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City of Brisbane

Coordinates: 27°28′S 153°07′E / 27.47°S 153.12°E / -27.47; 153.12
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This article is about the local government area that has jurisdiction that serves the city proper. For the Greater Capital City Statistical Area, see Brisbane. For the central business district of Brisbane, see Brisbane central business district. For other uses, see Brisbane (disambiguation).

City of Brisbane
Queensland
Location within South East Queensland
Flag of the City of Brisbane
Coordinates27°28′S 153°07′E / 27.47°S 153.12°E / -27.47; 153.12
Population1,242,825 (2021 census)[1] (1st)
 • Density925.62/km2 (2,397.34/sq mi)
Established30 October 1924
Area1,342.7 km2 (518.4 sq mi)[2]
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Lord MayorAdrian Schrinner (LNP)
Council seatBrisbane CBD (City Hall)
RegionSouth East Queensland
State electorate(s)Algester, Aspley, Bulimba, Chatsworth, Clayfield, Cooper, Everton, Ferny Grove, Greenslopes, Inala, Lytton, Maiwar, Mansfield, McConnel, Miller, Moggill, Mount Ommaney, Nudgee, Sandgate, South Brisbane, Stafford, Stretton, Toohey
Federal division(s)Brisbane, Blair, Bonner, Dickson, Griffith, Lilley, Moreton, Oxley, Petrie, Rankin, Ryan
WebsiteCity of Brisbane
LGAs around City of Brisbane:
Somerset Moreton Bay Moreton Bay
Somerset City of Brisbane Moreton Bay
Ipswich Logan Redland

The City of Brisbane is a local government area (LGA) which comprises the inner portion of Greater Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. Its governing body is the Brisbane City Council.

The LGAs in the other mainland state capitals (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide) are generally responsible only for the central business districts and inner neighbourhoods of those cities. However, the City of Brisbane administers a significant portion of the Brisbane Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA), accounting for just under half its population. 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. In 2016–2017, the council administered a budget of over $3 billion,[5] by far the largest budget compared to those of the City of Sydney and City of Melbourne LGAs.[6][7]

The City derives from cities, towns and shires that merged in 1925. The main offices and central library of the council are at 266 George Street, also known as Brisbane Square. Brisbane City Hall houses the Council Chamber, the offices of the Lord Mayor and Deputy Mayor, meeting and reception rooms and the Museum of Brisbane.

In the 2021 census, the City of Brisbane had a population of 1,242,825 people.[1]

Suburbs

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The City of Brisbane includes the following settlements:

Inner suburbs

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Total: 19

Northern suburbs

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Total: 50

Southern suburbs

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Total: 54

Eastern suburbs

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Total: 27

Western suburbs

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Total: 43

Moreton Bay

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Total: 5

History

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Map of Brisbane at time of amalgamation
Story Bridge and Brisbane River, 2006
Brisbane City Hall in the 1930s
Former council offices, 2010

The Government of Queensland created the City of Brisbane with a view to uniting the Brisbane metropolitan area under a single planning and governance structure. The City of Brisbane Act 1924 received assent from the Governor on 30 October 1924. On 1 October 1925, twenty local government areas of various sizes were abolished and merged into the new city,[8] namely:

The council also assumed responsibility for several quasi-autonomous government authorities, such as the Brisbane Tramways Trust.

Demographics

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Selected historical census data for City of Brisbane local government area
Census year 2001[9] 2006[10] 2011[11] 2016[12] 2021[1]
Population Estimated residents on census night 873,780 956,129 1,041,839 1,131,155 1,242,825
LGA rank in terms of size within Queensland 1st Steady 1st Steady 1st
% of Queensland population 24.37% Increase 24.49% Decrease 24.05% Steady 24.05%
% of Australian population 4.66% Increase 4.82% Increase 4.84% Decrease 4.83%
Cultural and language diversity
Ancestry,
top responses		 English 25.0% Decrease 24.3%
Australian 23.1% Decrease 20.2%
Irish 9.5% Increase 9.7%
Scottish 7.4% Steady 7.4%
Chinese 4.1% Increase 5.2%
Language,
top responses
(other than English)		 Mandarin 1.4% Increase 1.9% Increase 2.6% Increase 4.1%
Cantonese 1.4% Steady 1.4% Increase 1.5% Steady 1.5%
Vietnamese 1.3% Increase 1.4% Increase 1.5% Increase 1.6%
Italian 1.1% Decrease 0.9% Decrease 0.8%
Greek 0.8% Decrease 0.7%
Spanish 0.7% Increase 0.9%
Korean 1.0%
Religious affiliation
Religious affiliation,
top responses		 Catholic 28.0% Decrease 27.1% Decrease 26.3% Decrease 23.1%
Anglican 19.5% Decrease 17.2% Decrease 14.8% Decrease 11.0%
No religion 15.0% Increase 18.5% Increase 23.3% Increase 31.6%
Uniting 7.8% Decrease 6.6% Decrease 5.6% Decrease 4.0%
Presbyterian 3.7% Decrease 3.2%
Buddhism 3.0%
Median weekly incomes
Personal income Median weekly personal income A$556 A$696 A$770
% of Australian median income 119.3% 120.6% 116.3%
Family income Median weekly family income A$1403 A$1873 A$2091
% of Australian median income 119.8% 126.5% 120.6%
Household income Median weekly household income A$1157 A$1547 A$1746
% of Australian median income 112.7% 125.4% 121.4%
Dwelling structure
Dwelling type Separate house 74.7% Decrease 71.9% Decrease 70.9% Decrease 67.4%
Semi-detached, terrace or townhouse 6.7% 7.9%Increase  Increase 9.7% Increase 10.4%
Flat or apartment 17.2% Increase 19.3% Increase 18.8% Increase 21.3%

