City profile · Australia · Oceania
Hobart
Tasmania · Australia
City population
254,930
#14
in Australia
#1
in Tasmania
#2,250
worldwide
-42.879, 147.329 · 859 km from Canberra
About Hobart
Hobart is a city in Tasmania, Australia with a population of 254,930. It is the 14th largest of the 88 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Australia, and the 2,250th largest worldwide. It lies 859 km from Canberra.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Tasmania
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
19 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Australia/Hobart
Coordinates
-42.879, 147.329
Record updated
2026-06-24
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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