suburbs in Australia

Point Cook, VIC has the highest population of any Australian suburb: 66,781 at the 2021 Census (ABS). Craigieburn, VIC (65,178) and Tarneit, VIC (56,370) follow. Victoria holds 54 of the top 100.

Top 100 most populated suburbs in Australia. Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, suburbs and localities with more than 0 residents.

Suburbs by state

How many of the top 100 suburbs are in each state and territory.

VIC 54

NSW 30

QLD 9

WA 5

SA 2

Top 20

Population for the first 20 suburbs in the ranking.

PopulationValid: Census 2021 · Source: ABS

Full top 100

#	Suburb	State	Population	Population
1	Point Cook	VIC	66,781	66,781
2	Craigieburn	VIC	65,178	65,178
3	Tarneit	VIC	56,370	56,370
4	Melbourne	VIC	54,941	54,941
5	Pakenham	VIC	54,118	54,118
6	Reservoir	VIC	51,096	51,096
7	Blacktown	NSW	50,961	50,961
8	Berwick	VIC	50,298	50,298
9	Werribee	VIC	50,027	50,027
10	Port Macquarie	NSW	47,693	47,693
11	Dubbo	NSW	43,516	43,516
12	Glen Waverley	VIC	42,642	42,642
13	Orange	NSW	41,232	41,232
14	Castle Hill	NSW	40,874	40,874
15	Auburn	NSW	39,333	39,333
16	Sunbury	VIC	38,851	38,851
17	St Albans	VIC	38,042	38,042
18	Baldivis	WA	37,697	37,697
19	Baulkham Hills	NSW	37,415	37,415
20	Frankston	VIC	37,331	37,331
21	Hoppers Crossing	VIC	37,216	37,216
22	Southport	QLD	36,786	36,786
23	Truganina	VIC	36,305	36,305
24	Mount Waverley	VIC	35,340	35,340
25	Bankstown	NSW	34,933	34,933
26	Mildura	VIC	34,565	34,565
27	Canning Vale	WA	34,504	34,504
28	Preston	VIC	33,790	33,790
29	Rowville	VIC	33,571	33,571
30	Epping	VIC	33,489	33,489
31	Merrylands	NSW	32,472	32,472
32	Noble Park	VIC	32,257	32,257
33	Shepparton	VIC	32,067	32,067
34	Ryde	NSW	31,907	31,907
35	Clyde North	VIC	31,681	31,681
36	Buderim	QLD	31,430	31,430
37	Warrnambool	VIC	31,308	31,308
38	Hurstville	NSW	31,162	31,162
39	Liverpool	NSW	31,078	31,078
40	Doncaster East	VIC	30,926	30,926
41	Narre Warren South	VIC	30,909	30,909
42	Maroubra	NSW	30,722	30,722
43	Parramatta	NSW	30,211	30,211
44	Bentleigh East	VIC	30,159	30,159
45	Dandenong	VIC	30,127	30,127
46	Keysborough	VIC	30,018	30,018
47	Epping	NSW	29,551	29,551
48	Caboolture	QLD	29,534	29,534
49	Randwick	NSW	28,943	28,943
50	Mill Park	VIC	28,712	28,712
51	Croydon	VIC	28,608	28,608
52	Richmond	VIC	28,587	28,587
53	Mosman	NSW	28,329	28,329
54	Bundoora	VIC	28,068	28,068
55	Carlingford	NSW	28,044	28,044
56	Quakers Hill	NSW	27,893	27,893
57	Narre Warren	VIC	27,689	27,689
58	Ferntree Gully	VIC	27,398	27,398
59	Upper Coomera	QLD	27,180	27,180
60	Doreen	VIC	27,122	27,122
61	Coffs Harbour	NSW	27,089	27,089
62	Kellyville	NSW	27,011	27,011
63	Traralgon	VIC	26,907	26,907
64	Coburg	VIC	26,574	26,574
65	Marrickville	NSW	26,570	26,570
66	Surfers Paradise	QLD	26,412	26,412
67	Greenacre	NSW	26,314	26,314
68	Campsie	NSW	26,132	26,132
69	Glen Iris	VIC	26,131	26,131
70	Hampton Park	VIC	26,082	26,082
71	Strathfield	NSW	25,915	25,915
72	Mornington	VIC	25,759	25,759
73	Robina	QLD	25,659	25,659
74	Mount Gambier	SA	25,591	25,591
75	Chatswood	NSW	25,553	25,553
76	Northcote	VIC	25,276	25,276
77	South Yarra	VIC	25,028	25,028
78	Glenmore Park	NSW	25,021	25,021
79	Doncaster	VIC	25,020	25,020
80	South Morang	VIC	24,989	24,989
81	Morayfield	QLD	24,898	24,898
82	Brunswick	VIC	24,896	24,896
83	Cranbourne North	VIC	24,683	24,683
84	Cranbourne East	VIC	24,679	24,679
85	Ellenbrook	WA	24,668	24,668
86	Pimpama	QLD	24,601	24,601
87	Kew	VIC	24,499	24,499
88	Caroline Springs	VIC	24,488	24,488
89	Endeavour Hills	VIC	24,455	24,455
90	Wollert	VIC	24,407	24,407
91	Redbank Plains	QLD	24,349	24,349
92	Dianella	WA	24,169	24,169
93	Roxburgh Park	VIC	24,129	24,129
94	Guildford	NSW	24,091	24,091
95	Morphett Vale	SA	24,002	24,002
96	Cheltenham	VIC	23,992	23,992
97	Armidale	NSW	23,967	23,967
98	Goulburn	NSW	23,963	23,963
99	Glenroy	VIC	23,792	23,792
100	Thornlie	WA	23,665	23,665

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Data: ABS Census 2021, Suburb and Locality (SAL) level. Minimum population filter: 0.