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Queensland council

Brisbane

1,375,301 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 1,343 km², 191 suburbs. Council website: brisbane.qld.gov.au.

Council series run to Aug 2026.

Population

1,375,301

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.6% in a year

Density

1,024/km²

1,343 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$1.2M

Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)

Federal grants per resident

$33

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

6.8 per 1,000

Residents, 12 months to Aug 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)

Advantage decile

9 of 10

SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)

Suburbs

191

Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)

Trends

Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.

PopulationABS estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001–2025
Council-wide median sale pricesABS Data by Region: median transfer price across the whole council by financial year, 2018-19–2023-24. Not any one suburb's price.
Dwelling approvalsABS Building Approvals, monthly, 2021-07–2026-08
Federal Financial Assistance GrantsTotal grant by financial year, 2017-18–2025-26 (Dept of Infrastructure)

People and housing

Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).

Median age
36
Median household income
$2,068/week
Median rent
$408/week
Median mortgage repayment
$2,019/month
Households renting
38.3%
Average household
2.5 people
Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
decile 9 of 10
Disadvantage (IRSD)
decile 9 of 10

Suburbs

191 suburbs where Brisbane holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.

SuburbPopulationIn this councilMedian house (VG)Flood / bushfireIRSAD
Forest Lake22,676All– / 17%6
Coorparoo18,132All– / 4%10
Sunnybank Hills18,085All– / 3%6
Calamvale17,994All– / 17%8
Bracken Ridge17,488All– / 14%6
The Gap (Brisbane - Qld)17,318All– / 47%10
Carindale16,535All– / 32%10
Eight Mile Plains15,326All– / 14%8
Inala15,273All– / <1%1
West End (Brisbane - Qld)14,730All– / 0%10
South Brisbane14,292All– / 0%10
Runcorn14,199All– / 17%6
Wynnum14,036All– / 4%8
Indooroopilly13,622All– / 8%10
Ashgrove13,450All– / 17%10
Nundah13,098All– / <1%9
Aspley12,871All– / 11%9
Wynnum West12,790All– / 16%5
Brisbane City12,587All– / 0%10
Toowong12,556All– / 19%10
Manly West12,436All– / 15%8
Mount Gravatt East12,428All– / 16%9
Camp Hill12,254All– / 19%10
St Lucia12,220All– / 6%
New Farm12,197All– / 0%10
Annerley11,891All– / <1%9
Morningside11,755All– / 13%10
Carina (Qld)11,678All– / 7%9
Chermside11,426All– / 0%5
Wishart (Qld)11,333All– / 29%9
Parkinson11,148All– / 60%9
Tarragindi11,035All– / 24%10
Bridgeman Downs10,938All– / 31%10
Clayfield10,897All– / 0%10
Upper Mount Gravatt10,800All– / 14%7
Moorooka10,783All– / 6%9
Chapel Hill (Qld)10,511All– / 29%10
Wavell Heights10,336All– / 3%10
Bardon10,153All– / 39%10
Everton Park10,111All– / 6%9
Carseldine10,093All– / 25%9
Kedron9,907All– / <1%10
Fortitude Valley9,708All– / 0%9
Kangaroo Point (Qld)9,689All– / 0%10
Kenmore9,675All– / 26%10
Brighton (Qld)9,664All– / 21%8
Boondall9,603All– / 50%7
Zillmere9,323All– / 5%3
Mitchelton9,244All– / 18%9
Oxley (Qld)9,100All– / 21%9
Paddington (Qld)9,063All– / 9%10
Algester9,020All– / 15%5
Hamilton (Qld)8,922All– / 0%10
Sunnybank8,892All– / 4%5
Mansfield (Qld)8,851All– / 21%8
Kuraby8,737All– / 46%8
Taringa8,732All– / 4%10
Wakerley8,718All– / 28%10
Woolloongabba8,687All– / 0%10
Holland Park8,671All– / 9%9
Tingalpa8,461All– / 36%7
Greenslopes7,941All– / 7%10
Kelvin Grove7,909All– / 0%9
