Brisbane City

Brisbane City is the central business district of Greater Brisbane. It's a commercial and residential suburb home to 9,460 people as of the 2016 census.

Establishment as a suburb
Brisbane City was established as a suburb (replacing the prior city suburb) on June 18, 2010 by the Queensland Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy. The boundary between Brisbane City and Milton was amended on May 30, 2014. Brisbane City's boundaries have remained the same since.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Brisbane City recorded a population of 9,460 people, 48% female and 52% male. The median age of the Brisbane City population was 29 years, 9 years below the national median. 32.2% of people living in Brisbane City were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were China (8.9%), South Korea (8.3%), England (3.7%), Taiwan (3.2%) and Brazil (2.8%).

Brisbane City is a predominantly non-family suburb with 47.2% of households being family households. Of these family households, 29.0% have children. The other households are single-person households (35.0%) and group households (17.8%).

Employment and wealth
In 2016, Brisbane City had an unemployment rate of 11.4%, 4.5% higher than the national rate. The top industries were cafes and restaurants (9.6%), computer system design and related services (4.3%), building and other industrial cleaning services (3.8%), legal services (3.5%) and accounting services (3.2%).

The weekly median household income was $1,756 (annually $91,312) and the weekly median personal income was $708 (annually $36,816).

Schools
Private schools
 * All Hallows' School
 * Brisbane Girls Grammar School
 * Brisbane Grammar School
 * St James College
 * St Joseph's College

Students
There was a total of 2,423 students living in Brisbane City in 2016, making up 25.6% of all residents. Out of those attending an educational institution, the top responses were university (73.7%), technical institution (13.6%) and secondary school (5.8%).

79.4% of Brisbane City's residents (aged 15 years or over) had finished year 12 or achieved a higher level of education by the 2016 census. However, it should also be noted that 11.9% of the counted population didn't state their education level.