Heritage

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The Brisbane City Council maintains the Brisbane Local Heritage Register, a list of nominated sites that satisfy the council's heritage criteria.[13]

Governance

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Main article: Brisbane City Council

The City of Brisbane is governed by the Brisbane City Council, the largest local council in Australia. The Brisbane City Council has its power divided between a lord mayor, a parliamentary-style council of twenty-six councillors representing single-member wards of approximately 30,000 voters[14] (roughly equivalent in size to state electorates), and a civic cabinet comprising the lord mayor, the deputy mayor (drawn from the majority on council) and the chairpersons of the seven standing committees drawn from the membership of council. Due to the City of Brisbane's status as the country's largest LGA, the lord mayor is elected by the largest single-member electorate in Australia. Like all mayors in Queensland, the lord mayor is vested with very broad executive power.[citation needed]

The Brisbane City Council operates under the City of Brisbane Act 2010, while other local governments in Queensland are governed by the Local Government Act 2009. Council meetings are held at Level 2, City Hall, 64 Adelaide Street, Brisbane City[15] every Tuesday at 2pm except during recess and holiday periods. This temporary venue is in use due to the restoration work being performed on the traditional venue Brisbane City Hall.[16] Council Meetings generally open to the public, excluding the Civic Cabinet.

Wards

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Brisbane City Council
31st Council
Coat of arms or logo
Coat of Arms
Logo
Logo
Type
Type
History
Founded1924; 100 years ago (1924)
Preceded byCity of Brisbane
City of South Brisbane
Leadership
Deputy Mayor
Krista Adams, Liberal National
Leader of the Opposition
Jared Cassidy, Labor
Chair of Council
Steven Toomey, Liberal National
Deputy Chair of Council
Sandy Landers, Liberal National
Structure
Seats27 elected representatives including Lord Mayor and 26 Ward Councillors
Political groups
  • Majority (19)
  •   Liberal National (19)
  • Opposition (8)
  •   Labor (5)
  •   Greens (2)
  •   Independent (1)
Committees10
Length of term
4 years
SalaryA$164,156 (2021)[a]
Elections
Instant-runoff voting
First election
21 February 1925
Last election
28 March 2024
Next election
March 2028
Motto
Meliora Sequimur
Meeting place
Brisbane City Hall, King George Square, Brisbane
Website
www.brisbane.qld.gov.au

The city of Brisbane is divided by 26 wards, each of which is represented by a councillor.[18][19] Elections for these positions are held every four years.[20] The results of the March 2024 elections delivered a Liberal National Party majority, with the wards of the City of Brisbane represented by the following councillors:[21][22]

Party Wards Current Chamber (Total 26 Wards)
Liberal National 19 19
 
Labor 5 5
 
  Greens 2 2
 
Independent 1 1
 
Ward Party Councillor
  Bracken Ridge LNP Sandy Landers
  Calamvale Labor Emily Kim
  Central LNP Vicki Howard
  Chandler LNP Ryan Murphy
  Coorparoo LNP Fiona Cunningham
  Deagon Labor Jared Cassidy
  Doboy LNP Lisa Atwood
  Enoggera LNP Andrew Wines
  Forest Lake Labor Charles Strunk
  Hamilton LNP Julia Dixon
  Holland Park LNP Krista Adams
  Jamboree LNP Sarah Hutton
  MacGregor LNP Steven Huang
  Marchant LNP Fiona Hammond
  McDowall LNP Tracy Davis
  Moorooka Labor Steve Griffiths
  Morningside Labor Lucy Collier
  Northgate LNP Adam Allan
  Paddington Greens Seal Chong Wah
  Pullenvale LNP Greg Adermann
  Runcorn LNP Kim Marx
  Tennyson Independent Nicole Johnston
  The Gabba Greens Trina Massey
  The Gap LNP Steven Toomey
  Walter Taylor LNP Penny Wolff
  Wynnum Manly LNP Alex Givney

