List of places in Victoria by population

This is a list of places in the Australian state of Victoria by population.

Urban centres are defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as being a population cluster of 1,000 or more people. For statistical purposes, people living in urban centres are classified as urban. The below figures represent the populations of the contiguous built-up areas of each city.

Melbourne, the most populated city in Victoria.

Looking south over Sturt Street and the CBD toward Bridge Mall from Ballarat Town Hall clock tower

Pall Mall and Charing Cross in 1909. Bendigo had become a bustling city with a large transport network.

Rank	Urban Centre	Population
		2006 census[1]	2016 census[2]
1	Melbourne	3,371,888	4,529,500
2	Geelong	137,220	187,417
3	Ballarat	78,221	99,841
4	Bendigo	76,051	92,888
6	Melton	35,490	59,500
8	Pakenham	18,804	32,911
9	Mildura	30,016	31,361
10	Wodonga	29,710	31,605
11	Warrnambool	28,150	29,284
12	Traralgon	21,960	24,590
13	Wangaratta	16,845	17,377
14	Ocean Grove-Barwon Heads	14,125	16,093
15	Moe-Yallourn	15,582	15,292
16	Horsham	14,125	15,292
17	Bacchus Marsh	13,261	14,913
18	Morwell	13,399	13,691
19	Torquay-Jan Juc	9,851	13,339
20	Warragul	11,498	13,081
21	Sale	13,336	12,766
22	Echuca	12,358	12,613
23	Bairnsdale	11,282	11,820
24	Colac	10,857	11,415
25	Lara	10,525	11,192
26	Drysdale-Clifton Springs	10,217	10,927
27	Portland	9,820	9,950
28	Swan Hill	9,684	9,894
29	Leopold	8,160	9,608
30	Drouin	6,858	9,368
31	Hamilton	9,379	9,346
32	Benalla	9,129	9,328
33	Castlemaine	7,248	9,124
34	Gisborne	6,398	8,057
35	Healesville	7,355	7,993
36	Wallan	5,410	7,811
37	Wonthaggi	6,529	7,279
38	Maryborough	7,692	7,174
39	Ararat	7,169	7,024
40	Yarrawonga	5,727	6,793
41	Kilmore	4,721	6,142
42	Lakes Entrance	5,548	5,965
43	Seymour	6,063	5,914
44	Stawell	5,877	5,734
45	Kyabram	5,623	5,642
46	Cobram	5,063	5,420
47	Maffra	4,046	5,112
48	Leongatha	4,504	4,894
49	Churchill	4,588	4,750
50	Kyneton	4,286	4,460

See also

• Demographics of Australia
• List of cities in Australia
• List of places in South Australia by population
• List of places in Queensland by population

References

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