What is the population of Brisbane?

The 192 suburbs of the Brisbane City Council area had a combined population of 1,244,984 at the 2021 Census. Greater Brisbane, which includes Ipswich, Logan, Moreton Bay and Redland, is roughly twice that — this page covers the council area itself.

Which Brisbane suburb has the most people?

Forest Lake is the largest suburb of the Brisbane City Council area by population, with 22,676 residents at the 2021 Census, followed by Coorparoo and Sunnybank Hills.

Which Brisbane suburbs are the youngest and oldest?

St Lucia has the lowest median age in the council area at 25 years, and Pinjarra Hills the highest at 70.

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Brisbane population by suburb

1,244,984 people across the 192 suburbs of the Brisbane City Council area, counted at the 2021 Census. Largest is Forest Lake with 22,676. Median age runs from 25 in St Lucia to 70 in Pinjarra Hills.

This is the council area, not Greater Brisbane — the wider metropolitan figure counts Ipswich, Logan, Moreton Bay and Redland as well, and is roughly double. Every suburb links to its page, where the same figures sit beside the businesses, schools, flood risk and transport for that suburb.

Every suburb by population

#	Suburb	People	Median age	Median household income
1	Forest Lake	22,676	37	$1,921/wk
2	Coorparoo	18,132	35	$2,105/wk
3	Sunnybank Hills	18,085	37	$1,725/wk
4	Calamvale	17,994	34	$1,874/wk
5	Bracken Ridge	17,488	37	$1,972/wk
6	The Gap	17,318	42	$2,573/wk
7	Carindale	16,535	43	$2,375/wk
8	Eight Mile Plains	15,326	36	$1,917/wk
9	Inala	15,273	33	$998/wk
10	West End	14,730	34	$2,114/wk
11	South Brisbane	14,292	29	$1,818/wk
12	Runcorn	14,199	34	$1,742/wk
13	Wynnum	14,036	43	$1,887/wk
14	Indooroopilly	13,622	33	$2,078/wk
15	Ashgrove	13,450	38	$2,874/wk
16	Nundah	13,098	35	$1,769/wk
17	Aspley	12,871	43	$1,818/wk
18	Wynnum West	12,790	39	$1,791/wk
19	Brisbane City	12,587	31	$1,802/wk
20	Toowong	12,556	30	$1,927/wk
21	Manly West	12,436	41	$2,039/wk
22	Mount Gravatt East	12,428	35	$2,055/wk
23	Camp Hill	12,254	35	$3,085/wk
24	St Lucia	12,220	25	$1,761/wk
25	New Farm	12,197	39	$2,069/wk
26	Annerley	11,891	33	$1,830/wk
27	Morningside	11,755	34	$2,280/wk
28	Carina	11,678	37	$2,064/wk
29	Chermside	11,426	35	$1,419/wk
30	Wishart	11,333	39	$2,026/wk
31	Parkinson	11,148	37	$2,188/wk
32	Tarragindi	11,035	37	$2,934/wk
33	Bridgeman Downs	10,938	39	$2,878/wk
34	Clayfield	10,897	37	$1,948/wk
35	Upper Mount Gravatt	10,800	33	$1,657/wk
36	Moorooka	10,783	36	$1,864/wk
37	Chapel Hill	10,511	42	$2,969/wk
38	Wavell Heights	10,336	37	$2,615/wk
39	Bardon	10,153	38	$3,399/wk
