Editing New South Wales (section)

===Cities and towns===
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| caption1          = [[Sydney]] is Australia's most populous city.
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| caption2          = [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]]
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| caption3          = [[Wollongong]]
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right"
|+Population by Statistical Area Level 4 and 3
|-
! scope="col" | NSW rank
! scope="col" | Statistical Area Level 2
! scope="col" | Population<br />(30 June 2014)<ref name="3218.0">{{cite web |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2013–14 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02013-14?OpenDocument |date=31 March 2015 |access-date=20 December 2018 |archive-date=20 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230833/http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02013-14?OpenDocument |url-status=live }}</ref>
! scope="col" | 10-year growth rate
! scope="col" | Population density (people/km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
| scope="row" | 1
| style="text-align:left" | Greater [[Sydney]]
| 4,940,628
| 15.7
| 397.4
|-
| scope="row" | 2
| style="text-align:left" | {{NSWcity|Newcastle}} and [[City of Lake Macquarie|Lake Macquarie]]
| 368,131
| 9.0
| 423.1
|-
| scope="row" | 3
| style="text-align:left" | [[Illawarra]]
| 296,845
| 9.3
| 192.9
|-
| scope="row" | 4
| style="text-align:left" | [[Hunter Region|Hunter Valley]] excluding Newcastle
| 264,087
| 16.2
| 12.3
|-
| scope="row" | 5
| style="text-align:left" | [[Northern Rivers|Richmond Tweed]]
| 242,116
| 8.9
| 23.6
|-
| scope="row" | 6
| style="text-align:left" | Capital region
| 220,944
| 10.9
| 4.3
|-
| scope="row" | 7
| style="text-align:left" | [[Mid North Coast]]
| 212,787
| 9.2
| 11.3
|-
| scope="row" | 8
| style="text-align:left" | [[Central West (New South Wales)|Central West]]
| 209,850
| 7.9
| 3.0
|-
| scope="row" | 9
| style="text-align:left" | New England and North West
| 186,262
| 5.3
| 1.9
|-
| scope="row" | 10
| style="text-align:left" | [[Riverina]]
| 158,144
| 4.7
| 2.8
|-
| scope="row" | 11
| style="text-align:left" | Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven
| 146,388
| 10.4
| 21.8
|-
| scope="row" | 12
| style="text-align:left" | Coffs Harbour-Grafton
| 136,418
| 7.6
| 10.3
|-
| scope="row" | 13
| style="text-align:left" | Far West and Orana
| 119,742
| 0.3
| 0.4
|-
| scope="row" | 14
| style="text-align:left" | Murray
| 116,130
| 4.0
| 1.2
|-
| scope="row" |
| style="text-align:left" | New South Wales
| 7,518,472
| 10.4
| 13.0
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right"
|+Population by Significant Urban Area
|-
! scope="col" | NSW rank
! scope="col" | Significant Urban Area
! scope="col" | Population<br />(30 June 2018/[[2021 Australian census|2021 Census]])<ref name="3218.0a">{{cite web |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017–18 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18?OpenDocument |date=27 March 2019 |access-date=28 December 2019 |archive-date=16 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316154835/https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18?OpenDocument |url-status=live }}</ref>