Heraldry

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Brisbane coat of arms

The motto of the City of Brisbane is Meliora sequimur, Latin for We aim for better things. The council's corporate slogan is Dedicated to a better Brisbane. The city's colours are blue and gold. Its corporate logo was introduced in 1982 in preparation for the Commonwealth Games hosted in Brisbane that year. It features a stylised version of Brisbane's City Hall which opened in 1930. The city's floral emblems are the (exotic) poinsettia and Brisbane wattle, and its faunal emblems are the graceful tree frog and the koala.[23]

See also: Flag of Brisbane

Amenities

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Brisbane City Council operate libraries in Annerley, Ashgrove, Banyo, Bracken Ridge, Brisbane CBD (Brisbane Square), Bulimba, Carina, Carindale (Westfield Carindale), Chermside, Coopers Plains, Corinda, Everton Park, Fairfield, Upper Mount Gravatt (Garden City), Grange, Hamilton, Holland Park, Inala, Indooroopilly, Kenmore, Mitchelton, Mount Coot-tha (Botanic Gardens), Mount Gravatt, Mount Ommaney, New Farm, Nundah, Sandgate, Stones Corner, Sunnybank Hills, Toowong, West End, Wynnum, and Zillmere.[24] In addition, it operates a mobile library service to Aspley, Bellbowrie, Brighton, Ellen Grove, Forest Lake, Manly West, Mount Crosby and The Gap.[25] There is also a pop-up library that attends community events and festivals, as well as visiting various parks around Brisbane for children's storytime sessions (a list of dates and places is published some months in advance).[26]

Sister cities

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Brisbane's sister cities are:[27]

Nice, France was formerly a sister city of Brisbane until the relationship was severed in 1995 as protest against the Chirac government's decision to resume nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean.[28] Bangkok became a sister city of Brisbane in 1997, but the partnership ended in 2017 at the latest.[29][30]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ A city Councillor that does not hold the Mayoralty, Deputy Mayoralty, a Civic Cabinet Chair position, Chair of Council, or Leader of the Opposition positions has the base salary of A$164,156 excluding allowances.[17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Brisbane (C)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 October 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Table 1: Population growth and turnover in Local Government Areas (LGAs), 2006 to 2011". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. ^ Hiroaki Suzuki; Arish Dastur; Sebastian Moffatt; Nanae Yabuki; Hinako Maruyama (2010). Eco2 Cities: Ecological Cities as Economic Cities. World Bank. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-8213-8046-8. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Council Annual Plan and Budget 2016–17". Brisbane City Council. 2 June 2017. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. ^ "City of Sydney Annual Report General Purpose Financial Statements 2016/17" (PDF). City of Sydney. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Annual Plan and Budget 2016-2017" (PDF). City of Melbourne. pp. 18–20. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  8. ^ City of Brisbane Act 1924 Archived 13 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 23 January 2011)
  9. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "City of Brisbane (C)". 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 December 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  10. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "City of Brisbane (C)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  11. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "City of Brisbane (C)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 December 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  12. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Brisbane (C)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 August 2020. Edit this at Wikidata
  13. ^ "QUEENSLAND HERITAGE ACT 1992 – SECT 113". Queensland Consolidated Acts. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  14. ^ "Summary of Current Enrolment per Ward (Enrolment figures as at 31 January 2019)" (PDF). Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Meeting dates & locations". Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
  16. ^ "City Hall Restoration". Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 7 August 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
  17. ^ Stone, Lucy (31 May 2022). "Brisbane councillors to receive second pay rise in nine months after 2.5 per cent increase recommended". ABC News. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  18. ^ "Super Saturday". The Courier Mail. 4 February 2024.
  19. ^ "Voters head to the polls in Australia's biggest council election race that Antony Green describes as 'significant'". ABC News. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  20. ^ Queensland, Electoral Commission of (20 March 2024). "Election events". www.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  21. ^ "2024 Local Government Elections: Brisbane City". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  22. ^ "Brisbane City Council Election 2024 Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  23. ^ "Symbols used by Council". Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  24. ^ "Library opening hours and locations". Brisbane City Council. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  25. ^ "Mobile library services". Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  26. ^ "The Pop-up Library". Brisbane City Council. 5 June 2017. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  27. ^ "Brisbane Sister Cities". Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  28. ^ Thomas, Nicholas (2004). Re-Orienting Australia-China Relations: 1972 to the Present. Australia: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 75. ISBN 0-7546-3245-8. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
  29. ^ "Sister Cities – Brisbane City Council". Retrieved 19 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  30. ^ "Brisbane". International Affairs Division – Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017.
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