Brisbane Population 2024

January 26, 2024 by Babji

Brisbane is the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, centered along the Brisbane River, a bay of the Coral Sea, and its eastern suburbs line the shores of Moreton Bay. Brisbane population in 2024 is estimated to be 2.69 million, covering city area of 15,842 sq km (6,116.6 sq mi), and most populous city in Queensland, third-most populous city in Australia. Brisbane region was inhabited by the Turrbal people before British settlers in 1820. Brisbane central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River about 15 km, it is in the southeast corner of Queensland and city is hilly. In 1859, Brisbane was chosen as the capital when Queensland separated from New South Wales, It has become Australia's most important seaport cities and its nicknames are Brissie and the River City. Brisbane early name was Edenglassie, was changed to honour Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, Governor of NSW.

Description	Year	Brisbane	Australia
Estimated resident population	2020	2,560,720	25,697,298
Working age population (aged 15-64 years) (%)	2019	67	65
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population	2016	64,778	798,365
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Speakers(%)	2016	1	10
Persons born overseas	2016	591,344	6,149,388
Children enrolled in preschool	2019	8,123	135,301
Age pension	2019	205,157	2,533,359
Median total income ($)	2018	51,346	49,805
Total number of businesses	2020	215,855	2,422,404
Number of jobs	2018	1,943,363	19,563,645
Taxpayers who report having private health insurance	2018	762,400	8,124,494
Total Passenger vehicles	2020	1,470,248	14,679,246
Land area (ha)	2020	1,584,196	768,812,632

Contents
Population Ranking
Religion

Brisbane city UN Urban Agglomeration Population Prospects - 1950 to 2035

Year	Brisbane Population
1950	441,718
1955	502,362
1960	584,904
1965	678,470
1970	854,251
1975	1,016,859
1980	1,115,090
1985	1,219,829
1990	1,351,254
1995	1,499,156
2000	1,598,468
2005	1,744,014
2010	1,962,061
2011	2,008,737
2015	2,172,709
2020*	2,372,335
2025*	2,536,449
2035*	2,845,541

Source: population.un.org/wpp/, 1950 to 2035 Brisbane city Population(UA)

Brisbane Population Ranking & Density

The Population density of Brisbane is 161.6 persons per sq km. The median age of male is 34.9 and female is 36.7 in 2019. Total 1.6 million are Working force of Brisbane city. Brisbane population in 2023 is estimated to be 2.58 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 2.57 million, Population of Brisbane in 2021 is estimated to be 2.56 million.

Description	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Total Population	2,318,653	2,362,672	2,412,517	2,461,597	2,513,806	2,560,720
Population density (persons/km2)	146.4	149.1	152.3	155.4	158.7	161.6
Male	1,150,894	1,170,527	1,194,550	1,216,997	1,242,044	-
Female	1,167,759	1,192,145	1,217,967	1,244,600	1,272,140	-
Median age - males (years)	34.3	34.5	34.6	34.8	34.9	-
Median age - females (years)	35.9	36	36	36.1	36.3	-
Median age - persons (years)	35.1	35.2	35.3	35.5	35.6	-
Working age population (aged 15-64 years)	1,565,944	1,589,612	1,618,345	1,645,891	1,677,008	-
Working age population (aged 15-64 years) (%)	67.5	67.3	67.1	66.9	66.7	-

Greater Brisbane

The greater Brisbane region refers to the entire coastal plain. Making up to about 15,842 sq km of land. The area is made up of five different urban city centers, including Brisbane City, Logan City, Ipswich, Moreton Bay, and Redland City.

Births and Fertility

Total Births in Brisbane is estimated to be 31,646 in 2019 and Fertility rate is 1.67 which is decreased from 1.76 in 2016 census.

Description	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Total Births	30,493	31,271	30,792	31,578	31,646
Total fertility rate	1.79	1.76	1.73	1.71	1.67
Total Deaths	12,982	12,957	13,874	13,222	14,196
Standardised death rate (per 1000 population)	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.3	5.3

Migration

According to 2020 Census, 16,169 is the Net Overseas migration, out of these 52,816 are Overseas arrivals and 36,647 are departures. 13,779 people are net internal migration, out of these 86,655 are internal arrivals and 72,876 are departures.

