City profile · Australia · Oceania
Sunshine Coast
City population
398,840
#8
in Australia
#3
in Queensland
#1,438
worldwide
-26.657, 153.080 · 1,030 km from Canberra
About Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Coast is a city in Queensland, Australia with a population of 398,840. It is the 8th largest of the 88 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Australia, and the 1,438th largest worldwide. It lies 1,030 km from Canberra.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 19
Coordinates
-26.657, 153.080
Record updated
25 June 2026
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.