List of Australian and New Zealand cities by number of major sports teams

This is a list of cities and towns in Australia and New Zealand categorised by the number of major sports teams in each city.

Competitions included

For the purpose of this list a 'major' sport team is any that competes in the following competitions:

Competitions that are not included in this list include the New Zealand Basketball League, Football Championship and Rugby League National Competition since the equivalent Australian competitions involve teams nominally representing New Zealand. The New Zealand Rugby Union ITM Cup is not included since the international Super Rugby is a higher level of competition. Australian state leagues for the various sports are not included for the same reason.

List of teams by city

City/ town Country AFL A-L Cricket NBL NRL SR ANZ WNBL Total
Melbourne Australia Carlton Blues
Collingwood Magpies
Essendon Bombers
Hawthorn Hawks
Melbourne Demons
North Melbourne Kangaroos
Richmond Tigers
St Kilda Saints
Western Bulldogs		 Melbourne Heart
Melbourne Victory		 Victoria Bushrangers[a]
Melbourne Renegades[c]
Melbourne Stars[c]		 Melbourne Tigers Melbourne Storm Melbourne Rebels Melbourne Vixens Bulleen Boomers
Dandenong Rangers		 20
Sydney Australia Sydney Swans
GWS Giants[d]		 Sydney FC New South Wales Blues[a]
Sydney Sixers[c]
Sydney Thunder[c]		 Sydney Kings Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Parramatta Eels
Penrith Panthers
St. George Illawarra Dragons[e]
South Sydney Rabbitohs
Sydney Roosters
Wests Tigers		 New South Wales Waratahs New South Wales Swifts Sydney Uni Flames 19
Perth Australia Fremantle Dockers
West Coast Eagles		 Perth Glory Perth Scorchers[c]
Western Warriors[a]		 Perth Wildcats — Western Force West Coast Fever West Coast Waves 9
Adelaide Australia Adelaide Crows
Port Adelaide Power		 Adelaide United Southern Redbacks[a]
Adelaide Strikers[c]		 Adelaide 36ers — — Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Lightning 8
Brisbane Australia Brisbane Lions Brisbane Roar Queensland Bulls[a]
Brisbane Heat[c]		 — Brisbane Broncos Queensland Reds Queensland Firebirds — 7
Auckland New Zealand — — Auckland Aces[b] New Zealand Breakers New Zealand Warriors Blues Northern Mystics — 5
Canberra Australia GWS Giants[d] — — — Canberra Raiders Brumbies — Australian Institute of Sport
Canberra Capitals		 4
Gold Coast Australia Gold Coast Suns Gold Coast United — Gold Coast Blaze Gold Coast Titans — — — 4
Wellington New Zealand — Wellington Phoenix Wellington Firebirds[b] — — Hurricanes Central Pulse — 4
Christchurch New Zealand — — Canterbury Wizards[b] — — Crusaders Canterbury Tactix — 3
Dunedin New Zealand — — Otago Volts[b] — — Highlanders Southern Steel — 3
Hamilton New Zealand — — Northern Districts Knights[b] — — Chiefs Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic — 3
Townsville Australia — — — Townsville Crocodiles North Queensland Cowboys — — Townsville Fire 3
Hobart Australia — — Tasmania Tigers[a]
Hobart Hurricanes[c]		 — — — — — 2
Newcastle Australia — Newcastle United Jets — — Newcastle Knights — — — 2
Wollongong Australia — — Wollongong Hawks St. George Illawarra Dragons[e] — — — — 2
Bendigo Australia — — — — — — — Bendigo Spirit 1
Cairns Australia — — — Cairns Taipans — — — — 1
Geelong Australia Geelong Cats — — — — — — — 1
Gosford Australia — Central Coast Mariners — — — — — — 1
Logan City Australia — — — — — — — Logan Thunder 1
Napier New Zealand — — Central Districts Stags[b] — — — — — 1

a Play in the Sheffield Shield and the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament
b Play in the Plunket Shield, New Zealand limited-overs cricket trophy and State Twenty20
c Play in the Big Bash League
d The GWS Giants will play three home games a year in Canberra from 2012
e The St. George Illawarra Dragons is a joint venture between the St. George Dragons and the Illawarra Steelers. The combined club plays half its home games in Sydney and half in Wollongong.

See also