Windsor (Qld)7,811All– / 3%10
Taigum7,801All– / 21%4
Durack (Qld)7,788All– / 32%2
Rochedale7,633All– / 51%10
Bulimba7,623All– / 0%10
McDowall7,612All– / 47%10
Newstead (Qld)7,496All– / 0%10
Acacia Ridge7,486All– / 10%1
Doolandella7,123All– / 46%4
Carina Heights7,103All– / 42%8
Yeronga7,062All– / 3%10
Keperra7,014All– / 28%6
Bald Hills (Qld)7,000All– / 25%5
Stafford Heights6,992All– / 9%8
Stafford6,978All– / 15%8
Chermside West6,965All– / 26%9
Norman Park6,842All– / <1%10
Salisbury (Qld)6,790All– / 15%9
Alderley6,748All– / 22%10
Cannon Hill6,701All– / 24%10
Spring Hill (Qld)6,593All– / 0%9
Sinnamon Park6,590All– / 14%10
Ascot (Brisbane - Qld)6,531All– / 0%10
Holland Park West6,468All– / 9%10
Fitzgibbon6,296All– / 49%6
Highgate Hill6,229All– / 0%10
East Brisbane6,186All– / 0%10
Banyo6,105All– / 8%8
Sherwood (Qld)6,082All– / 1%10
Auchenflower6,053All– / 0%10
Macgregor (Qld)5,980All– / 5%6
Ferny Grove5,871All– / 39%9
Enoggera5,849All– / 63%9
Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld)5,834All– / 0%10
Upper Kedron5,800All– / 62%10
Coopers Plains5,675All– / 9%6
Richlands (Qld)5,621All– / 7%4
Corinda5,555All– / 8%10
Teneriffe5,520All– / 0%10
Bellbowrie5,495All– / 47%10
Jindalee (Qld)5,320All– / 2%10
Hawthorne5,090All– / 0%10
Newmarket5,083All– / 0%10
Moggill5,029All– / 63%10
Murarrie4,946All– / 13%10
Heathwood4,944All– / 56%9
Sandgate (Qld)4,926All– / 29%8
Hendra4,914All– / 0%10
Bowen Hills4,898All– / 0%9
Northgate (Qld)4,876All– / <1%9
Geebung4,850All– / 1%8
Drewvale4,779All– / 75%8
Graceville4,764All– / 0%10
Robertson (Qld)4,749All– / 7%7
Stretton4,686All– / 65%10
Grange (Qld)4,615All– / 13%10
Lutwyche4,610All– / 0%9
Westlake4,547All– / 17%10
Belmont (Qld)4,498All– / 75%10
Gordon Park4,390All– / 0%10
Nudgee4,377All– / 39%10
Fig Tree Pocket4,345All– / 32%10
Manly (Qld)4,273All– / <1%9
Wacol4,253All– / 42%
Balmoral (Qld)4,173All– / 0%10
Riverhills4,121All– / 13%9
Wilston4,110All– / 3%10
Darra4,098All– / 3%3
Wooloowin4,029All– / 0%10
Pallara3,861All– / 85%9
Middle Park (Qld)3,845All– / 3%10
Karana Downs3,800All– / 63%9
Deagon3,773All– / 7%6
Mount Gravatt3,733All– / 57%8
Brookfield (Qld)3,640All– / 81%10
Ellen Grove3,586All– / 56%1
Lota3,518All– / 18%9
Albion (Brisbane - Qld)3,446All– / 0%10
Chelmer3,325All– / 0%10
Pullenvale3,276All– / 80%10
Gaythorne3,158All– / <1%8
Milton (Qld)3,144All– / 0%10
Jamboree Heights3,141All– / 0%8
Fairfield (Qld)3,106All– / 4%10
Hemmant2,886All– / 13%7
Seven Hills (Qld)2,732All– / 38%10
Seventeen Mile Rocks2,699All– / 25%10
Mount Ommaney2,503All– / 15%10
Kenmore Hills2,448All– / 84%10
Virginia (Qld)2,395All– / 6%10
Mackenzie (Brisbane - Qld)2,336All– / 79%10
Stones Corner2,336All– / 0%10
Herston2,311All– / 0%10
Gumdale2,298All– / 75%10
Kalinga2,144All– / 0%10
Dutton Park2,134All– / 14%9
Yeerongpilly2,033All– / 4%10
Shorncliffe1,907All– / <1%10
Mount Crosby1,860All– / 92%10
Rocklea (Qld)1,672All– / 16%4
Anstead1,522All– / 89%10
Chandler (Qld)1,475All– / 80%10
Petrie Terrace1,168All– / 0%10
Tennyson (Qld)1,109All– / 8%10
Nathan1,085All– / 89%
Burbank1,051All– / 91%10
Upper Brookfield857All– / 96%10
Pinjarra Hills771All– / 66%10
Sumner603All– / 38%9
Archerfield533All– / 4%3
Ransome429All– / 73%9
Kholo374All– / 93%10
Pinkenba350All– / 3%
Karawatha337All– / 94%10
Nudgee Beach308All– / 44%10
Moreton Island180All– / 97%8
Willawong145All– / 65%6
Bulwer59All– / 99%8
Kooringal (Qld)43All– / 87%8
Enoggera Reservoir33All– / 97%10
Cowan Cowan27All– / 62%8
Brisbane Airport22All– / 20%
Eagle Farm11All– / 0%10
Larapinta (Qld)6All– / 66%
Lytton3All– / 12%
Moreton Bay56%– / 4%
Mount Coot-thaAll– / 96%
Port Of BrisbaneAll– / 0%

