List of the most populous metropolitan areas in Oceania
This list ranks metropolitan areas in Oceania by their population; it includes metropolitan areas that have a population of over 100,000 people.
Sources and definitions [ edit ] Metropolitan areas are listed as defined by their jurisdiction.
For Australia , metropolitan areas are defined as per the Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA) or Significant Urban Area (SUA) designations of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), as appropriate.
For New Zealand , metropolitan areas are defined as per the Functional Urban Area (FUA) classification[1] and population statistics are sourced from the Statistics New Zealand population estimates and projections.
For the United States , metropolitan areas are defined as per the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as defined by The United States Office of Management and Budget.
Rank Metropolitan area name Country Population Urban area (km2 ) Urban population density (people/km2 ) Territorial area (km2 ) Regions and municipalities encompassed 1 Greater Sydney Australia 5,367,206[2] 2,554.00[3] 2,101 16,367.70 Sydney , Parramatta , Penrith Greater Western Sydney , Central Coast (sometimes) 2 Greater Melbourne Australia 5,159,211[2] 2,453.00[3] 2,103 9,993.00 Melbourne , Bacchus Marsh , Gisborne -Macedon , Melton 3 Greater Brisbane Australia 2,560,720[2] 1,342.70 1,025 15,842.00 City of Brisbane , Ipswich , Logan City , Moreton Bay , Redland City 4 Greater Perth Australia 2,125,114[2] 1,150.00 1,089 6,417.90 Perth , Yanchep 5 Auckland New Zealand 1,706,384[4] 747.50[5] 2,410 3,358,80 Auckland , Hibiscus Coast , Pukekohe , Helensville , Waimauku , Kumeu -Huapai , Riverhead , Beachlands-Pine Harbour , Maraetai , Waiuku , Tuakau , Pokeno [1] 6 Greater Adelaide Australia 1,359,760[2] 750.44 1,393 3,259.80 Adelaide , Adelaide Hills 7 Urban Honolulu United States 953,207[6] 440.70[7] 2,238 1,560.00 Honolulu , Honolulu County 8 Gold Coast –Tweed Heads Australia 709,495[2] 648.00 926 Gold Coast , Tweed Heads 9 Christchurch [8] New Zealand 521,881[4] 387.20[5] 1,290 2,408.10 Christchurch , Rolleston , Lincoln , Prebbleton , Leeston , West Melton , Kaiapoi , Rangiora , Woodend , Pegasus [1] 10 Newcastle –Maitland Australia 498,095[2] 441.20 907 Newcastle , Maitland 11 Canberra –Queanbeyan Australia 464,995[2] 401.40 1,158 2,342.00 Canberra , Queanbeyan 12 Wellington New Zealand 447,310[4] 379.72[5] 1,309 1,754.90 Wellington , Porirua , Lower Hutt , Upper Hutt , Featherston , Greytown [1] 13 Jayapura Indonesia 398,478[9] 935.9 274 940.00 Jayapura 14 Port Moresby Papua New Guinea 364,145[10] 266.50 1,366 Port Moresby 15 Sunshine Coast Australia 348,343[2] 321.00 758 Sunshine Coast , Noosa 16 Sorong metropolitan area Indonesia 345,342[9] 656.60 290 Sorong , Sorong Regency 17 Central Coast Australia 337,284[2] 1,681.00 206 Gosford , Wyong , Terrigal 18 Wollongong Australia 309,345[2] 684.00 323 Wollongong 19 Geelong Australia 282,412[2] 168.60 932 Geelong 20 Greater Suva Urban Area Fiji 221,150[11] 50.00 180 521 Suva , Nasinu , Nausori , Lami 21 Hamilton New Zealand 224,895[4] 119.80[5] 1,617 1,412.70 Hamilton , Ngaruawahia [1] 22 Hobart Australia 219,071[2] 77.91 696 Hobart 23 Townsville Australia 183,322[2] 261.30 646 Townsville 24 Greater Nouméa Urban Area New Caledonia 182,341[12] 122.45 1489 1,643.00[13] Nouméa , Dumbéa , Le Mont-Dore , Païta 25 Tauranga New Zealand 182,743[4] 139.20[5] 1,132 790.20 Tauranga , Omokoroa [1] 26 Cairns Australia 155,340[2] 198.60 729 Cairns 27 Dededo-Machanao-Apotgan Urban Cluster Guam 139,825[6] 93.6 677 Dededo , Machanao , Apotgan 28 Toowoomba Australia 139,526[2] 114.1 877 Toowoomba 29 Papeete French Polynesia 136,771[12] 299.50[13] 1,547 457 Papeete , Pīra'e , Arue , Māhina , Fa'a'ā , Puna'auia , Pā'ea 30 Darwin Australia 133,268[2] 111.30 727 Darwin 31 Greater Honiara Area Solomon Islands 130,176[14] 133.00[15] 979 2,746 Honiara , Tandai , Malango 32 Dunedin New Zealand 132,623[4] 163.10[5] 410 1,033.8 Dunedin , Brighton , Mosgiel , Waikouaiti [1] 33 Ballarat Australia 109,533[2] 739.00 153 Ballarat 34 Manokwari Indonesia 107,325[9] 392.08 274 8,665 Manokwari 35 Bendigo Australia 102,499[2] 164.90 560 Bendigo 36 Lae Papua New Guinea 100,677[10] 130.89 1,138 Lae , Ahi Rural LLG
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