🇦🇺 Cities in Australia — API & JSON data

Geomelon's Australia coverage: 12,715 cities across 14 regions, with name translations in 37 languages — start with Sydney, the country's largest city at 5,450,496 people.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

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Type to search Australia cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Sydney	New South Wales	5,450,496
Melbourne	Victoria	5,350,705
Brisbane	Queensland	2,706,966
Perth	Western Australia	2,043,762
Adelaide	South Australia	1,245,011
City of Gold Coast	Queensland	625,087
Gold Coast	Queensland	607,665
Canberra	Australian Capital Territory	452,670
Central Coast	New South Wales	325,255
Ipswich	Queensland	232,930

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=au&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "0ff448c9-0edf-4069-8532-5a05fec5e3e6",
    "name": "Sydney",
    "population": 5450496,
    "countryName": "Australia",
    "countryCode": "AU",
    "countryEmoji": "🇦🇺",
    "regionName": "New South Wales"
  },
  {
    "id": "ed601dc0-38d4-4ca2-b273-943b6e7c8065",
    "name": "Melbourne",
    "population": 5350705,
    "countryName": "Australia",
    "countryCode": "AU",
    "countryEmoji": "🇦🇺",
    "regionName": "Victoria"
  },
  {
    "id": "4d89ee1c-3f8c-4344-aa4d-0f3646c9e85c",
    "name": "Brisbane",
    "population": 2706966,
    "countryName": "Australia",
    "countryCode": "AU",
    "countryEmoji": "🇦🇺",
    "regionName": "Queensland"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=au&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=au&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Australia are available in 37 languages.

en: Sydney
zh: 悉尼
ar: سيدني

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 5,000 Australia cities as JSON (736 KB, no API key) from the Australia cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Australia does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 12,715 cities in Australia across 14 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Australia city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Australia are available in 37 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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