Australian Immigration Daily News

Between 2017 and 2018:

The number of people living in Australia's Greater Capital Cities increased by 307,800 (or 1.9%).

The number of people living outside capital cities increased by 83,200 (1.0%). Capital city growth accounted for 79% of Australia's total population growth.

The capital city with the largest increase in population was Melbourne (119,400 people), followed by Sydney (93,400) and Brisbane (50,100).

The fastest growing city was Melbourne (2.5%), ahead of the Australian Capital Territory (2.2%) and Brisbane (2.1%).

The only capital city to have a decline in population was Darwin, down by 360 people (-0.2%).

Source: Regional-Population-Growth-in-Australia-2017-to-2018.pdf