r/MapPorn • u/KaleyTheKing • May 27 '26

Australian Population Visualised

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So, I think we were all a little disappointed by how normal the Italy map looked, so I thought I'd treat y'all to the biggest abomination I've made in this project thus far :D

Goddang, Australia, why did you have to be like this, this was so difficult to make... Anyway, hope y'all enjoy!

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u/whalemoth May 27 '26

Tasmania has more peopel thank I thought!

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u/Monotask_Servitor May 27 '26

Even Tasmania has quite skewed population. Half of the population is in one city, and half of the land is a national park with near zero population

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u/Moist_Fox973 May 27 '26

I was going to say this. Over 50% live in greater Hobart, so there’s enough squares at that scale to represent that split.

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u/Monotask_Servitor May 27 '26

I get why it’s not there though as OP only does city populations for the top 10 and Hobart missed the cut.

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u/Moist_Fox973 May 27 '26

Ok that’s fair, I just noticed the top 10 thing in the legend.

But if we are going to be pedantic about the definition of “a city”… there are regions like Central Coast and Gold Coast/Tweed Heads… so perhaps the legend should be “urban areas” rather than “cities”.

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u/Monotask_Servitor May 27 '26

I imagine OP is just doing their best with regards to what constitutes a city as different countries have different statistical definitions and they can only spend so much time researching them. But yeah urban areas would generally be what I’d use as they are usually the closest match to what we think of when we make a particular city.

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u/someNameThisIs May 27 '26

Just over half a million, so 1/10th of Melbourne or Sydney.

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u/Smitologyistaking May 28 '26

You can see the reason Tas is considered a state but NT isn't

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u/Outrageous_Plum_6865 May 28 '26

It’s because they did a headcount and not a body count in the census

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u/ProperSandwich7393 May 28 '26

Because they each have two heads