! scope="col" | Australia rank
! scope="col" | 10-year growth rate
|-
| scope="row" | 1
| [[Sydney]]
| 4,835,206
| 1
| 19.3
|-
|–
|[[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]] – [[Tweed Heads, New South Wales|Tweed Heads]]
|654,073
|6
|–
|-
| scope="row" | 2
| {{NSWcity|Newcastle}} – {{NSWcity|Maitland}}
| 505,489
| 7
| 11.3
|-
| scope="row" | 3
| [[Gosford]] ([[Central Coast (New South Wales)|Central Coast]])
| 338,567
| 9
| 19.5
|-
| scope="row" | 4
| [[Wollongong]]
| 312,167
| 11
| 11.2
|-
| scope="row" | –
| [[Albury, New South Wales|Albury]] – [[Wodonga]]
| 97,274<!-- This figure includes Wodonga in Victoria. -->
| 20
| 14.9
|-
| scope="row" | 5
| [[Coffs Harbour]]
| 71,822
| 25
| 11.8
|-
| scope="row" | 6
| [[Wagga Wagga]]
| 67,609
| 28
| 6.7
|-
|7
|[[Albury]]
|56,093
|30
|14.9
|-
| scope="row" | 8
| [[Port Macquarie, New South Wales|Port Macquarie]]
| 47,973
| 33
| 15.6
|-
| scope="row" | 9
| [[Tamworth, New South Wales|Tamworth]]
| 42,872
| 34
| 10.9
|-
| scope="row" | 10
| [[Orange, New South Wales|Orange]]
| 40,493
| 36
| 12.9
|-
| scope="row" | 11
| [[Bowral]] – [[Mittagong]]
| 39,887
| 37
| 13.5
|-
| scope="row" | 12
| [[Dubbo, New South Wales|Dubbo]]
| 38,392
| 39
| 12.2
|-
| scope="row" | 13
| [[Nowra, New South Wales|Nowra]] – [[Bomaderry, New South Wales|Bomaderry]]
| 37,420
| 42
| 14
|-
| scope="row" | 14
| [[Bathurst, New South Wales|Bathurst]]
| 33,801
| 43
| 15.0
|-
| scope="row" | 15
| [[Lismore, New South Wales|Lismore]]
| 28,720
| 49
| −0.9
|-
| scope="row" | 16
| [[Nelson Bay, New South Wales|Nelson Bay]]
| 28,051
| 50
| 13.2
|-
|17
|[[Tweed Heads, New South Wales|Tweed Heads–]] [[Tweed Heads South, New South Wales|Tweed Heads South]]
|
|
|
|-
| scope="row" | 18
| [[Taree]]
| 26,448
| 55
| 2.3
|-
| scope="row" | 19
| [[Ballina, New South Wales|Ballina]]
| 26,381
| 55
| 10.1
|-
| scope="row" | 20
| {{NSWcity|Morisset}} – {{NSWcity|Cooranbong}}
| 25,309
| 57
| 15.1
|-
| scope="row" | 21
| [[Armidale]]
| 24,504
| 58
| 7.0
|-
| scope="row" | 22
| [[Goulburn]]
| 23,835
| 59
| 12
|-
| scope="row" | 23
| {{NSWcity|Forster}} – {{NSWcity|Tuncurry}}
| 21,159
| 65
| 7.3
|-
| scope="row" | 24
| [[Griffith, New South Wales|Griffith]]
| 20,251
| 66
| 11.5
|-
| scope="row" | 25
| {{NSWcity|St Georges Basin}} – {{NSWcity|Sanctuary Point}}
| 19,251
| 68
| 19.1
|-
| scope="row" | 26
| [[Grafton, New South Wales|Grafton]]
| 19,078
| 69
| 3.5
|-
| scope="row" | 27
| [[Camden Haven]]
| 17,835
| 73
| 12.4
|-
| scope="row" | 28
| [[Broken Hill]]
| 17,734
| 74
| −9.5
|-
| scope="row" | 29
| [[Batemans Bay]]
| 16,485
| 78
| 4.4
|-
| scope="row" | 30
| [[Singleton, New South Wales|Singleton]]
| 16,346
| 79
| −0.6
|-
| scope="row" | 31
| [[Ulladulla]]
| 16,213
| 81
| 11.8
|-
| scope="row" | 32
| [[Kempsey, New South Wales|Kempsey]]
| 15,309
| 84
| 5.8
|-
| scope="row" | 33
| [[Lithgow, New South Wales|Lithgow]]
| 12,973
| 93
| 4.8
|-
| scope="row" | 34
| [[Mudgee]]
| 12,410
| 95
| 21.5
|-
| scope="row" | 35
| [[Muswellbrook]]
| 12,364
| 96
| 5.0
|-
| scope="row" | 36
| [[Parkes, New South Wales|Parkes]]
| 11,224
| 98
| 2.1
|-
| scope="row" colspan="2" | New South Wales
| 7,480,228
| {{N/a}}
| 17.6
|}