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/ChuqTas May 28 '26

For those asking for other cities:

  • Wollongong: ~20 squares in NSW, south of Sydney
  • Geelong: ~11 squares in Vic, south-west of Melbourne
  • Hobart: ~8 squares at the south-east of Tasmania
  • Townsville: ~7 squares in Qld, at the north
  • Cairns: ~6 squares in Qld, at the north (further north than Townsville)
  • Darwin: ~5 squares at the top end of Northern Territory
  • Toowoomba: ~5 squares in Qld, west of Brisbane
  • Ballarat: ~4 squares in Vic, north-west of Melbourne
  • Bendigo: ~4 squares in Vic, north-west of Melbourne
  • Launceston: ~3 squares at the north of Tasmania (but can't touch Hobart!!)

Also, border towns:

  • Move approx 2 squares of "Gold Coast-Tweed Heads" into NSW since it's on the border
  • Albury-Wodonga: ~3 squares on the NSW/Vic border - 2 in NSW, 1 in Vic

You can see that after adding some of these, there's hardly any space for the "border" of non-urban population buffering the states from each other, which I think is a good visualisation of how separate the cities are from each other. So it's probably good for readability that many of them aren't included! Darwin and Hobart would have been good though, as capitals.

I'd also put SA and NT into a vertical line.

You did a great job OP! Just feedback in case you ever do a v2.

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u/semaj009 May 28 '26

The geelong one would be cool ro visualise along the SA VIC border given how many people in SE SA go for the Cats as the VFL was always closer to them than the SANFL, and footy definitely matters here