Australia Biggest Cities Quiz — Rules & What Counts
Australia counts each city as its whole urban area, because the city councils are tiny. The City of Sydney council has about 200,000 people; the Sydney urban area has almost five million.
The map shows Australia alone, in detail. Each dot sits at the exact position of the city centre.
How to play
Each city is a red dot on the map from the start. The dots show where the cities are, not which one is which.
A numbered list on the left shows the ranks 1 to 10. Type the city names in any order.
You can start to type right away. You do not need to click the answer box first.
A correct name turns the dot and its rank green and shows the name and the population.
Local names, old names and English names count. Accents are not required.
A timer tracks your run. The quiz saves your best score and best time.
If you are stuck, use the give up button. The map then shows the cities you missed.
What counts in this quiz
Exactly 10 cities, ranked by population of the urban area (the ABS significant urban area).
The figures are from 2021 census and are rounded.
Sydney is the biggest city with about 4.9M people.
What's not included — and why
The Central Coast north of Sydney is a separate urban area of about 340,000 people, but it has no city centre of its own and is left out.
Geelong, Hobart and Townsville fall just outside the top 10.
Good to know
Sydney and Melbourne together hold about 40 percent of all Australians.
The Gold Coast is the biggest Australian city that is not a state capital.
Canberra was built as the capital because Sydney and Melbourne could not agree which of them should be.