There are many different types of shopping centres in Australia. In 2018, the Shopping Centre Council of Australia Identified Australia has had 1,630 existing shopping centres, being defined as a major Integrated retail centre with at least of lettable retail floor-space, with over 67,000 specialty shops. Of the 1,630 shopping centres, 78 are defined as regional centres, 96 as central business district centres, 291 as sub-regional centres (being those that include at least one discount department store as the major anchor tenant) and 1,120 Neighbourhood or supermarket-based shopping centres. The remaining centres are smaller sub-regional centres, neighbourhood centres or speciality shops with typically less than gross leasable area. Regarding foot traffic, Rundle Mall in Adelaide receives the most annual visits with over 54 million in 2024, making it the busiest shopping precinct in the country and in the Southern Hemisphere.

List by gross lettable area

Centre Location Suburb State Current size Area Ref 1 Chadstone Shopping Centre Malvern EastVIC 2 Westfield Fountain Gate Narre WarrenVIC 3 Westfield Chermside ChermsideQLD 4 Eastland Shopping Centre RingwoodVIC 5 Robina Town Centre RobinaQLD 6 Pacific Fair BroadbeachQLD 7 Highpoint Shopping Centre MaribyrnongVIC 8 Westfield Knox Wantirna SouthVIC 9 Westfield Mt Gravatt (Garden City) Upper Mount GravattQLD 10 Westfield Parramatta ParramattaNSW 11 Macquarie Centre Macquarie ParkNSW 12 Westfield Marion Oaklands ParkSA 13 Westfield Carindale CarindaleQLD 14 Westfield Warringah Mall BrookvaleNSW 15 Westfield Bondi Junction Bondi JunctionNSW 16 Westfield Southland CheltenhamVIC 17 Westfield Miranda MirandaNSW 18 Westfield Doncaster DoncasterVIC 19 Indooroopilly Shopping Centre IndooroopillyQLD 20 Westfield North Lakes North LakesQLD 21 Erina Fair ErinaNSW 22 Castle Towers Castle HillNSW 23 Karrinyup Shopping Centre KarrinyupWA 24 Westfield Carousel CanningtonWA 25 Pacific Werribee Hoppers CrossingVIC 26 Macarthur Square CampbelltownNSW 27 Sunshine Plaza MaroochydoreQLD 28 Logan Hyperdome Shailer ParkQLD 29 Lakeside Joondalup JoondalupWA 30 Westfield Tea Tree Plaza ModburySA 31Northland Shopping CentrePrestonVIC 32 Westfield Hornsby HornsbyNSW 33 Westfield Belconnen BelconnenACT 34 Westfield Sydney SydneyNSW 35 Westfield Penrith PenrithNSW 36 Bayside Shopping Centre FrankstonVIC 37 Grand Central Shopping Centre ToowoombaQLD 38 Colonnades Shopping Centre Noarlunga CentreSA 39 Canberra Centre Canberra CityACT 40 Charlestown Square CharlestownNSW 41 Stockland ShellharbourShellharbourNSW 42 Bankstown Central BankstownNSW Centro Bankstown Overview 43Westfield Whitford City HillarysWA 44 Westfield Tuggerah TuggerahNSW 45 Westfield Eastgardens EastgardensNSW 46 Westfield Kotara KotaraNSW 47 Westfield Liverpool LiverpoolNSW 48Westfield Chatswood ChatswoodNSW 49 Wollongong Central WollongongNSW 50 The GlenGlen WaverleyVIC

List by number of stores The number of stores recorded in this list is approximate only, and subject to regular change.

Rank Centre Location Number of stores Ref(s) 1 Chadstone Shopping Centre Malvern East, Victoria 530Chadstone Shopping Centre – Centre Information 2 Westfield Chermside Chermside, Queensland 515 3 Eastland Shopping Centre Ringwood, Victoria 503 4 Westfield Bondi Junction Bondi Junction, New South Wales 500 5 Westfield Miranda Miranda, New South Wales 500 6 Westfield Parramatta Parramatta, New South Wales 5007 Westfield Mt Gravatt Upper Mount Gravatt, Queensland 470 8 Highpoint Shopping Centre Maribyrnong, Victoria 4509 Westfield Carindale Carindale, Queensland 45010 Westfield Fountain Gate Narre Warren, Victoria 424 11 Pacific Fair Broadbeach, Queensland 400 12 Robina Town Centre Robina, Queensland 400 13 Westfield Doncaster Doncaster, Victoria 413 14 Westfield Knox Wantirna South, Victoria 383 15 Indooroopilly Shopping Centre Indooroopilly, Queensland 366 16 Macquarie Centre Macquarie Park 360 17 Macquarie Centre Macquarie Park, New South Wales 350 18 Westfield Liverpool Liverpool, New South Wales 345 19 Sunshine Plaza Maroochydore, Queensland 345 20 Westfield Penrith Penrith, New South Wales 345 21 Westfield Hornsby Hornsby, New South Wales 335 22 Macarthur Square Campbelltown, New South Wales 330 23 Erina Fair Erina, New South Wales 330 24 Westfield Carousel Cannington, Western Australia 330 25 Westfield Marion Oaklands Park, South Australia 330 26 Westfield Warringah Mall Brookvale, New South Wales 330 27 Bankstown Central Bankstown, New South Wales 320Overview – Centro Properties Group 28 Castle Towers Castle Hill, New South Wales 310 29 Westfield Eastgardens Pagewood, New South Wales 305 30 Westfield Whitford City Hillarys, Western Australia 305 31 Lakeside Joondalup Joondalup, Western Australia 300http://weareonthewayup.com.au/#!what_were_about&76625250442884860 32 Canberra Centre City, Australian Capital Territory 300 33 Karrinyup Shopping Centre Karrinyup, Western Australia 300 34 Melbourne Central Shopping Centre Melbourne, Victoria 290 35 Westpoint Blacktown Blacktown, New South Wales 290 37 Westfield Belconnen Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory 290 38 Westfield Sydney Sydney, New South Wales 285 38 Westfield North Lakes North Lakes, Queensland 280 39 Top Ryde City Ryde, New South Wales 280 40 Westfield Chatswood Chatswood, New South Wales 280 41 Westfield Booragoon Booragoon, Western Australia 280 42 Pacific Werribee Hoppers Crossing, Victoria 275 43 Westfield Tuggerah Tuggerah, New South Wales 275 44 Charlestown Square Charlestown, New South Wales 270 45 Westfield Hurstville Hurstville, New South Wales 260 46 Bayside Shopping Centre Frankston, Victoria 260 47 Westfield Tea Tree Plaza Modbury, South Australia 260 48 Northland Shopping Centre Preston, Victoria 258 49 Westfield Kotara Kotara, New South Wales 255 50 Westfield Woden Phillip, Australian Capital Territory 255

See also List of shopping centres in Australia List of Westfield Group shopping centres in Australia

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