City of Brisbane

''This article is about the local government area. For the city, see Brisbane. For the suburb, see Brisbane City. For the city council, see Brisbane City Council.''

The City of Brisbane is a local government area (LGA) that comprises of the inner suburbs of Greater Brisbane. With a population of 1.1 million, the City of Brisbane makes up about half of all residents of Brisbane. Brisbane City Council is the government authority for the area.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, the City of Brisbane recorded a population of 1,131,155 people, 50.8% female and 49.2% male. The median age of the Brisbane population was 35 years, 3 years below the national median. 63.6% of people living in Brisbane were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand (3.6%), England (3.5%), China (2.8%), India (2.4%) and Vietnam (1.2%).

Brisbane is a predominantly family local government area with 69.1% of households being family households. Of these family households, 59.8% have children. The other households are single-person households (23.7%) and group households (7.2%).

Employment and wealth
In 2016, the City of Brisbane had an unemployment rate of 6.8%, 0.1% lower than the national rate. The top industries were hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals) (5.1%), cafes and restaurants (3.1%), State Government administration (2.9%), higher education (2.6%) and primary education (2.3%).

The weekly median household income was $1,746 (annually $90,792) and the weekly median personal income was $770 (annually $40,040).