40	Everton Park	10,111	35	$2,018/wk
41	Carseldine	10,093	41	$2,048/wk
42	Kedron	9,907	35	$2,113/wk
43	Fortitude Valley	9,708	31	$1,658/wk
44	Kangaroo Point	9,689	36	$2,058/wk
45	Kenmore	9,675	40	$2,491/wk
46	Brighton	9,664	42	$1,981/wk
47	Boondall	9,603	38	$1,887/wk
48	Zillmere	9,323	34	$1,426/wk
49	Mitchelton	9,244	37	$2,228/wk
50	Oxley	9,100	35	$2,168/wk
51	Paddington	9,063	34	$2,775/wk
52	Algester	9,020	36	$1,716/wk
53	Hamilton	8,922	40	$2,069/wk
54	Sunnybank	8,892	35	$1,586/wk
55	Mansfield	8,851	39	$2,064/wk
56	Kuraby	8,737	34	$2,136/wk
57	Taringa	8,732	33	$1,902/wk
58	Wakerley	8,718	37	$2,952/wk
59	Woolloongabba	8,687	29	$1,863/wk
60	Holland Park	8,671	37	$2,309/wk
61	Tingalpa	8,461	38	$1,940/wk
62	Greenslopes	7,941	34	$1,974/wk
63	Kelvin Grove	7,909	28	$1,670/wk
64	Windsor	7,811	32	$2,213/wk
65	Taigum	7,801	40	$1,426/wk
66	Durack	7,788	39	$1,264/wk
67	Rochedale	7,633	33	$2,492/wk
68	Bulimba	7,623	40	$2,805/wk
69	McDowall	7,612	38	$2,486/wk
70	Newstead	7,496	33	$2,325/wk
71	Acacia Ridge	7,486	34	$1,313/wk
72	Doolandella	7,123	30	$1,882/wk
73	Carina Heights	7,103	36	$1,997/wk
74	Yeronga	7,062	39	$1,932/wk
75	Keperra	7,014	38	$1,652/wk
76	Bald Hills	7,000	36	$1,931/wk
77	Stafford Heights	6,992	37	$2,159/wk
78	Stafford	6,978	35	$1,753/wk
79	Chermside West	6,965	39	$2,124/wk
80	Norman Park	6,842	35	$2,879/wk
81	Salisbury	6,790	35	$2,133/wk
82	Alderley	6,748	35	$2,320/wk
83	Cannon Hill	6,701	34	$2,357/wk
84	Spring Hill	6,593	32	$1,889/wk
85	Sinnamon Park	6,590	45	$2,510/wk
86	Ascot	6,531	38	$2,243/wk
87	Holland Park West	6,468	36	$2,195/wk
88	Fitzgibbon	6,296	35	$1,735/wk
89	Highgate Hill	6,229	37	$1,937/wk
90	East Brisbane	6,186	33	$2,056/wk
91	Banyo	6,105	37	$2,121/wk
92	Sherwood	6,082	38	$2,034/wk
93	Auchenflower	6,053	32	$2,208/wk
94	MacGregor	5,980	34	$1,752/wk
95	Ferny Grove	5,871	41	$2,183/wk
96	Enoggera	5,849	31	$2,158/wk
97	Red Hill	5,834	33	$2,367/wk
98	Upper Kedron	5,800	34	$2,980/wk
99	Coopers Plains	5,675	33	$1,593/wk
100	Richlands	5,621	28	$1,709/wk
101	Corinda	5,555	41	$2,188/wk
102	Teneriffe	5,520	37	$2,645/wk
103	Bellbowrie	5,495	42	$2,358/wk
104	Jindalee	5,320	39	$2,357/wk
105	Hawthorne	5,090	37	$3,029/wk
106	Newmarket	5,083	33	$2,251/wk
107	Moggill	5,029	38	$2,415/wk
108	Murarrie	4,946	35	$2,362/wk
109	Heathwood	4,944	32	$2,527/wk
110	Sandgate	4,926	49	$1,804/wk
111	Hendra	4,914	39	$2,989/wk
112	Bowen Hills	4,898	30	$1,551/wk
113	Northgate	4,876	35	$2,041/wk
114	Geebung	4,850	38	$2,179/wk
115	Drewvale	4,779	35	$2,243/wk
116	Graceville	4,764	39	$2,929/wk
117	Robertson	4,749	37	$1,676/wk
118	Stretton	4,686	38	$2,144/wk
119	Grange	4,615	37	$3,278/wk
120	Lutwyche	4,610	32	$1,872/wk
121	Westlake	4,547	43	$2,691/wk
