What are the largest suburbs in New South Wales?

The top-ranked suburbs are Blacktown, Port Macquarie, Orange, Dubbo, Auburn, and more, ordered by a category-specific composite score from official government and open data.

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The index shows relative strength within the ranking list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader. It is not an overall suburb rating out of 100.

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Largest Suburbs in New South Wales

Suburbs ranked by estimated resident population from the latest ABS ERP release, allocated to suburb boundaries via area-weighted SA2 overlap.

Rank	Suburb	Population
#1	Blacktown	54,619
#2	Port Macquarie	50,891
#3	Orange	48,320
#4	Dubbo	48,161
#5	Auburn	45,196
#6	Castle Hill	43,608
#7	Baulkham Hills	39,250
#8	Merrylands	36,973
#9	Bankstown	36,323
#10	Liverpool	36,134
#11	Parramatta	35,730
#12	Ryde	35,404
#13	Maroubra	33,315
#14	Hurstville	33,277
#15	Quakers Hill	32,770
#16	Epping	32,046
#17	Randwick	30,695
#18	Carlingford	29,820
#19	Chatswood	29,812
#20	Kellyville	29,792
#21	Mosman	29,329
#22	Coffs Harbour	28,566
#23	Marsden Park	28,534
#24	Campsie	28,409
#25	Strathfield	28,226
#26	Greystanes	27,910
#27	Marrickville	27,463
#28	Greenacre	27,264
#29	Dee Why	26,582
#30	Oran Park	25,913
#31	Lidcombe	25,514
#32	Glenmore Park	25,489
#33	Goulburn	25,092
#34	Ashfield	24,874
#35	Guildford	24,678
#36	Armidale	24,520
#37	North Kellyville	22,908
#38	Penrith	22,807
#39	Cabramatta	22,793
#40	Wollongong	22,594
#41	Mascot	22,497
#42	Hornsby	22,353
#43	Burwood	22,203
#44	Yagoona	20,883
#45	The Ponds	20,788
#46	St Clair	20,656
#47	Griffith	20,632
#48	Bexley	20,608
#49	Fairfield	20,249
#50	Schofields	20,171

Population is ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to suburb boundaries via area-weighted SA2 overlap. Not an official ABS suburb-level figure.

Last updated 29 July 2026 at 2:20 am AEST

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