Editing Metropolitan area (section)

=== Australia ===
[[File:Melbourne at night from the International Space Station.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The [[Melbourne]] metropolitan area in Australia seen at night from the International Space Station]]
The [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] uses ''Greater Capital City Statistical Areas'' (GCCSAs), which are geographical areas designed to represent the functional extent of each of the eight state and territory capital cities. They were designed to reflect labor markets, using the 2011 Census "travel to work" data. Labor markets are sometimes used as proxy measures of the functional extent of a city as it contains the majority of the commuting population. GCCSAs replaced "Statistical Divisions" used until 2011.<ref name="ABS">{{cite journal |last1=Australian Bureau of Statistics |author1-link=Australian Bureau of Statistics |date=12 July 2016 |title=GREATER CAPITAL CITY STATISTICAL AREA (GCCSA) |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/1270.0.55.001 |journal=Australian Statistical Geography Standard |location=Canberra, ACT |volume=1 |issue=1270.0.55.001 |access-date=20 June 2021}}</ref>

Other metropolitan areas in Australia include cross border cities or continuous built-up areas between two or more cities that are connected by an extensive public transport network that allows for commuting for work or services.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}
*[[Albury]]-[[Wodonga]]
*[[Canberra]]-[[Queanbeyan]]
*[[Newcastle (New South Wales)|Newcastle]]-[[Sydney]]-[[Wollongong]]
*[[Perth]]-[[Mandurah]]
*[[South East Queensland]]
*[[Melbourne]]-[[Geelong]]
Urban population rate: 91% (2024).<ref name=":0" /> Metropolitan area population data are referred to 2024.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Sydney]] Metropolitan Area: 4,375,394