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City profile · Australia · Oceania

Broken Hill

New South Wales · Australia
City population
17,456
#78
in Australia
#21
in New South Wales
#28,184
worldwide
CanberraBroken Hill
-31.965, 141.451 · 801 km from Canberra
City population
17,456
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Australia
#78
of 88 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#28,184
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Australia
0.1%
of the national population

About Broken Hill

Broken Hill is a city in New South Wales, Australia with a population of 17,456. It is the 78th largest of the 88 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Australia, and the 28,184th largest worldwide. It lies 801 km from Canberra.

Position in Australia
#78of 88
LargestSmallest
Position in New South Wales
#21of 23
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Australia
Region
New South Wales
Rank in region
#21of 23
Distance to capital
801 km
to Canberra
Elevation
317 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Australia/Broken_Hill
Coordinates
-31.965, 141.451
Record updated
2025-11-10
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

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