About Geelong
Geelong is a city in Victoria, Australia with a population of 282,809. It is the 12th largest of the 88 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Australia, and the 2,022nd largest worldwide. It lies 531 km from Canberra.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 21
Coordinates
-38.147, 144.361
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.
Nearby Cities
All 88 in AustraliaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.