Brisbane is the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia 

• Brisbane is the largest of Australia's six capital cities by geographic area and the third largest municipality in the world, spread over 2,116 square km (4,600 sq km's).
• There are 189 suburbs in the Brisbane LGA
• Brisbane has the largest population growth (no.) by LGA for any Australian capital city.
• Brisbane local government area (LGA) is the first LGA in Australia to pass the population milestone of one million, reaching 1,010,000 people in June 2007.
• Brisbane City Council (BCC) is the largest city council in the Asia Pacific, managing a budget of over $1.6 billion, with managed assets in excess of $16 billion. BCC administers the entire metropolitan area of Brisbane and is the most powerful, and politically influential, local authority in Australia.
• More than 1,100 people a week have moved to South-East Queensland over the past five years, with 178,000 specifically moving to Brisbane within the same period
  Median age of residents is 35 years old and more than 25% of residents were born overseas.
• 21.7% of Brisbane's population were born overseas, with the highest numbers being from the UK, New Zealand, South Africa, Vietnam and Scotland.
• Brisbane has averaged economic growth of more than 4.5% for the last 20 years.
• Brisbane local government area (LGA) is the first LGA in Australia to pass the population milestone of one million, reaching 1,010,000 people in June 2007.
• Brisbane is the closest major Australian capital to the Asia Pacific region.

Brisbane employment

• By 2026, Brisbane's workforce is projected to increase by 55%, from 550,000 to 850,000.
• Employment in Brisbane is forecast to grow much faster than population, with 1.05 million expected by 2026 (that is a 55.11% growth).
• Inner city and Australia TradeCoast will account for 2/3 of employment growth in Brisbane.
• Top five industries with largest employment growth: property and business, government, education, health and community, cultural and recreational.
• Top five occupations with largest employment growth: professionals, managers and administrators, associate professionals, intermediate clerical sales, intermediate production transport workers.

Brisbane Population

• Resident population increased by 37,204 persons between June 2006 and June 2007 (41.1% share of the State's population growth)
• Population has reached 1,8 million people and the larger SEQ corner has now reached over 2.7 million (represents 65% of the Queensland's population).
• Projected Population Growth: 2021 (2,403,600) and 2051 (3,354,700)

Education and talent

• For the first time, Brisbane was one of two Australian cities included in the 'Most Admired Knowledge City' Awards program.
• The University of Queensland (UQ) has advanced two places to be named 41st in the world
• At 14%, Brisbane has a 4% higher proportion of graduates with bachelor degrees than the national average
• QUT undertaking $200 million redevelopment to transform its Gardens Point campus into a new Science and Technology Precinct
• Translational Research Institute (TRI) will be one of the southern hemisphere’s largest medical research facilities when it opens in Brisbane (joint venture between QUT, UQ and PAH, Mater Medical Research Institute and Queensland Government).

Brisbane exports

• Top five export industries: education, property and business, manufacturing, transport, health and community, and wholesale.
• Exports: more than double from $41b in 2004 to $98b by 2026.

Infrastructure growth

• $124 billion planned investment for the South-East Queensland Infrastructure Program, Australia's largest infrastructure spend in history.
• Transapex - the biggest urban road project in Australia. 5 Projects - 10 year pipeline.

Brisbane Airport

• Brisbane Airport is the nation's best-performing capital city airport for arrivals and departures.
• Brisbane's Airtrain expects to top 2 million pasengers this financial year after patronage in 2008-09 rose 15% to 1.89m. The company made the prediction as it posted a record operating profit of $7.4m for FY09 and announced a dividend of $2.50.
• Brisbane Airport has the second highest number of international arrivals into Australia (behind Sydney).
  Brisbane's Airtrain has recorded a 17% increase in passengers in 2008, a record of 1.64 million passengers used the train from the CBD to the airport.
• Brisbane airport traffic is set to double by 2025 (39 million traffic movements by 2025), making Brisbane Airport Australia's second largest.
• 4.1 million passengers passed through Brisbane Airport in 2007 / 08 - a new record for a financial year, and 2.5% growth compared to the previous financial year.
• BAC will spend $2.5 billion on infrastructure over the next 20 years
• $2.2 billion new runway now under construction
• $4.8 billion Brisbane's Airport Link project is Australia's largest PPP and one of the largest road infrastructure projects
• Jobs at the Airport are forecast to grow stronger than the national average, with an anticipated workforce of around 42,500 by 2023.

Port of Brisbane

• Total trade at the Port of Brisbane has grown for the 16th consecutive year
• Total trade reached 31.9 million tonnes, a total increase of 5.6% boosted by a 17.5% hike in exports to 15.5 million tonnes for the year.
• One of only seven ports in the world with deep-water access
• Room to expand - 230ha reclamation to be largest in Australia
• Most cost-effective commercial port facility in Australia
• Total trade to more than double to 60 million tonnes over next 20 years

Australia TradeCoast

• More than 8,000 hectares
• Direct links to national road network
• Over the last 5 years: $1 billion in infrastructure development; over 100 new industrial developments; 50% of industrial take-up in Brisbane.

Brisbane's ranking

• Brisbane was cited as a 'hot spring' - a small but fast-growing innovation hub on track to become a world player
• Brisbane is an 'international rising urban star' (Barcelona is the 'urban star in Europe')
  Brisbane is the only Australian city that was acknowledged in the 31 eclectic mix of cities worldwide that offers outsourcing potential
• In 2007, the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook report ranked Australia's economy as the 7th most resilient in the World; following five successive years as 1st.
• Brisbane was ranked fourth in the Deloitte Hotel Occupancy Global Ranking Index, which compares the performance of 165 cities outside North America.

(courtesy of Brisbane Marketing)