Hazards

Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.

Bushfire-prone land

17%

Over 191 of 191 member suburbs

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

1%

Over 191 of 191 member suburbs

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Representation

Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).

Federal electorates

  • Brisbane · Madonna JARRETT (ALP)15%
  • Griffith · Renee COFFEY (ALP)14%
  • Moreton · Julie-Ann CAMPBELL (ALP)13%
  • Ryan · Elizabeth WATSON-BROWN (GRN)13%
  • Bonner · Kara COOK (ALP)13%
  • Lilley · Anika WELLS (ALP)13%
  • Oxley · Milton DICK (ALP)10%
  • Petrie · Emma COMER (ALP)4%
  • Rankin · Jim CHALMERS (ALP)4%
  • Blair · Shayne NEUMANN (ALP)1%

State districts

  • McConnel · Grace Grace (ALP)6%
  • Maiwar · Michael Berkman (GRN)5%
  • Inala · Margie Nightingale (ALP)5%
  • South Brisbane · Barbara O'Shea (ALP)5%
  • Nudgee · Leanne Linard (ALP)5%
  • Greenslopes · Joe Kelly (GRN)5%
  • Toohey · Peter Russo (ALP)5%
  • Clayfield · Tim Nicholls (LNP)5%
  • Lytton · Joan Pease (ALP)5%
  • Sandgate · Bisma Asif (ALP)5%
  • Stafford · Luke Richmond (ALP)5%
  • Algester · Leeanne Enoch (ALP)4%
  • Mansfield · Corrine McMillan (ALP)4%
  • Chatsworth · Steve Minnikin (LNP)4%
  • Miller · Mark Bailey (ALP)4%
  • Mount Ommaney · Jess Pugh (ALP)4%
  • Stretton · James Martin (ALP)4%
  • Bulimba · Di Farmer (ALP)4%
  • Moggill · Christian Rowan (LNP)4%
  • Cooper · Jonty Bush (ALP)4%
  • Aspley · Bart Mellish (ALP)4%
  • Ferny Grove · Mark Furner (ALP)4%
  • Everton · Tim Mander (LNP)1%
  • Redcliffe · Kerri-Anne Dooley (LNP)1%

Asking-price cuts

Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 53 suburbs of this council. An aggregate only: published at 3 or more cut listings council-wide (cuts in every crawled suburb count), and a suburb is named only when it has 3 of its own. Computed 8 Nov 2026; newest crawl observation 8 Nov 2026.

Listings cut
542
of 4,376 tracked
Share cut
12.4%
Typical cut
4.9%
median over every cut listing

Most cuts: Fortitude Valley (36), West End (Brisbane - Qld) (26), Brisbane City (24), Hamilton (Qld) (24), South Brisbane (22), Bracken Ridge (20). All price drops →

Neighbouring councils

Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.

Compare it with every Queensland council on the council map or the Queensland council list.

Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Asking-price cuts: Shorted listing crawl, aggregates only. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-11-05.