Description

Category

Description

Population

No of Ccls

URBAN

LGA with a population of >20,000

Urban Capital City

UCC

Capital City

7

Urban Metropolitan Developed Small

UDS

Part of an urban centre of >1,000,000 people or population density of > 600 per sq km

Up - 30,000

28

Urban Metropolitan Developed Medium

UDM

30,001 - 70,000

29

Urban Metropolitan Developed Large

UDL

70,001 - 120,000

20

Urban Metropolitan Developed Very Large

UDV

>120,000

18

Urban Fringe Small

UFS

A developing LGA onthe margin of a developed or regional urban centre

Up - 30,000

10

Urban Fringe Medium

UFM

30,001 - 70,000

16

Urban Fringe Large

UFL

70,001 - 120,000

12

Urban Fringe Very Large

UFV

>120,000

9

Urban Regional Town/City Small

URS

Part of an urban centre with population <1,000,000 and predominantly urban in nature

Up - 30,000

70

Urban Regional Town/City Medium

URM

30,001 - 70,000

34

Urban Regional Town/City Large

URL

70,001 - 120,000

8

Urban Regional Town/City Very Large

URV

>120,000

5

RURAL

LGA with a population of <20,000

Rural Significant Growth

RSG

Population growth >3% pa

>5,000

34

Rural Agricultural Small

RAS

Agricultural - population density <30 persons per sq km

Up to 2,000

106

Rural Agricultural Medium

RAM

2,001 - 5,000

117

Rural Agricultural Large

RAL

5,001 - 10,000

60

Rural Agricultural Very Lge

RAV

10,0001 - 20,000

53

Rural Remote Extra Small

RTX

Remote - < 90% population is urban

Up to 400

57

Rural Remote Small

RTS

401 - 1,000

43

Rural Remote Medium

RTM

1,001 - 3,000

25

Rural Remote Large

RTL

3,001 - 20,000

10