List of cities in Australia

The definition of a city in Australia varies between the states.

State capital cities may include multiple local government areas (LGAs) within their boundaries and these LGAs may be cities in their own right.

Cities listed below are those as defined by the states in which they are located.

[1] Although the present version of the Act specifies no criteria for city status,[2] a previous version of the Act specified that to be a city, a Council area must: New South Wales, therefore, has two types of "city": cities that are acknowledged on the register of the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales,[4] and local government areas that have been proclaimed as cities but are not acknowledged on the Geographical Names Register.

This list includes local government areas inside the Sydney metropolitan area but excludes cities also acknowledged on the Geographical Names Register: Former local government areas that were accorded city status (however since amalgamated) include: Other towns or suburban areas whose local government was accorded city status (including those since amalgamated) include: Local government areas with city status not listed above, all of which lie within Perth's metropolitan area, include: National and ACTCanberra NSWSydney NTDarwin QLDBrisbane SAAdelaide TASHobart VICMelbourne WAPerth