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Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, [1] and the third most populous city in Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that the population of Greater Brisbane is 2,462,637 as of June 2018, [2] and the South East Queensland region, centred on Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3.6 million. [2]
Brisbane (/ ˈ b r ɪ z b ən / ⓘ BRIZ-bən, [10] Turrbal/Yagara: Meanjin, Meaanjin, Maganjin or Magandjin) is the capital and largest city of the state of Queensland [11] and the third-most populous city in Australia, with a population over 2.7 million. [1] Brisbane lies at the centre of South East Queensland, an urban agglomeration with a ...
Each capital city forms its own Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA), which according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) represents a broad functional definition of each of the eight state and territory capital cities. [1] In Australia, the population of the GCCSA is the most-often quoted figure for the population of capital ...
As such, it has a larger population than any other local government area in Australia. [3] The City of Brisbane was the first Australian LGA to reach a population of more than one million. [4] Its population is roughly equivalent to the populations of Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory combined.
Rank Urban Centre Population Region Notes 2021 census 2016 census 2011 census; 1 Brisbane: 2,287,896 [1]: 2,054,614 [2]1,874,427 [3]South East Queensland: 2 Gold Coast
The regional population is heavily urbanised and concentrated along the coast. The three largest population centres of Brisbane, Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast account for 90 per cent of the region's population. [19] In the year to June 2020, the City of Ipswich was the fastest growing local government area in Queensland. [20]
In December 2021, Queensland had an estimated population of 5,265,043. [6] Approximately half of the state's population lives in Brisbane, and over 70% live in South East Queensland. Nonetheless, Queensland is the second most decentralised state in Australia after Tasmania. Since the 1980s, Queensland has consistently been the fastest-growing ...
Brisbane City is the central suburb and central business district of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. [3] It is also colloquially referred to as the "Brisbane CBD", "the city", or simply "town".