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City profile · Australia · Oceania

Newcastle

New South Wales · Australia
City population
508,437
#7
in Australia
#2
in New South Wales
#1,127
worldwide
CanberraNewcastle
-32.930, 151.780 · 358 km from Canberra
City population
508,437
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Australia
#7
of 88 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#1,127
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Australia
1.8%
of the national population

About Newcastle

At 48 m above sea level, Newcastle holds a population of 508,437. It ranks second in New South Wales by city population and seventh among Australia's listed cities, accounting for 1.8% of the national total. Maitland lies 30 km away with 89,597 residents, while Central Coast, the larger of two neighbours within 70 km, has 346,596.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Australia
#7of 88
LargestSmallest
Position in New South Wales
#2of 23
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Australia
Region
New South Wales
Rank in region
#2of 23
Distance to capital
358 km
to Canberra
Elevation
48 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Australia/Sydney
Coordinates
-32.930, 151.780
Record updated
2026-04-16
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 Australia

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

30KMMaitland90K people41KMCessnock23K people67KMCentral Coast347K people107KMHornsby22K people112KMMuswellbrook16K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Newcastle508K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Newcastle compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Newcastle508K

Newcastle Population FAQ

What is the population of Newcastle?

Newcastle has a city population of 508,437. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Newcastle?

Newcastle is in New South Wales, Australia, 358 km from the capital, Canberra. Its coordinates are -32.930, 151.780.

How big is Newcastle compared with other cities in Australia?

It is the 7th largest of the 88 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Australia, holding 1.8% of the national population.

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