New South Wales (NSW) is Australia’s fifth biggest state and covers an area of 801,428 km². If it were a country in its own right, it would probably be the 37th biggest in the world, just behind Pakistan but ahead of Turkey. The UK could fit into NSW about 3 1/4 times and it is bigger than California and New Mexico put together.
It has a population of around 7.41 million people. It is known as “The Premier State” and the residents are known as “Cockroaches” – very nice!
The second most visited location in NSW is why Byron Bay, Australia mainland’s furthest point east. But the main attractions are, of course, Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House, both in Sydney.
Famous Australians originally from the state include Clive James, satirist, Paul Hogan, comedian turned Crocodile Dundee, Kerry Packer, media magnate and film directors Baz Luhrmann and Peter Weir.
Places in New South Wales
Sydney is the capital of New South Wales, but there are plenty of other towns and localities with a population in excess of 10,000 people.
Populations of places change on a daily basis. When I compiled this list in 2011, I got my population figures from various sources and some of them are from the census of 2006. I have decided not to try to constantly update these population numbers, so if you are interested in a certain city or town, then you may want to search online for updated information about the population.
That way you can see if the population is growing, unchanged or shrinking.
Here’s the list….
- Newcastle – about 289,000
- Gosford – around 283,000
- Wollongong – about 235,000
- Maitland – over 60,000
- Albury 48,000
- Wagga Wagga – about 47,000
- Port Macquarie – roughly 40,000
- Tamworth – about 33,000
- Orange – just over 31,000
- Dubbo – around 30,000
- Bathurst – 29,000
- Nowra-Bomaderry- over 27,000
- Lismore- about 27,000
- Coffs Harbour – 26,000
- Richmond-Windsor – 25,000
- Goulburn – just over 20,000
- Armidalle – nearly 20,000
- Broken Hill – 19,000
- Forster-Tuncurry 18,000
- Cessnock – 18,000
- Grafton – 17,000
- Taree – 16,000
- Ballina – 16,000
- Griffith – 16,000
- Sawtell – 15,000
- Singlet – nearly 14,000
- Raymond Terrace – 12,000
- Kurri Kurri-Weston – 12,000
- Kiama – 12,000
- Bowral – 11,000
- Lithgow – just over 11,000
- Batemans Bay – about 11,000
- Ulladulla – just over 10,000
- Muswellbrook- just over 10,000
Then, of course, there are all those towns with a population below 10,000, including the already mentioned Byron Bay, which has about 9,000 residents. Perhaps you live in one of these towns, and if you do, why not tell us about it in the comments below…