Migration/Year	2017	2018	2019	2020
Internal arrivals	78,584	89,309	93,861	86,655
Internal departures	66,397	73,314	77,947	72,876
Net internal migration	12,187	15,995	15,914	13,779
Overseas arrivals	54,239	52,750	56,631	52,816
Overseas departures	34,328	36,719	38,271	36,647
Net overseas migration	19,911	16,031	18,360	16,169

Overseas Born

7.6 percent of the Overseas population are born in Europe, 3% are born in South East Asia, 1.6% are born in Central Asia, 0.8% are born in Africa and 1.3% are born in Americas.

Overseas born/Year	Percent (2011)	Percent (2016)
Oceania and Antarctica (excluding Australia)	6.1	6
North-West Europe	6.9	6.2
Southern and Eastern Europe	1.5	1.4
North Africa and the Middle East	0.6	0.8
South-East Asia	2.7	3
North-East Asia	2.4	3.3
Southern and Central Asia	1.6	2.4
Americas	1.2	1.3
Sub-Saharan Africa	1.6	1.7
Total born overseas	24.6	26

Australian citizenship

81.4% of the Brisbane population are Australian Citizen, 12% are not a citizen and 6.6% are not stated according to 2016 Australian Bureau Statistics.

Citizenship/Year	Percent (2011)	Percent (2016)
Australian citizen	83.4	81.4
Not an Australian citizen	11	12
Not stated	5.6	6.6

Income levels in Brisbane

Personal Income	2015	2016	2017	2018
Employee income earners	1,201,483	1,215,444	1,257,912	1,289,307
Employee income earners - median age (years)	37	37	37	37
Total employee income ($)	70,388	72,733	75,817	80,063
Median employee income ($)	48,600	49,942	50,470	52,150
Mean employee income ($)	58,584	59,841	60,272	62,098
Overseas departures	34,328	36,719	38,271	36,647
Net overseas migration	19,911	16,031	18,360	16,169

According to 2018 census estimates, 1.28 million are total employee income earners, Median employee income is $52,150. 26.5% earn below $500, 24.1% earn personal income between $1000 to $2000 per week, 23.9% of the population earn between $500 to $1000, 8.2% earn more than $2000 per week.

Persons earnings	2016
$1-$499 per week	26.5
$500-$999 per week	23.9
$1000-$1999 per week	24.1
$2000-$2999 per week	5.1
$3000 or more per week	3.1
nil income	8.8
Persons with a negative income	0.5
Income inadequately described or not stated	8.1

Education

56.9% of Brisbane population are with High school education of 12 grade increased from 52.8% of 2011 census, followed by 19.6% are 10 grade and 7% are studied upto 11th grade.

High School Education	2011	2016
12 or equivalent	52.8	56.9
11 or equivalent	7.5	7
10 or equivalent	21.8	19.6
9 or equivalent	4.5	4.1
8 or below	5.2	4.2
Did not go to school	0.5	0.6
Highest year of school completed - not stated	7.5	7.7

Higher Education	2011	2016
Non-school qualifications	56	60.7
Postgraduate degree	3.9	4.9
Graduate diploma/graduate certificate	1.8	2.1
Bachelor degree	14.5	15.9
Advanced diploma/diploma	8	9.2
Certificate	18.1	19.3
Non-school qualifications - inadequately described	9.7	9.3

Marital Staus

According to 2016 census stats, Social marital status & registered marital status of persons aged 15 years and over.

Social marital status	2011	2016
Registered marriage	717,436	756,862
De facto marriage	158,395	186,432
Not married	625,426	689,402
Married	47.3	46.6
Never married	36.3	37
Widowed	4.7	4.4
Divorced	8.5	8.6
Separated	3.2	3.4

Religion wise Brisbane Population

According to 2016 ABS Census, 53.6% are the most followed religion of Christianity, followed by Buddhism with 2%, Islam with 1.5%, Hinduism with 1.5%, Judaism with 0.1% and 31% are with no religion beliefs and 9.2% are not stated.

Religion	Percent (2011)	Percent (2016)
Buddhism	2	2
Christianity	62.8	53.6
Hinduism	1	1.5
Islam	1.2	1.5
Judaism	0.1	0.1
Other religions	0.8	1
Other spiritual beliefs	0.8	0.2
No religion, secular beliefs	22.8	31
Not stated	8.3	9.2