122	Belmont	4,498	39	$2,431/wk
123	Gordon Park	4,390	36	$2,213/wk
124	Nudgee	4,377	37	$2,620/wk
125	Fig Tree Pocket	4,345	40	$3,791/wk
126	Manly	4,273	46	$2,079/wk
127	Wacol	4,253	35	$1,379/wk
128	Balmoral	4,173	37	$2,671/wk
129	Riverhills	4,121	36	$2,059/wk
130	Wilston	4,110	37	$2,971/wk
131	Darra	4,098	36	$1,560/wk
132	Wooloowin	4,029	35	$2,113/wk
133	Pallara	3,861	31	$2,283/wk
134	Middle Park	3,845	42	$2,219/wk
135	Karana Downs	3,800	41	$2,255/wk
136	Deagon	3,773	42	$1,605/wk
137	Mount Gravatt	3,733	36	$1,875/wk
138	Brookfield	3,640	47	$3,778/wk
139	Ellen Grove	3,586	30	$1,353/wk
140	Lota	3,518	42	$2,236/wk
141	Albion	3,446	33	$1,972/wk
142	Chelmer	3,325	41	$3,402/wk
143	Pullenvale	3,276	43	$4,149/wk
144	Gaythorne	3,158	33	$1,759/wk
145	Milton	3,144	30	$2,087/wk
146	Jamboree Heights	3,141	37	$2,049/wk
147	Fairfield	3,106	32	$2,267/wk
148	Hemmant	2,886	36	$2,141/wk
149	Seven Hills	2,732	37	$2,888/wk
150	Seventeen Mile Rocks	2,699	38	$2,617/wk
151	Mount Ommaney	2,503	48	$2,361/wk
152	Kenmore Hills	2,448	47	$2,712/wk
153	Virginia	2,395	36	$2,589/wk
154	Mackenzie	2,336	37	$2,988/wk
155	Stones Corner	2,336	31	$1,854/wk
156	Herston	2,311	31	$2,086/wk
157	Gumdale	2,298	38	$3,405/wk
158	Chuwar	2,178	37	$2,247/wk
159	Kalinga	2,144	39	$3,697/wk
160	Dutton Park	2,134	33	$1,739/wk
161	Yeerongpilly	2,033	34	$2,395/wk
162	Shorncliffe	1,907	47	$2,259/wk
163	Mount Crosby	1,860	42	$2,993/wk
164	Rocklea	1,672	34	$1,493/wk
165	Anstead	1,522	43	$2,926/wk
166	Chandler	1,475	45	$2,905/wk
167	Petrie Terrace	1,168	31	$2,401/wk
168	Tennyson	1,109	47	$2,853/wk
169	Nathan	1,085	28	$1,682/wk
170	Burbank	1,051	48	$2,652/wk
171	Upper Brookfield	857	43	$2,908/wk
172	Pinjarra Hills	771	70	$1,562/wk
173	Sumner	603	32	$2,266/wk
174	Archerfield	533	39	$1,409/wk
175	Ransome	429	41	$3,166/wk
176	Kholo	374	46	$2,283/wk
177	Pinkenba	350	40	$1,666/wk
178	Karawatha	337	31	$2,531/wk
179	Nudgee Beach	308	47	$2,200/wk
180	Moreton Island	180	30	$1,624/wk
181	Willawong	145	49	$2,031/wk
182	Bulwer	59	53	$1,062/wk
183	Kooringal	43	58	$1,124/wk
184	England Creek	39	41	$1,375/wk
185	Enoggera Reservoir	33	47	$1,624/wk
186	Cowan Cowan	27	62	$1,375/wk
187	Brisbane Airport	22	50	—
188	Lake Manchester	17	44	$2,249/wk
189	Banks Creek	11	64	$1,375/wk
190	Eagle Farm	11	38	$824/wk
191	Larapinta	6	50	$2,250/wk
192	Lytton	3	51	$1,375/wk

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census of Population and Housing (General Community Profile, SAL level). Figures are for the suburb (SAL) as the ABS defines it, which can differ slightly from the council suburb boundary we draw on the map. See also median rent by suburb and Brisbane postcodes.