That growth outstripped Sydney (19.11 per cent),Hobart (17.01 per cent) Darwin (16.02 per cent) and Adelaide (13.27 per cent),and was almost on par with Melbourne (22.94 per cent) and Perth (22.43 per cent).
The council area with the most growth was,predictably,Ipswich City Council (37.33 per cent),followed by Gold Coast (26.4 per cent),Moreton Bay (26 per cent) and Logan (24.11 per cent). Brisbane was up 19.29 per cent.
Nationally,Queensland still has the strongest population growth in Australia,with NSW and Victoria almost stagnate as more people move north.
Most population growth in the Brisbane City Council area was in the inner-city,extending west to Bardon,north to Kalinga-Hendra,east to Morningside-Norman Park and south to Highgate Hill,where there was population growth of 30.48 per cent,from 223,976 to 292,245.
Not surprisingly,unit living across Greater Brisbane has increased 56.14 per cent,from 85,751 in 2011 to 133,894 in 2021.
Units made up 44.8 per cent of inner Brisbane’s housing stock in 2011,numbering 39,984. By 2021,the proportion had increased to 57.8 per cent,with 70,777 units in the area,a 77.01 per cent increase in unit stock.