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Apr 17, 2023 · Melbourne has overtaken Sydney as Australia's most populous city for the first time since the 19th Century gold rush, following a boundary change. Sydney has proudly held the title for more than...
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Apr 17, 2023 · Melbourne has overtaken Sydney to become Australia’s largest city by population — thanks to a technicality.
The population of Greater Sydney, which has different boundaries, is still larger than Greater Melbourne, but official forecasts show it will last only a few more years. The recent boundary changes mean that Melbourne’s Significant Urban Area overtook its Sydney equivalent in 2018.
Apr 24, 2023 · Melbourne has overtaken Sydney – but not on the most widely used definition. On the larger GCCSA boundary, Sydney remains Australia’s largest city, but on the smaller Significant Urban Area (SUA) boundary, Melbourne is now larger. This happened when ABS revised the SUA boundaries after the 2021 Census.
Apr 18, 2023 · Melbourne has overtaken Sydney as Australia's most populous city for the first time since the 19th Century gold rush, following a boundary change. Sydney has proudly held the title for more than 100 years. But with populations rapidly growing on Melbourne's fringe, the city limits were expanded to include the area of Melton.
Apr 17, 2023 · Census reveals how Australia is changing. However the federal government predicts Greater Melbourne will overtake Greater Sydney in 2031-32. Melbourne's rapid growth is largely thanks to...
Apr 17, 2023 · Melbourne has overtaken Sydney as the largest Australian city for the first time in more than 100 years due to a quiet boundary change in Victoria. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in 2021 included the area of Melton, in the city's north-west fringe, to Melbourne's population.
