Brisbane

This article is about the metropolis in Australia. For the local government area, see City of Brisbane. For other uses, see Brisbane (disambiguation).

Brisbane Turrbal/Yagara: Meanjin
City
Skyline of the Brisbane CBD Brisbane City Hall St John's Cathedral Treasury Building Gallery of Modern Art Story Bridge and Brisbane River
Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane
Interactive map of Greater Brisbane
Coordinates: 27°28′04″S 153°01′41″E
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Region	South East Queensland
LGA	City of Brisbane City of Ipswich Lockyer Valley Region (partial) Logan City City of Moreton Bay Redland City Scenic Rim Region Somerset Region
Location	973 km (605 mi) N of Sydney 1,232 km (766 mi) NNE of Canberra 1,687 km (1,048 mi) NNE of Melbourne 2,007 km (1,247 mi) NE of Adelaide 4,238 km (2,633 mi) ENE of Perth
Established	May 1825 (1825-05) (exact date unknown)
Government
• State electorate	41 divisions
• Federal division	17 divisions
Area
• Total	15,842 km2 (6,117 sq mi)
Elevation	32 m (105 ft)
Population
• Total	2,833,524 (2025) (3rd)
• Density	175.5/km2 (455/sq mi) (2021 GCCSA)
GDP (nominal)
• Total	A$177.01 billion (2019) (US$126.6 billion)
• Per capita	A$70,300 (2019) (US$50,278.93)
Time zone	UTC+10:00 (AEST)
County	Stanley, Canning, Cavendish, Churchill, Ward
Mean max temp	26.6 °C (79.9 °F)
Mean min temp	16.4 °C (61.5 °F)
Annual rainfall	1,012 mm (39.8 in)

Brisbane (/ˈbrɪzbən/ ^ⓘ BRIZ-bən; Turrbal/Yagara: Meanjin) is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Queensland and the third-most populous city in Australia, with a population of approximately 2.8 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of South East Queensland, a bio-geographical and urban region with an estimated population of 4.1 million as of 2024. The central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) from its mouth at Moreton Bay. Greater Brisbane sprawls across the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between the Pacific Ocean and the Taylor and D'Aguilar mountain ranges, encompassing several local government areas (LGAs). The City of Brisbane LGA forms the inner area of Greater Brisbane, and is the most populous local government area in Australia. The demonym of Brisbane is Brisbanite.

The Moreton Bay penal settlement was established in 1824 at Redcliffe as a place for secondary offenders from the Sydney colony, but in May 1825, the settlement moved to North Quay on the banks of the Brisbane River, named for the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane. German Lutherans established the first free settlement of Zion Hill at Nundah in 1838, and in 1859, Brisbane was chosen as Queensland's capital when the state separated from