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Cities in Queensland, Australia

Queensland has 18 published cities; the largest is Brisbane, with 2,487,568 residents.

Published cities in Queensland

Sorted by population. A dash means the city has no published figure of its own for that column.

CityPopulationNet rent, €/m²/moMedian gross salary, €/moUnemployment, %PM2.5, µg/m³
Brisbane2,487,568——4.07.5
Gold Coast701,928——5.35.8
Sunshine Coast387,472——3.65.7
Townsville190,551——5.17.0
Cairns155,574——4.75.8
Toowoomba143,942——3.86.1
Mackay85,408——3.26.0
Rockhampton80,216——4.23.2
Bundaberg79,283——3.8—
Hervey Bay58,228——8.1—
Gladstone - Tannum Sands45,185——7.65.4
Maryborough27,820——9.86.4
Yeppoon22,522——4.6—
Gympie22,424——4.0—
Mount Isa18,162——3.66.1
Warwick15,525——5.5—
Emerald14,089——3.36.0
Kingaroy10,545——4.7—

Within Queensland

Cleanest air

  1. Rockhampton: 3.2 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
  2. Gladstone - Tannum Sands: 5.4 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
  3. Sunshine Coast: 5.7 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
  4. Gold Coast: 5.8 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
  5. Cairns: 5.8 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)

Sources

Each figure in the table comes from the city's own record; open a city for the source of each value and its date.