City profile · Australia · Oceania
Broken Hill
City population
17,456
#78
in Australia
#21
in New South Wales
#28,184
worldwide
-31.965, 141.451 · 801 km from Canberra
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.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#21of 23
Coordinates
-31.965, 141.451
Record updated
10 November 2025
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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