List of Brisbane suburbs
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This is a list of the almost 450 suburbs in the Brisbane metropolis, Queensland, Australia.
Local government areas
The Greater Brisbane, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, consists of the following local government areas (LGAs), with populations in 2019:
Suburbs of the City of Brisbane
City of Brisbane has 194 suburbs (190 on the mainland and 4 on Moreton Island). There is no formal system of regions, but Brisbane suburbs are informally grouped by Brisbane residents based on their relation to the Brisbane River and the Brisbane CBD. Generally the following rules apply, Northern Suburbs include suburbs north of the Brisbane River, Southern Suburbs include suburbs south of the Brisbane River. The exceptions are Western Suburbs, which include suburbs north and south of the Brisbane River, but also west of the Brisbane CBD, and Bayside Suburbs which include suburbs along Moreton Bay.
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